Krystyna Janda
Acting
Born December 18, 1952 · Starachowice, Poland
Biography
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…
Known For · 40 titles
In Treatment
Dekalog
Kayko and Kokosh
Still Here
Clouds of War
Elles
On the Silver Globe
Kuchnia polska
Eine blassblaue Frauenschrift
My Agent
Aktorka
Decalogue V
The Green Bird
Doktor Murek
Synthesis
Weiser
Królestwo kobiet
How I Fell in Love with a Gangster
Przedwiośnie
Spy, Stand Up
Polish Cuisine
Inner State
Przedwiośnie
A Short Film About Killing
Damaged
Mephisto
Fik-Mik
Der große Bellheim
The Doll
Interrogation
The War of the Worlds: Next Century
Eine blassblaue Frauenschrift
Wałesa: Man of Hope
Weekend Stories: Unwritten Law
The Clowns
1989
Wilder Westen inclusive
We Film the People!
Suspended
Vertiges