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Joanna Kulig

Polish actress and singer (born 1982)

Joanna Kulig

Summary

Polish actress and singer (born 1982)

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Joanna Kulig (; born 24 June 1982) is a Polish actress and singer. Noted for performing in different languages, she has worked in film, television and radio as well as on stage. She is the recipient of a European Film Award and two Polish Film Awards, and her work has been recognised at various film festivals. In 2018, Polish magazine Wprost included her among the 50 most influential Poles for her contributions to the cinema of Poland.

After an unsuccessful attempt at a career as a jazz singer, Kulig enrolled at the AST National Academy of Theatre Arts in Kraków, graduating in 2007. She began performing on stage while still in drama school, debuting in the play A Midsummer Night's Dream. Her first starring film role in the 2007 drama Wednesday, Thursday Morning won her the award for Best Debut at the Gdynia Film Festival. She received further acclaim for her performance in the 2011 film Elles, which earned her Best Supporting Actress at the Polish Film Awards and Gdynia Film Festival.

Kulig became a frequent collaborator with director Paweł Pawlikowski. She appeared in three of his films: The Woman in the Fifth (2011), Ida (2013) and Cold War (2018). Her starring role in Cold War earned her widespread recognition and Best Actress accolades at the European Film Awards and Polish Film Awards.

Kulig achieved commercial success with Pitbull: Tough Women (2016) and Clergy (2018), both of which rank among the highest-grossing Polish films of all time. She also starred in the dramas Lasting (2013), The Innocents (2016) and Woman Of... (2023); the musical comedy Disco Polo (2015); the thrillers Kompromat (2022) and Knox Goes Away (2023); and the romantic comedy She Came to Me (2023). On television, she played the lead role in the sitcom Don't Worry About Me (2014–2018) and starred in the Netflix series The Eddy (2020).

Early life and education

Kulig was born on 24 June 1982 in Krynica, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland. Her mother worked as a cook at a local kindergarten and her father was a folk poet. She was raised in a musical family along with four siblings—two older brothers and two younger sisters—in Muszynka. One of her sisters, Justyna Schneider, is also an actress and adopted their great-grandmother's surname to avoid confusion as their first names are similar.

As a child, Kulig sang in a church choir. She also performed at weddings and dance parties with her siblings. From 1995, she studied piano at the Frédéric Chopin First Degree State Music School in Krynica, graduating in 1999. At 15, she left her family home and lived at boarding schools, first in Krynica, then in Kraków, where she moved at 18 and enrolled at the Mieczysław Karłowicz State Music School Complex, from which she graduated in singing in 2003. She also completed a Vocational Technical High School for Hotel Administration in Kraków a year earlier. Kulig initially wanted to be a professional jazz singer. She applied twice to study jazz at the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music, but was rejected on both occasions. She was also interested in conducting, but was also unsuccessful. She explained: "no one wanted me, so I went to university to do drama and singing," which started her acting career. After four years of studies, she earned an acting degree with a specialisation in singing from the AST National Academy of Theatre Arts in Kraków in 2007. She was the first in her family to graduate from a university. During this time, she spent some time working as a waitress in London.

Career

1998–2018: Career beginnings and stardom in Poland

Kulig in 2015

In 1998, Kulig won an episode of the Polish television talent show A Chance for Success by performing Grzegorz Turnau's song "Między ciszą a ciszą". As a result, she advanced to the show's annual final, in which she came third. Turnau later invited her to sing with him on his 2002 album Nawet. Kulig also participated in season two of the Polish television talent show Idol in 2002. She was eliminated in the semi-finals.

