Krystyna Janda

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1952-12-18 (73 years old)

Place of Birth

Starachowice, Poland

Krystyna Janda

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Krystyna Janda (born 18 December 1952, Starachowice, Poland) is a Polish film and theater actress best known, in the West, for playing leading roles in several films by Polish director Andrzej Wajda, including Man of Marble (Człowiek z marmuru, 1976) and Man of Iron (Człowiek z żelaza, 1981). In 1982, Janda played the lead character in Ryszard Bugajski's film Przesłuchanie (Interrogation), which first premiered only 7 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 Ca...

Acting

1977

Man of Marble

as Agnieszka

1981

Man of Iron

as Agnieszka

1981

Mephisto

as Barbara Bruckner

1978

2009

Reverse

as Matka/Babcia Sabiny

1991

Polish Cuisine

as Margaret Szymanko

1982

Spy, Stand Up

as Anna Gretz

1989

Interrogation

as Antonina Dziwisz

2009

Sweet Rush

as Marta / Actress

1989

Decalogue II

as Dorota Geller

2005

The Call of the Toad

as Aleksandra Piatkowska

1983

On, ona, oni

as Psychologist (segment 2)

2011

Elles

as Mutter

1980

Golem

as Rozyna

1989

Inventory

as Julia

1978

The Border

as Elżbieta Biecka, żona Ziembiewicza

1995

Tato

as Magda, lawyer

2000

The Yellow Scarf

as Aktualna kobieta bohatera

1984

2018

Julius

as Krystyna Janda

2001

Weiser

as Elka

1985

2024

The Clowns

as Krystyna Janda

1980

2014

All About My Parents

as Grandmother

1987

Suspended

as Anna

1984

It's Only Rock

as Majka Lenczewska

2001

Przedwiośnie

as Jadwiga Barykowa

2015

Damaged

as Dulska, babka Melanii

1989

Inner State

as żeglarka Ewa Jaskólska

1987

Laputa

as Małgorzata

1985

Vertiges

as Maria

1992

Dismissed From Life

as "Francuzka"

1997

An Air So Pure

as Mme Leduroy

1980

The Green Bird

as Katzka Widuchowski

2013

Wałesa: Man of Hope

as Agnieszka (archive footage) (uncredited)

1996

Pestka

as Agata

1989

Decalogue V

as Dorota Geller

1986

My Mother's Lovers

as Krystyna Traczyk

1983

2019

Dolce Fine Giornata

as Maria Linde

1983

Embers

as Anna

1996

Matka swojej matki

as Ewa Kozłowska

1988

Fik-Mik

as doktor Anita, kochanka wiceministra

2020

Kill It and Leave This Town

as Janek's Mother (voice)

2025

Production

1996

Pestka

as Director

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