Krystyna Janda
Known for: Acting
Krystyna Jolanta Janda (Polish: [krɨˈstɨ.na ˈjan.da]; born 18 December 1952) is a Polish film and theatre actress, director, and singer. She is best known internationally for playing leading roles in several films by Polish film director Andrzej Wajda, including Man of Marble (Człowiek z marmuru, 1976) and Man of Iron (Człowiek z żelaza, 1981). She is widely considered one of the most popular and successful Polish actresses of her generation and an icon of Polish cinema. In 1981, she played in the Academy Award-winning movie Mephisto. In 1982, she played the lead character in Ryszard Bugajski's film Przesłuchanie (Interrogation), which first premiered seven years later in 1989, following the collapse of communism. Despite the film's late release, she garnered international acclaim for her performance, including winning Best Actress at the Cannes Film Festival and Polish Film Festival in 1990. Janda is also known for her leading role in the second episode of Dekalog series of Krzysztof Kieślowski. In 2020, she won the Polish Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in drama film Dolce Fine Giornata. Her accolades and honours also include the Zbigniew Cybulski Award (1978), Gold Cross of Merit (1989), Gloria Artis Gold Medal for Merit to Culture (2005), Commander's Cross with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta (2011), and Special Jury Award for Acting at the Sundance Film Festival (2019). Because of her prominent role in Polish culture, has been described as a "legend of Polish cinema and theatre" and a "national treasure". Description above from the Wikipedia article Krystyna Janda, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
Series
Dekalog
Dorota Geller
1989
Series
In Treatment
Barbara Lewicka-Lukas
2011
Series
Still Here
Maria Czułkowska
2023
Film
Elles
Mutter
2011
Series
Kayko and Kokosh
Flying School Principal (voice)
2021
Series
My Agent
2022
Series
Clouds of War
dziewczyna tańcząca na weselu (nie występuje w napisach)
1973
Series
Kuchnia polska
Margaret Szymanko, żona Stanisława
1993
Film
On the Silver Globe
Aza
1989
Film
Mephisto
Barbara Bruckner
1981
Series
Wilder Westen inclusive
Marianne
1988
Film
Aktorka
(archive footage) (uncredited)
2015
Film
The War of the Worlds: Next Century
Gea
1981
Series
Der große Bellheim
Maria Bellheim
1993
Film
Man of Marble
Agnieszka
1977
Film
A Short Film About Killing
Dorota
1988
Film
Sweet Rush
Marta / Actress
2009
Series
Królestwo kobiet
Ineza Klin
2020
Film
How I Fell in Love with a Gangster
Rita
2022
Series
Przedwiośnie
Jadwiga Barykowa
2002
Film
Man of Iron
Agnieszka
1981
Film
Bella Donna
Lena
1983
Film
Spy, Stand Up
Anna Gretz
1982
Film
Wałesa: Man of Hope
Agnieszka (archive footage) (uncredited)
2013
Film
Reverse
Matka/Babcia Sabiny
2009
Film
Decalogue V
Dorota Geller
1989
Film
The Conductor
Marta
1980
Film
Without Anesthesia
Agata
1978
Film
Eine blassblaue Frauenschrift
Amélie Tachezy
1984
Film
Weiser
Elka
2001
Film
It's Only Rock
Majka Lenczewska
1984
Film
Kill It and Leave This Town
Janek's Mother (voice)
2020
Film
Julius
Krystyna Janda
2018
Film
Interrogation
Antonina Dziwisz
1989
Series
Doktor Murek
Zoska 'Arletka'
1979
Series
Doktor Murek
Arletka
1979
Film
The Clowns
Krystyna Janda
2024
Film
My Mother's Lovers
Krystyna Traczyk
1986
Talking Heads 2021
Self
2021
Film
Golem
Rozyna
1980
Film
Decalogue II
Dorota Geller
1989
Film
O-Bi, O-Ba: The End of Civilization
Gea
1985
Film
Life as a Fatal Sexually Transmitted Disease
Anna
2000
Film
Przedwiośnie
Jadwiga Barykowa
2001
Film
An Air So Pure
Mme Leduroy
1997
Film
Embers
Anna
1983
Vertiges
Maria
1985
Film
The Border
Elżbieta Biecka
1978
Film
Dismissed From Life
"Francuzka"
1992
Film
All About My Parents
Grandmother
2014
Film
Pan Olbrychski
Self
2025
Film
The Doll
Joanna Karolowa
2026
Film
The Call of the Toad
Aleksandra Piatkowska
2005
Film
Tato
Magda, lawyer
1995
Film
Dolce Fine Giornata
Maria Linde
2019
Series
Eine blassblaue Frauenschrift
Amélie Tachezy
1986
Film
Inventory
Julia
1989
Film
Matka swojej matki
Ewa Kozłowska
1996
Film
Pestka
Agata
1996
Solidarność, Solidarność...
Self
2005
Film
Damaged
Dulska, babka Melanii
2015
Film
The Yellow Scarf
2000
Film
The Cop & the Girl
Gerlinde
1985
Film
Polish Cuisine
Margaret Szymanko
1991
Film
Suspended
Anna
1987
Film
A Few People, a Little Time
Jadwiga
2007
Film
In Broad Daylight
Ewa
1981
Film
Inner State
żeglarka Ewa Jaskólska
1989
Film
A Sketch in Six Parts
1973
Synthesis
1984
On, ona, oni
Psychologist (segment 2)
1983
Film
Młynarski. Piosenka finałowa
Self
2017
Film
1989
Self (archive footage)
2019
Film
Laputa
Małgorzata
1987
Film
Fik-Mik
doktor Anita, kochanka wiceministra
1988
Film
Weekend Stories: Unwritten Law
Halina
1998
The Green Bird
Katzka Widuchowski
1980
Kręć! Jak kochasz to kręć!
Self
2010
Film
We Film the People!
Self
2013
Zygmunt Hübner. Gra z rzeczywistością
Self
2017
Madame Bovary, That's Me
Krystyna
1977