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
The Doll (2026)
as Joanna Karolowa
On the Silver Globe (1989)
as Aza
Elles (2011)
as Mutter
How I Fell in Love with a Gangster (2022)
as Rita
Dolce Fine Giornata (2019)
as Maria Linde
Decalogue V (1989)
as Dorota Geller
Spy, Stand Up (1982)
as Anna Gretz
A Short Film About Killing (1988)
as Dorota
Wałesa: Man of Hope (2013)
as Agnieszka (archive footage) (uncredited)
Aktorka (2015)
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mephisto (1981)
as Barbara Bruckner
Interrogation (1989)
as Antonina Dziwisz
The War of the Worlds: Next Century (1981)
as Gea
Vertiges (1985)
as Maria
Weiser (2001)
as Elka
Kill It and Leave This Town (2020)
as Janek's Mother (voice)
The Cop & the Girl (1985)
as Gerlinde
Przedwiośnie (2001)
as Jadwiga Barykowa
Man of Iron (1981)
as Agnieszka
Synthesis (1984)
as Gloria Lamb
Laputa (1987)
as Małgorzata
O-Bi, O-Ba: The End of Civilization (1985)
as Gea
An Air So Pure (1997)
as Mme Leduroy
Damaged (2015)
as Dulska, babka Melanii
Eine blassblaue Frauenschrift (1984)
as Amélie Tachezy
Inner State (1989)
as żeglarka Ewa Jaskólska
Man of Marble (1977)
as Agnieszka
Weekend Stories: Unwritten Law (1998)
as Halina
We Film the People! (2013)
as Self
The Clowns (2024)
as Krystyna Janda
Fik-Mik (1988)
as doktor Anita, kochanka wiceministra
Pan Olbrychski (2025)
as Self
Suspended (1987)
as Anna
Reverse (2009)
as Matka/Babcia Sabiny
Without Anesthesia (1978)
as Agata
Zygmunt Hübner. Gra z rzeczywistością (2017)
as Self
Bella Donna (1983)
as Lena
Life as a Fatal Sexually Transmitted Disease (2000)
as Anna
My Mother's Lovers (1986)
as Krystyna Traczyk
Golem (1980)
as Rozyna
Polish Cuisine (1991)
as Margaret Szymanko
A Few People, a Little Time (2007)
as Jadwiga
Wizyta starszej pani (2002)
as Klara Zachanassian
The Yellow Scarf (2000)
Actor
Solidarność, Solidarność... (2005)
as Self
Sweet Rush (2009)
as Marta / Actress
The Conductor (1980)
as Marta
1989 (2019)
as Self (archive footage)
The Call of the Toad (2005)
as Aleksandra Piatkowska
A Sketch in Six Parts (1973)
Actor
Kręć! Jak kochasz to kręć! (2010)
as Self
Młynarski. Piosenka finałowa (2017)
as Self
Talking Heads 2021 (2021)
as Self
It's Only Rock (1984)
as Majka Lenczewska
Dismissed From Life (1992)
as "Francuzka"
Tato (1995)
as Magda, lawyer
Madame Bovary, That's Me (1977)
as Krystyna
Julius (2018)
as Krystyna Janda
The Border (1978)
as Elżbieta Biecka
The Green Bird (1980)
as Katzka Widuchowski
Matka swojej matki (1996)
as Ewa Kozłowska
Embers (1983)
as Anna
In Broad Daylight (1981)
as Ewa
Inventory (1989)
as Julia
Pestka (1996)
as Agata
Decalogue II (1989)
as Dorota Geller
On, ona, oni (1983)
as Psychologist (segment 2)
All About My Parents (2014)
as Grandmother