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