In 2006, while still in drama school, she made her stage debut as Hermia in the play A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Helena Modrzejewska National Old Theatre in Kraków. In 2007, she starred in Grzegorz Pacek's drama Wednesday, Thursday Morning, which marked her film debut and earned her the Gdynia Film Festival award for Best Debut. She followed this with the titular role in the 2008 television play Doktor Halina. Kulig later admitted that seeing herself in the play on television convinced her to return to acting as she quit briefly. She said: "When I was trying to convince myself that it was over and I quit as it was not for me, Doktor Halina came on TV. I was impressed. I was sitting watching this performance and thought: 'Gosh, I'm really not that bad!'". Her performance caught the attention of director Paweł Pawlikowski, and he invited her to audition for the lead role in his film Ida. Although deemed unfit for the part, she impressed Pawlikowski who became determined to work with her on another project. While making his 2011 psychological thriller The Woman in the Fifth, he created a role that was not originally in the script specifically for her. In the film, set in Paris, she portrayed Ania, a Polish barmaid who falls in love with the protagonist American writer Tom Ricks (Ethan Hawke). In 2011, Kulig was also partnered with Juliette Binoche for Małgorzata Szumowska's drama Elles, similarly set in Paris, in which she played Alicja, a Polish economics student who moonlights as a prostitute. She learned to speak French for both parts. While the films premiered to a mixed reception, Kulig's performance in the latter received praise. Kevin Jagernauth of IndieWire opined that she "has the potential to be breakout star boasting a strong screen presence and an undeniable beauty". She won Best Supporting Actress at the Polish Academy Awards and Gdynia Film Festival. Aside from these two projects, 2011 saw Kulig appear in the war drama Remembrance, in which she performed in German. She also starred in the 2011 Polish comedies: Los numeros, Million Dollars and Dance Marathon. She earned a Golden Duck nomination for Best Actress for her performances in the last two.

Kulig received her second Polish Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Jacek Borcuch's drama Lasting, which premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival and was described by The Hollywood Reporter as "fine-tuned on every level". Later that year, she appeared in Pawlikowski's Academy Award-winning drama Ida, and in Eun-jin Pang's film Way Back Home. Initially considered to play the title character in the former, she was instead cast in a smaller role of a nightclub singer. Kulig also had a small part in the 2013 blockbuster Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, which required her to wear prosthetics. In preparation for the English-speaking role, she worked with dialect coach Andrew Jack. In 2014, Kulig was cast in a leading role on the Polish sitcom Don't Worry About Me, starring as Iga in its first nine seasons until 2018. She next starred in the romantic comedies Sophie Seeks Seven (2014) and Warsaw by Night (2015), and in the commercially successful films Disco Polo (2015) and Pitbull: Tough Women (2016). Disco Polo, directed by her husband Maciej Bochniak, saw her in the role of a disco polo star Gensonina. In Pitbull: Tough Women, Poland's highest-grossing film of 2016 and the seventh highest-grossing Polish film of all time, Kulig played a policewoman Zuza. She also portrayed Sister Irena in Anne Fontaine's critically acclaimed 2016 World War II drama The Innocents inspired by the true story of Polish Catholic nuns who became pregnant from rape by Soviet soldiers stationed near their convent.

2018–2024: International recognition

Kulig with [[Paweł Pawlikowski]] at the [[2018 Cannes Film Festival

Kulig's international breakthrough came in 2018 when she starred in Pawlikowski's historical drama film Cold War. The film marked their third collaboration, which prompted Pawlikowski to call her his "muse". The part of Zula, a woman in post-war Poland who joins a folk music touring group, was once again written by Pawlikowski with her in mind. Mark Kermode of The Observer wrote that she "delivers a star-making performance of astonishing range and depth", and Mick LaSalle of San Francisco Chronicle stated that "she takes the role of a lifetime between her teeth, chomps on it, pounds it into the ground and never lets go for a second." According to Scott Feinberg of The Hollywood Reporter, "in a fair world ... Kulig would not only be a serious contender for a best actress nom, but would quickly become an in-demand actress in Hollywood, too." Kulig received the Best Actress Award at the 31st European Film Awards, and the Polish Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance. That same year, she played local priest's pregnant girlfriend in Wojciech Smarzowski's film Clergy, which went on to become the highest-grossing Polish film of all time. Due to its themes of child abuse, corruption and alcoholism in the Catholic Church in Poland, the film caused controversy especially among right-wing groups in the largely Catholic country and led to a nationwide debate about the role of the church in the Polish society. In 2019, she was cast in the recurring role of Johanna, titular character's mother, in Amazon Studios series Hanna.

