Joanna Kulig
Born: 1982-06-24 in Krynica-Zdrój, Poland
Known For: Acting
Biography
Joanna Kulig (born June 24, 1982) is a Polish actress and singer. Noted for performing in different languages, she has worked in film, television and radio as well as on stage. She is the recipient of a European Film Award and two Polish Film Awards, and her work has been recognised at various film festivals. In 2018, Polish magazine Wprost included her among the 50 most influential Poles for her contributions to the cinema of Poland. After an unsuccessful attempt at a career as a jazz singer, Kulig enrolled at the AST National Academy of Theatre Arts in Kraków, graduating in 2007. She began performing on stage while still in drama school, debuting in the play A Midsummer Night's Dream. Her first starring film role in the 2007 drama Wednesday, Thursday Morning won her the award for Best Debut at the Gdynia Film Festival. She received further acclaim for her performance in the 2011 film Elles, which earned her Best Supporting Actress at the Polish Film Awards and Gdynia Film Festival. Kulig was born on 24 June 1982 in Krynica, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland. Her mother worked as a cook at a local kindergarten and her father was a folk poet. She was raised in a musical family along with four siblings—two older brothers and two younger sisters—in Muszynka. One of her sisters, Justyna Schneider, is also an actress and adopted their great-grandmother's surname to avoid confusion as their first names are similar
Filmography
2025
- Island as Joanna
2024
- Masters of the Air as Paulina
- Knox Goes Away as Annie
- Woman of... as Iza
2023
- She Came to Me as Magdalena Szyskowski
2022
- Kompromat as Svetlana
- Everyone Knows Better as Ania
2021
- The Office PL as Michalina Biegun
- Talking Heads 2021 as Self
- The Spider's Web as Kornelia Titko
2020
- The Eddy as Maja
2019
- Hanna as Johanna
- Safe Inside as Sylvia
- I Am Lying Now as Agentka
2018
- Clergy as Hanka Tomala
- 7 Emotions as Mama Gosi
- Cold War as Zuzanna 'Zula' Lichoń
- Love Is Everything as Magda Rodzińska
- The Trap as Justyna Mateja
- Play as Mother
2016
- The Innocents as Nun Irena
- Pitbull: Tough Women as 'Zuza'
2015
- Warsaw by Night as Marek's Ex-Lover (segment "Iga")
- Disco Polo as Anka "Gensonina"
2014
- O mnie się nie martw as Iga Małecka
- Sophie Seeks 7 as Patrycja
- The Crime as Posterunkowa Monika Krajewska
2013
- Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters as Red Haired Witch
- Lasting as Marta, koleżanka Kariny
- Way Back Home as Yalka
- Spies of Warsaw
- On the Edge as Sylwia Zawada, żona Edwarda
- Ida as Singer
2011
- Elles as Alicja
- The Woman in the Fifth as Ania
- Remembrance as Magdalena Limonowska
- Million Dollars as Zuzanna
- Dance Marathon as Agnieszka
- Los numeros as Sylwia, siostra Ani
2010
- Szpilki na Giewoncie as Wika Bura
2009
- Janosik as Girl
2008
- Days of Honor as Mucha
- Teraz albo nigdy! as Zyta
- Trzeci oficer as Halina
- Wednesday, Thursday Morning as Teresa
2007
- Ekipa as Magdalena Nowasz