Krystyna Janda
61 movies · 13 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Dec 18, 1952 (age 73)
- Place of birth
- Starachowice, Poland
- Also known as
- Krystyna Jolanta Janda
Biography
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.
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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".
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Known for
Krystyna Janda: movies and TV shows
Acting (74)
- 2026 The Doll
as Joanna Karolowa
- 2024 The Clowns
as Krystyna Janda
- 2023
- 2022
- 2022
- 2021
- 2020 Kill It and Leave This Town
as Janek's Mother (voice)
- 2020
- 2019 Dolce Fine Giornata
as Maria Linde
- 2018 Julius
as Krystyna Janda
- 2015 Aktorka
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2015 Damaged
as Dulska, babka Melanii
- 2014 All About My Parents
as Grandmother
- 2013 Wałesa: Man of Hope
as Agnieszka (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2011
- 2011 Elles
as Mutter
- 2009 Reverse
as Matka/Babcia Sabiny
- 2009 Sweet Rush
as Marta / Actress
- 2007 A Few People, a Little Time
as Jadwiga
- 2005 The Call of the Toad
as Aleksandra Piatkowska
- 2002 Wizyta starszej pani
as Klara Zachanassian
- 2002
- 2001 Przedwiośnie
as Jadwiga Barykowa
- 2001 Weiser
as Elka
- 2000
- 2000
- 1998 Weekend Stories: Unwritten Law
as Halina
- 1997 An Air So Pure
as Mme Leduroy
- 1996 Matka swojej matki
as Ewa Kozłowska
- 1996 Pestka
as Agata
- 1995 Tato
as Magda, lawyer
- 1993
- 1993
- 1992 Dismissed From Life
as "Francuzka"
- 1991 Polish Cuisine
as Margaret Szymanko
- 1989 Interrogation
as Antonina Dziwisz
- 1989
- 1989 Inventory
as Julia
- 1989 Decalogue V
as Dorota Geller
- 1989 Inner State
as żeglarka Ewa Jaskólska
- 1989 Decalogue II
as Dorota Geller
- 1989 On the Silver Globe
as Aza
- 1988
- 1988 A Short Film About Killing
as Dorota
- 1988 Fik-Mik
as doktor Anita, kochanka wiceministra
- 1987 Suspended
as Anna
- 1987 Laputa
as Małgorzata
- 1986
- 1986 My Mother's Lovers
as Krystyna Traczyk
- 1985 The Cop & the Girl
as Gerlinde
- 1985 Vertiges
as Maria
- 1985
- 1984 Eine blassblaue Frauenschrift
as Amélie Tachezy
- 1984 Synthesis
as Gloria Lamb
- 1984 It's Only Rock
as Majka Lenczewska
- 1983 On, ona, oni
as Psychologist (segment 2)
- 1983 Embers
as Anna
- 1983 Bella Donna
as Lena
- 1982 Spy, Stand Up
as Anna Gretz
- 1981
- 1981 Man of Iron
as Agnieszka
- 1981 In Broad Daylight
as Ewa
- 1981 Mephisto
as Barbara Bruckner
- 1980 Golem
as Rozyna
- 1980 The Conductor
as Marta
- 1980 The Green Bird
as Katzka Widuchowski
- 1979
- 1978 Without Anesthesia
as Agata
- 1978 The Border
as Elżbieta Biecka
- 1977 Madame Bovary, That's Me
as Krystyna
- 1977 Man of Marble
as Agnieszka
- 1974 Trzy Siostry
as Masza
- 1973
- 1973
Behind the camera (1)
- 1996 Pestka
Director
Talk shows and appearances (8)
- 2025
- 2021
- 2019
- 2017
- 2017
- 2013
- 2010
- 2005