Kulig starred as Polish jazz singer Maja in Damien Chazelle's 2020 Netflix musical drama series The Eddy. The character was originally intended to be American, but after meeting with Chazelle the part was rewritten for her. In 2021, Kulig was cast as the lead in TVN thriller series Spider's Web playing a spider behaviour specialist trying to unravel the mystery of the death of her mother and sister. She served as one of the jurors of the Un Certain Regard section at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival. That year, she had a starring role opposite Gilles Lellouche in the action thriller Kompromat, directed by Jérôme Salle. Her part was French- and Russian-speaking, and she worked with dialect coaches in preparation for it. The film was released to mixed reception, and of Kulig's role Pastes Andy Crump wrote: "Diminishing the shine of an actress as luminous as Kulig is an impressive feat, but she's left darkened as Lellouche's object of desire, unable to perform beyond the single dimension given to her."

Kulig at the [[2023 Berlin International Film Festival

In 2023, Kulig appeared in Rebecca Miller's romantic comedy She Came to Me alongside Peter Dinklage, Anne Hathaway, Marisa Tomei and Brian d'Arcy James. She was Miller's first choice for the role of a Polish immigrant Magdalena as she regards her "the greatest Polish actress, I know". Despite the mixed reception of the film, Kate Erbland of IndieWire found Kulig's performance "heartbreaking", and David Rooney of The Hollywood Reporter thought that "only Kulig ... registers as a compassionate presence grounded in a modicum of truth." Kulig next starred as a wife of a man transitioning to a woman in socially conservative Poland in Małgorzata Szumowska and Michał Englerts drama Woman Of..., which premiered at the 2023 Venice International Film Festival to critical acclaim. The role earned her a nomination for the Polish Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Kulig also had a supporting role in Michael Keaton's 2023 noir thriller Knox Goes Away, and made a guest appearance in Apple TV+ 2024 miniseries Masters of the Air set during World War II. Reviewing the former, Pete Hammond of Deadline Hollywood said that "she makes an impression as Knox's faithful lover". In Masters of the Air, she played a Polish war widow who crosses paths with Major John "Bucky" Egan (Callum Turner) during his stay in London; a fan of director Cary Joji Fukunaga, she accepted the role as she wanted to work with him.

2025: Established actress

In 2025, Kulig had a recurring role in season five of The Office PL, a Polish adaptation of the British series The Office, and starred as a wife of a dying man in Nora Jaenicke's psychological thriller Isola. She is set to portray Polish paediatrician Jolanta Wadowska-Król in the upcoming 2026 Netflix series Lead Children, inspired by her life, which depicts her efforts to expose lead poisoning among children in 1970s Szopienice caused by heavy metal contamination from the local steelworks. Kulig will star in Jan Holoubek's upcoming World War II thriller Wild, Wild East, and will appear in Pawlikowski's upcoming film 1949 in a singing role.

Personal life

Kulig is a practicing Christian. Aside from speaking Polish—her first language—she speaks English, French and German, and has performed in those languages. In 2009, she married film director and screenwriter Maciej Bochniak. On 14 February 2019, she gave birth to their son at the UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center.

An ambassador for Anna Dymna's Against the Odds Foundation—an organisation helping adults with intellectual disabilities—Kulig has supported its efforts on numerous occasions. In 2023, she was honoured with St. Brother Albert Medal for her charity work for people with disabilities, which she dedicated to her mother. When accepting the award, she said: "Moments like this show that it is worth helping others. Thank you mum for teaching me that."

Kulig starred in the autumn-winter 2018 advertising campaign for fashion retailer Reserved, alongside Jeanne Damas. In 2018, Polish magazine Wprost included her among the 50 most influential Poles for her contributions to the cinema of Poland, and Glamour Poland named her Woman of the Year. She also ranked fourth on the former's 2019 list of the 50 most influential Polish women. In 2023, she became a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Acting credits

Film

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.Wednesday, Thursday MorningJanosik: A True StoryI Love You So MuchLos numerosMillion DollarsDance MarathonEllesThe Woman in the FifthRemembrance*A Turtle's Tale 2:
Sammy's Escape from Paradise*Hansel & Gretel: Witch HuntersLastingZambeziaIdaKhumbaWay Back HomeSophie Seeks SevenWarsaw by NightDisco PoloThe InnocentsPitbull: Tough WomenCargoCold WarPlayClergy7 EmotionsLove Is EverythingI Am Lying NowSafe InsideEveryone Knows BetterKompromatShe Came to MeWoman Of...Knox Goes AwayIsola1949}}Wild, Wild East}}
2007Teresa
2009GirlPolish dub, choir
EwelinaShort film
2011Sylwia
Zuzanna
Agnieszka
Alicja
Ania
Magdalena Limanowskaurl=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/remembrance_2011title=Remembrancepublisher=Rotten Tomatoesaccess-date=10 September 2023archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221203185228/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/remembrance_2011archive-date=3 December 2022url-status=live}}
2012KonsuelaPolish dub
2013Red-Haired Witch
Marta
Neville's WifePolish dub
Singer
FifiPolish dub
Yalkaurl=https://tv.apple.com/gb/movie/way-back-home/umc.cmc.771f92iuguxmhwnftgh2e3suqtitle=Way Back Homepublisher=Apple TVaccess-date=13 March 2025archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250313204329/https://tv.apple.com/gb/movie/way-back-home/umc.cmc.771f92iuguxmhwnftgh2e3suqarchive-date=13 March 2025url-status=live}}
2014Patrycja
2015Marek's Ex-LoverSegment: Iga
Anka "Gensonina"
2016Sister Irena
Zuza
2017Short film
2018Zula Lichoń
MotherShort film
Hanka Tomala
Gosia's Mother
Magda Rodzińska
2019Agent
Sylvia
2022Ania
Svetlana
2023Magdalena Szyskowski
Iza Wesoły
Annie
2025Joanna

Television

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.A Chance for SuccessIdolPensjonat pod RóżąPastorałkaPrime MinisterTeraz albo nigdy!Doktor HalinaDays of HonorTrzeci oficerFather MatthewSzpilki na GiewoncieJanosik: A True StorySmuteczek czyli ostatni naiwniSpies of WarsawNa krawędziPamiętniki pani HankiThe CrimeDon't Worry About MeDom kobietThe TrapHannaThe EddyTuca & BertieSpider's WebMasters of the AirThe Office PLLead Children}}
1998HerselfContestant
2002HerselfSeason 2 contestant
2006Kasia2 episodes
2007Angel / CarollerTelevision play
Magdalena Nowasz3 episodes
2008Zyta4 episodes
Halina SzwarcTelevision playurl=https://filmpolski.pl/fp/index.php?film=525082title=Doktor Halinapublisher=Polish Internet Movie Databaselanguage=placcess-date=10 September 2023archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230126052718/https://filmpolski.pl/fp/index.php?film=525082archive-date=26 January 2023url-status=live}}
"Mucha"5 episodes
HalinaEpisode: "Dezerter"
2009Dorota MielnickaEpisode: "Koncert"
2010–2011Wika Bura15 episodes
2011GirlPolish dub, choir
SasannaTelevision special
2013Renata1 episode
Sylwia Zawada5 episodes
HankaTelevision play
2014–2015Monika Krajewska
2014–2018Jadwiga "Iga" Małecka103 episodes
2016RóżaTelevision play
2018Justyna Mateja3 episodes
2019–2021Johanna6 episodesurl=https://www.metacritic.com/tv/hanna-2019/credits/title=Hanna (2019) creditspublisher=Metacriticaccess-date=12 September 2023archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230912212202/https://www.metacritic.com/tv/hanna-2019/credits/archive-date=12 September 2023url-status=live}}
2020Maja
2021Esther EmuVoice, episode: "Bird Mechanics"
Kornelia Titko
2024PaulinaEpisode: "Part Four"last=O'Keefefirst=Meghanurl=https://decider.com/2024/02/09/masters-of-the-air-episode-4-callum-turner-joanna-kulig-sex-scene/title='Masters of the Air's First Big Sex Scene is a Look at Horror and Humanity in World War IIwork=Deciderdate=9 February 2024access-date=10 March 2024archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240310150518/https://decider.com/2024/02/09/masters-of-the-air-episode-4-callum-turner-joanna-kulig-sex-scene/archive-date=10 March 2024url-status=live}}
2025Michalina Biegun5 episodes
2026Jolanta Wadowska-Król

