PL

Beata Pozniak won the prestigious Voice Arts Award in the "Outstanding Video Game Character - Best Performance" category for her role of Skarlet, the Blood Queen in "Mortal Kombat 11". She is also a five times Voice Arts Award nominee. Additionally Beata was honored by the Washington Post for the "Best Audiobook of the Year". She is a two-time Earphones Award Winner for audiobook narration: "Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead" by Nobel Prize winner Olga Tokarczuk and "The Light in Hidden Places" by #1 Bestselling New York Times author, Sharon Cameron. She also narrated documentaries such as "The Officer's Wife" about the mass murder of Polish officers in the Katyn forrest and co-narrated "Freedom from Despair", a film about communism, for which she won a Croatian Heart Award together with John Savage and Michael York. This also received an honorable mention from the US Congress. She was a co-producer of "An Unknown Country" which received an EMMY Award nomination for Best Documentary. Beata grew up in Poland during the cold war and arrived in the US before the Berlin Wall came down. Her first film in America was Oliver Stone's eight-time Oscar nominated "JFK" where she played Marina Oswald, the on-screen wife of Gary Oldman. An experimental film "All These Voices" where she played a Holocaust survivor won a student Oscar. She embodied many diverse roles in TV, including Irene, a revolutionary in George Lucas's "Young Indiana Chronicles", Dr. Fielding on "Melrose Place", Masha on "Mad About You" and on "Babylon 5" she played a female President of the World. She founded Theater Discordia which was featured at Los Angeles Theater Festival and which evolved, with the participation of Peter Sellars, into a celebrated venue for experimental theater works. With time her company expanded into Discordia Global Media, where Pozniak directs films inspired by real events or by poetry. She has been named as one of the most important voices in videoart, filmpoems genre in an encyclopedic book "The Poetics of Poetry Film" published by IntellectBooks. She has been selected as the Poet of the Month by the Seventh Quarry Press. Her poetry has been translated into Armenian, