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 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.
Known for
Credits
Elles (2011)
as Mutter
Decalogue V (1989)
as Dorota Geller
On the Silver Globe (1989)
as Aza
The Clowns (2024)
as Krystyna Janda
The Green Bird (1980)
as Katzka Widuchowski
Damaged (2015)
as Dulska, babka Melanii
Weiser (2001)
as Elka
Aktorka (2015)
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Eine blassblaue Frauenschrift (1984)
as Amélie Tachezy
How I Fell in Love with a Gangster (2022)
as Rita
Vertiges (1985)
as Maria
The Doll (2026)
as Joanna Karolowa
Synthesis (1984)
as Gloria Lamb
Fik-Mik (1988)
as doktor Anita, kochanka wiceministra
Weekend Stories: Unwritten Law (1998)
as Halina
Bella Donna (1983)
as Lena
Polish Cuisine (1991)
as Margaret Szymanko
Inner State (1989)
as żeglarka Ewa Jaskólska
A Short Film About Killing (1988)
as Dorota
Suspended (1987)
as Anna
Pan Olbrychski (2025)
as Self
Mephisto (1981)
as Barbara Bruckner
Interrogation (1989)
as Antonina Dziwisz
The War of the Worlds: Next Century (1981)
as Gea
Laputa (1987)
as Małgorzata
Przedwiośnie (2001)
as Jadwiga Barykowa
Spy, Stand Up (1982)
as Anna Gretz
O-Bi, O-Ba: The End of Civilization (1985)
as Gea
1989 (2019)
as Self (archive footage)
Kill It and Leave This Town (2020)
as Janek's Mother (voice)
The Yellow Scarf (2000)
Actor
Młynarski. Piosenka finałowa (2017)
as Self
Wałesa: Man of Hope (2013)
as Agnieszka (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sweet Rush (2009)
as Marta / Actress
We Film the People! (2013)
as Self
My Mother's Lovers (1986)
as Krystyna Traczyk
The Conductor (1980)
as Marta
Man of Iron (1981)
as Agnieszka
Golem (1980)
as Rozyna
Matka swojej matki (1996)
as Ewa Kozłowska
Zygmunt Hübner. Gra z rzeczywistością (2017)
as Self
Tato (1995)
as Magda, lawyer
Solidarność, Solidarność... (2005)
as Self
Man of Marble (1977)
as Agnieszka
Reverse (2009)
as Matka/Babcia Sabiny
It's Only Rock (1984)
as Majka Lenczewska
The Cop & the Girl (1985)
as Gerlinde
A Sketch in Six Parts (1973)
Actor
Talking Heads 2021 (2021)
as Self
Inventory (1989)
as Julia
Dolce Fine Giornata (2019)
as Maria Linde
Decalogue II (1989)
as Dorota Geller
Without Anesthesia (1978)
as Agata
Life as a Fatal Sexually Transmitted Disease (2000)
as Anna
The Call of the Toad (2005)
as Aleksandra Piatkowska
A Few People, a Little Time (2007)
as Jadwiga
The Border (1978)
as Elżbieta Biecka
An Air So Pure (1997)
as Mme Leduroy
In Broad Daylight (1981)
as Ewa
Julius (2018)
as Krystyna Janda
All About My Parents (2014)
as Grandmother
Kręć! Jak kochasz to kręć! (2010)
as Self
Dismissed From Life (1992)
as "Francuzka"
Embers (1983)
as Anna
Pestka (1996)
as Agata
On, ona, oni (1983)
as Psychologist (segment 2)
Madame Bovary, That's Me (1977)
as Krystyna