Stage

YearTitleRolePlaywrightTheatreRef.A Midsummer Night's DreamAssemblywomenOresteiaOperettaOczyszczenieZakochany ParyżThe Beelzebub SonataVassa ZheleznovaChopinNiech no tylko zakwitną jabłonieRóbmy swoje. Piosenki Wojciecha Młynarskiego
2006HermiaWilliam ShakespeareHelena Modrzejewska National Old Theatre, Krakówurl=http://www.encyklopediateatru.pl/osoby/49863/joanna-kuligtitle=Joanna Kuligpublisher=Polish Theatre Encyclopedialanguage=Polishaccess-date=11 June 2021archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209011946/http://www.encyklopediateatru.pl/osoby/49863/joanna-kuligarchive-date=9 February 2021url-status=live}}
2007GirlAristophanesHelena Modrzejewska National Old Theatre, Kraków
TisiphoneAeschylusHelena Modrzejewska National Old Theatre, Kraków
Witold GombrowiczTheater Scena STU, Kraków
Make-Up ArtistPetr ZelenkaTheater Scena STU, Kraków
2008Kielce Cultural Centre
2009HildaStanisław Ignacy WitkiewiczTheater Scena STU, Kraków
2010NatalyaMaxim GorkyOch-Theatre, Warsaw
2013KorneliaMarcin MacukPalladium Theatre, Warsaw
2014Cocotte Mimi / HelaAgnieszka OsieckaAteneum Theatre, Warsaw
2016Wojciech MłynarskiAteneum Theatre, Warsaw

Radio

YearTitleRolePlaywrightRadioRef.KatarantkaDeath in VeniceWoody LoveAnimal FerocityFutbolistki
2014Podaj Mi RękęTomasz ManPolish Radio
2015TadzioThomas MannPolish Radio
2016EmmaAntoni WinchPolish Radio
Stanisław BarańczakPolish Radio
2017Captain's GirlfriendTomasz ManPolish Radio

Podcast

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.Modern Love
2019NarratorEpisode: "A Kiss Deferred by Civil War"

Discography

TitleYearAlbumRef."Gniew"
(Grzegorz Turnau with backing vocals from Joanna Kulig)"Liryka, liryka"
(Grzegorz Turnau with backing vocals from Joanna Kulig)"Oddal żal"
(Grzegorz Turnau with backing vocals from Joanna Kulig)"Sancho (dytyramb)"
(Grzegorz Turnau with backing vocals from Joanna Kulig)"Gdybym była prezydentem""Lubię być szczęśliwa""Małżeństwo to jest gra""Trzydziesty dziewiąty"
(with Kamilla Baar, Ewa Konstancja Bułhak, Jacek Koman, Joachim Lamża, Grzegorz Małecki, Danuta Stenka, Borys Szyc, Krzysztof Wakulinski and Maciej Zakościelny)"24 mila baci""Guarda Che Luna""Miłość w Portofino""Nie płacz kiedy odjadę""O Jimmy Joe""Rudy rydz""Dość"
(with Dawid Ogrodnik)"Czas nas uczy pogody""Takiego chłopaka""Dziś idę walczyć mamo"
(with O.S.T.R., Waldemar Kasta and Joanna Lewandowska)"Bo wszyscy Polacy"
(with Dawid Ogrodnik)"Oczy czarne""Taka jestem""Takim cię wyśniłam""Cargo"
(Wysokilot and Fidser featuring Joanna Kulig)"Baio Bongo""Deux coeurs""Dwa serduszka""Dwa serduszka" (jazz version)"I Loves You, Porgy""Ja za wodą, ty za wodą""Kak mnogo devushek khoroshikh (Serdtse)""Kantata o Stalinie""Loin de toi""Międzynarodówka""Svilen konac""Związane mam ręce"
(Młynarski-Masecki Jazz Camerata Varsoviensis featuring Joanna Kulig)"Yes Sir, I Can Boogie""Chociaż zmęczona""Mizerna cicha"
(with Michał Bajor)"Ja się nie przyzwyczaję"
(with Julia Konarska, Olga Sarzyńska, Katarzyna Ucherska, Wojciech Brzeziński, Krzysztof Gosztyła and Tomasz Schuchardt)"Siedzę w oknie, patrzę w dal""Bar Fly"
(with The Eddy Band)"Black Cat"
(with The Eddy Band)"Can't Stay Away"
(with The Eddy Band)"Call Me When You Get There"
(with The Eddy Band)"Dupin's Blue"
(with The Eddy Band)"Elle me dit"
(with The Eddy Band)"Gossip"
(with The Eddy Band)"Le Serpent qui danse"
(with Tchéky Karyo)"Let It Go"
(with The Eddy Band)"Kiss Me in the Morning"
(with The Eddy Band)"Not a Day Goes By"
(with The Eddy Band)"On the Way"
(with The Eddy Band and Arnaud Dolmen)"Open to Persuasion"
(with The Eddy Band)"PCH"
(with The Eddy Band)"Play All Night"
(with The Eddy Band and Arnaud Dolmen)"The Eddy"
(with The Eddy Band)"The Eddy"
(with The Eddy Band, Amandla Stenberg and André Holland)"Cicha noc"
(with Zbigniew Wodecki)"Kolęda na ten czas"
(with Irena Santor, Anna Rusowicz, Monika Kuszyńska, Jacek Cygan, Piotr Rubik, Zbigniew Zamachowski, Krzysztof Cugowski, Wojciech Cugowski, Czesław Mozil, Mietek Szcześniak, Adam Nowak, Mateusz Pospieszalski and Marcin Januszkiewicz)"Już kąpiesz się nie dla mnie"
(Szymon Komasa featuring Joanna Kulig and Aleksander Dębicz)"Piosenka jest dobra na wszystko"
(Szymon Komasa featuring Joanna Kulig, Aleksander Dębicz and Santander Orchestra)"To będzie miłość nieduża"
(Szymon Komasa featuring Joanna Kulig and Santander Orchestra)
2002Nawet
2013Pamiętnik Pani Hanki (Piosenki z musicalu)
Ida
Muzyka z serca 2014
2014Sophie Seeks Seven
Nowe Pokolenie 14/44
2015Piosenki z filmu Disco Polo
Tylko swoi
2018Cold War (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Fogg – Pieśniarz Warszawy
Kolędy 2018
2019Ateneum gra Młynarskiego
2020The Eddy (From the Original Netflix Series)
Non-album songs}}
2021Piosenki z Kabaretu Starszych Panów. Laboratorium

