Acting · Starachowice, Poland · Born December 18, 1952
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.
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2026
as Joanna Karolowa
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2025
as Self
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2024
as Krystyna Janda
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2023
as Maria Czułkowska
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2022
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2022
as Rita
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2021
as Self
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2021
as Flying School Principal (voice)
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2020
as Janek's Mother (voice)
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2020
as Ineza Klin
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2019
as Self (archive footage)
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2019
as Maria Linde
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2018
as Krystyna Janda
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2017
as Self
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2017
as Self
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2015
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
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2015
as Dulska, babka Melanii
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2014
as Grandmother
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2013
as Self
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2013
as Agnieszka (archive footage) (uncredited)
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2011
as Barbara Lewicka-Lukas
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2011
as Mutter
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2010
as Self
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2009
as Matka/Babcia Sabiny
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2009
as Marta / Actress
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2007
as Jadwiga
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2005
as Aleksandra Piatkowska
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as Self
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2002
as Jadwiga Barykowa
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2001
as Jadwiga Barykowa
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2001
as Elka
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2000
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2000
as Anna
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1998
as Halina
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1997
as Mme Leduroy
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1996
as Ewa Kozłowska
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1996
as Agata
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1995
as Magda, lawyer
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1993
as Margaret Szymanko, żona Stanisława
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1993
as Maria Bellheim
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1992
as "Francuzka"
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1991
as Margaret Szymanko
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1989
as Antonina Dziwisz
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1989
as Dorota Geller
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as Julia
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1989
as Dorota Geller
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1989
as żeglarka Ewa Jaskólska
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as Dorota Geller
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1989
as Aza
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1988
as Marianne
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1988
as Dorota
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1988
as doktor Anita, kochanka wiceministra
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1987
as Anna
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1987
as Małgorzata
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1986
as Amélie Tachezy
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1986
as Krystyna Traczyk
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1985
as Gerlinde
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1985
as Maria
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1985
as Gea
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1984
as Amélie Tachezy
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1984
as Gloria Lamb
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1984
as Majka Lenczewska
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1983
as Psychologist (segment 2)
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1983
as Anna
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1983
as Lena
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1982
as Anna Gretz
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1981
as Gea
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1981
as Agnieszka
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1981
as Ewa
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1981
as Barbara Bruckner
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1980
as Rozyna
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1980
as Marta
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1980
as Katzka Widuchowski
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1979
as Zoska 'Arletka'
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1978
as Agata
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1978
as Elżbieta Biecka
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1977
as Krystyna
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1977
as Agnieszka
TVClouds of War
1973
as dziewczyna tańcząca na weselu (nie występuje w napisach)
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1973
