Krystyna Janda
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Dec 18, 1952 (age 73)
- Place of birth
- Starachowice, Poland
- Credits
- 82
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".
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Known for
Filmography
The Doll
2026Movie
Joanna Karolowa
Pan Olbrychski
2025Movie
Self
The Clowns
2024Movie
Krystyna Janda
Still Here
2023TV
Maria Czułkowska
My Agent
2022TV
How I Fell in Love with a Gangster
2022Movie
Rita
Talking Heads 2021
2021Movie
Self
Kayko and Kokosh
2021TV
Flying School Principal (voice)
Kill It and Leave This Town
2020Movie
Janek's Mother (voice)
Królestwo kobiet
2020TV
Ineza Klin
1989
2019Movie
Self (archive footage)
Dolce Fine Giornata
2019Movie
Maria Linde
Julius
2018Movie
Krystyna Janda
Młynarski. Piosenka finałowa
2017Movie
Self
Zygmunt Hübner. Gra z rzeczywistością
2017Movie
Self
Aktorka
2015Movie
(archive footage) (uncredited)
Damaged
2015Movie
Dulska, babka Melanii
All About My Parents
2014Movie
Grandmother
We Film the People!
2013Movie
Self
Wałesa: Man of Hope
2013Movie
Agnieszka (archive footage) (uncredited)
In Treatment
2011TV
Barbara Lewicka-Lukas
Elles
2011Movie
Mutter
Kręć! Jak kochasz to kręć!
2010Movie
Self
Reverse
2009Movie
Matka/Babcia Sabiny
Sweet Rush
2009Movie
Marta / Actress
A Few People, a Little Time
2007Movie
Jadwiga
The Call of the Toad
2005Movie
Aleksandra Piatkowska
Solidarność, Solidarność...
2005Movie
Self
Wizyta starszej pani
2002Movie
Klara Zachanassian
Przedwiośnie
2002TV
Jadwiga Barykowa
Przedwiośnie
2001Movie
Jadwiga Barykowa
Weiser
2001Movie
Elka
The Yellow Scarf
2000Movie
Life as a Fatal Sexually Transmitted Disease
2000Movie
Anna
Weekend Stories: Unwritten Law
1998Movie
Halina
An Air So Pure
1997Movie
Mme Leduroy
Matka swojej matki
1996Movie
Ewa Kozłowska
Pestka
1996Movie
Agata
Tato
1995Movie
Magda, lawyer
Kuchnia polska
1993TV
Margaret Szymanko, żona Stanisława
Der große Bellheim
1993TV
Maria Bellheim
Dismissed From Life
1992Movie
"Francuzka"
Polish Cuisine
1991Movie
Margaret Szymanko
Interrogation
1989Movie
Antonina Dziwisz
Dekalog
1989TV
Dorota Geller
Inventory
1989Movie
Julia
Decalogue V
1989Movie
Dorota Geller
Inner State
1989Movie
żeglarka Ewa Jaskólska
Decalogue II
1989Movie
Dorota Geller
On the Silver Globe
1989Movie
Aza
Wilder Westen inclusive
1988TV
Marianne
A Short Film About Killing
1988Movie
Dorota
Fik-Mik
1988Movie
doktor Anita, kochanka wiceministra
Suspended
1987Movie
Anna
Laputa
1987Movie
Małgorzata
Eine blassblaue Frauenschrift
1986TV
Amélie Tachezy
My Mother's Lovers
1986Movie
Krystyna Traczyk
The Cop & the Girl
1985Movie
Gerlinde
Vertiges
1985Movie
Maria
O-Bi, O-Ba: The End of Civilization
1985Movie
Gea
Eine blassblaue Frauenschrift
1984Movie
Amélie Tachezy
Synthesis
1984Movie
Gloria Lamb
It's Only Rock
1984Movie
Majka Lenczewska
On, ona, oni
1983Movie
Psychologist (segment 2)
Embers
1983Movie
Anna
Bella Donna
1983Movie
Lena
Spy, Stand Up
1982Movie
Anna Gretz
The War of the Worlds: Next Century
1981Movie
Gea
Man of Iron
1981Movie
Agnieszka
In Broad Daylight
1981Movie
Ewa
Mephisto
1981Movie
Barbara Bruckner
Golem
1980Movie
Rozyna
The Conductor
1980Movie
Marta
The Green Bird
1980Movie
Katzka Widuchowski
Doktor Murek
1979TV
Zoska 'Arletka', Arletka
Without Anesthesia
1978Movie
Agata
The Border
1978Movie
Elżbieta Biecka
Madame Bovary, That's Me
1977Movie
Krystyna
Man of Marble
1977Movie
Agnieszka
Trzy Siostry
1974Movie
Masza
Clouds of War
1973TV
dziewczyna tańcząca na weselu (nie występuje w napisach)
A Sketch in Six Parts
1973Movie