Krystyna Janda

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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...

Known for

DekalogSeries • 1989Kayko and KokoshSeries • 2021EllesMovie • 2011A Short Film About KillingMovie • 1988On the Silver GlobeMovie • 1989Wałesa: Man of HopeMovie • 2013How I Fell in Love with a GangsterMovie • 2022MephistoMovie • 1981Decalogue VMovie • 1989Dolce Fine GiornataMovie • 2019InterrogationMovie • 1989Spy, Stand UpMovie • 1982The War of the Worlds: Next CenturyMovie • 1981Kill It and Leave This TownMovie • 2020Man of IronMovie • 1981Man of MarbleMovie • 1977O-Bi, O-Ba: The End of CivilizationMovie • 1985Life as a Fatal Sexually Transmitted DiseaseMovie • 2000GolemMovie • 1980Sweet RushMovie • 2009The Yellow ScarfMovie • 2000ReverseMovie • 2009Decalogue IIMovie • 1989JuliusMovie • 2018