Cast
Krystyna Janda
Acting
Cast
Krystyna Janda
Known for
Acting
Born
1952-12-18
From
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. 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.
★7.7
MOVIE1989
On the Silver Globe
as Aza
★10.0
MOVIE2015
Aktorka
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
★5.3
MOVIE2011
Elles
as Mutter
★9.0
MOVIE1980
The Green Bird
as Katzka Widuchowski
★5.1
MOVIE2015
Damaged
as Dulska, babka Melanii
★6.0
MOVIE2024
The Clowns
as Krystyna Janda
★5.5
MOVIE2001
Weiser
as Elka
★8.0
MOVIE1989
Decalogue V
as Dorota Geller
★6.0
MOVIE1984
Eine blassblaue Frauenschrift
as Amélie Tachezy
★7.0
MOVIE1984
Synthesis
as Gloria Lamb
MOVIE2026
The Doll
as Joanna Karolowa
★7.3
MOVIE1985
Vertiges
as Maria
★4.8
MOVIE1991
Polish Cuisine
as Margaret Szymanko
★9.0
MOVIE1989
Inner State
as żeglarka Ewa Jaskólska
★5.0
MOVIE1988
Fik-Mik
as doktor Anita, kochanka wiceministra
★6.0
MOVIE2001
Przedwiośnie
as Jadwiga Barykowa
★7.6
MOVIE1988
A Short Film About Killing
as Dorota
★7.2
MOVIE1982
Spy, Stand Up
as Anna Gretz
★4.5
MOVIE1987
Suspended
as Anna
★7.1
MOVIE1989
Interrogation
as Antonina Dziwisz
★10.0
MOVIE1983
Bella Donna
as Lena
★5.5
MOVIE1998
Weekend Stories: Unwritten Law
as Halina
★7.0
MOVIE2025
Pan Olbrychski
as Self
★6.7
MOVIE1981
The War of the Worlds: Next Century
as Gea
MOVIE2019
1989
as Self (archive footage)
★7.5
MOVIE1987
Laputa
as Małgorzata
★7.0
MOVIE1981
Man of Iron
as Agnieszka
★7.8
MOVIE1986
My Mother's Lovers
as Krystyna Traczyk
★6.6
MOVIE2000
The Yellow Scarf
★7.3
MOVIE1981
Mephisto
as Barbara Bruckner
★6.2
MOVIE1996
Matka swojej matki
as Ewa Kozłowska
★5.7
MOVIE2013
Wałesa: Man of Hope
as Agnieszka (archive footage) (uncredited)
★6.6
MOVIE2022
How I Fell in Love with a Gangster
as Rita
★6.5
MOVIE2017
Młynarski. Piosenka finałowa
as Self
MOVIE2013
We Film the People!
as Self
★6.9
MOVIE1985
O-Bi, O-Ba: The End of Civilization
as Gea
★4.3
MOVIE2014
All About My Parents
as Grandmother
MOVIE2017
Zygmunt Hübner. Gra z rzeczywistością
as Self
★4.8
MOVIE1985
The Cop & the Girl
as Gerlinde
★7.0
MOVIE1977
Man of Marble
as Agnieszka
★5.7
MOVIE2019
Dolce Fine Giornata
as Maria Linde
★6.2
MOVIE1980
The Conductor
as Marta
★7.1
MOVIE2009
Reverse
as Matka/Babcia Sabiny
★6.4
MOVIE2020
Kill It and Leave This Town
as Janek's Mother (voice)
★4.5
MOVIE1984
It's Only Rock
as Majka Lenczewska
★6.8
MOVIE1980
Golem
as Rozyna
★6.9
MOVIE2000
Life as a Fatal Sexually Transmitted Disease
as Anna
★1.0
MOVIE2021
Talking Heads 2021
as Self
★5.5
MOVIE1973
A Sketch in Six Parts
★6.8
MOVIE1978
Without Anesthesia
as Agata
★6.5
MOVIE1989
Inventory
as Julia
★7.3
MOVIE2005
Solidarność, Solidarność...
as Self
★7.1
MOVIE1995
Tato
as Magda, lawyer
★5.9
MOVIE1997
An Air So Pure
as Mme Leduroy
★6.3
MOVIE2009
Sweet Rush
as Marta / Actress
★5.4
MOVIE1992
Dismissed From Life
as "Francuzka"
★7.3
MOVIE1989
Decalogue II
as Dorota Geller
★5.4
MOVIE2005
The Call of the Toad
as Aleksandra Piatkowska
★6.3
MOVIE2007
A Few People, a Little Time
as Jadwiga
★6.4
MOVIE1981
In Broad Daylight
as Ewa
★10.0
MOVIE1977
Madame Bovary, That's Me
as Krystyna
★6.8
MOVIE1983
Embers
as Anna
★5.8
MOVIE1996
Pestka
as Agata
★8.0
MOVIE1983
On, ona, oni
as Psychologist (segment 2)
★5.5
MOVIE2018
Julius
as Krystyna Janda
★5.4
MOVIE1978
The Border
as Elżbieta Biecka
★8.0
MOVIE2010
Kręć! Jak kochasz to kręć!
as Self