Krystyna Janda

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Krystyna Janda (born 18 December 1952, Starachowice, Poland) is a Polish film and theater actress best known, in the West, for playing leading roles in several films by Polish director Andrzej Wajda, including Man of Marble (Człowiek z marmuru, 1976) and Man of Iron (Człowiek z żelaza, 1981). In 1982, Janda played the lead character in Ryszard Bugajski's film Przesłuchanie (Interrogation), which first premiered only 7 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 The Decalogue series of Krzysztof Kieślowski. Description above from the Wikipedia article Krystyna Janda, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.    

Known For

A Short Film About Killing

as Dorota

How I Fell in Love with a Gangster

as Rita

Elles

as Mutter

Decalogue II

as Dorota Geller

On the Silver Globe

as Aza

Decalogue V

as Dorota Geller

Mephisto

as Barbara Bruckner

Dekalog

as Dorota Geller

Man of Iron

as Agnieszka

Walesa: Man of Hope

as Agnieszka (archive footage) (uncredited)