Awards and nominations

AwardYearCategoryWorkResultRef.Chlotrudis AwardsEl Gouna Film FestivalElle Style Awards (Poland)European Film AwardsGalas RosesGdynia Film FestivalGlamour Woman of the Year (Poland)Golden DuckIndieWire Critics PollInternational Cinephile Society AwardsThe Kosciuszko Foundation Washington DC Polish Film FestivalKoszalin Festival of Film Debuts "The Youth and Film"London Film Critics' Circle AwardsNational Broadcasting Council AwardsPalm Springs International Film FestivalPolish Film AwardsPolitykas PassportsTelekameryTransatlantyk FestivalTwo Theatres FestivalZbigniew Cybulski Award
2019Best ActressCold War
2018Best ActressCold War
2024International Success
2018Best ActressCold War
2015FilmDisco Polo
2018FilmCold War
2018Special Award
2007Best DebutWednesday, Thursday Morning
2012Best Supporting ActressElles
2012Elle Crystal Star AwardElles
2012Glamour Style Entrance
2015Talent
2018Glamour Woman of the Year
2008Best ActressWednesday, Thursday Morning
2011Best ActressDance Marathon
Million Dollars
2012Best ActressElles
2018Best Lead ActressCold War
2019Best ActressCold War
2024Best ActressWoman Of...
2008Acting DebutWednesday, Thursday Morning
2019Best ActressCold War
2016Arete Award for Acting Debut in the Polish Radio TheatreKatarantka
2019FIPRESCI Prize for Best Actress in a Foreign Language FilmCold War
2013Best Supporting ActressElles
2014Best Supporting ActressLasting
2019Best ActressCold War
2025Best Supporting ActressWoman Of...
2019FilmCold War
2015ActressDon't Worry About Me
2016ActressDon't Worry About Me
2019ActressDon't Worry About Me
2022Actress of Last 25 Years
2018Transatlantyk Golden Ark for Best Actress
2008Polish Television Theatre: Best Female RoleDoktor Halina
2013Elles

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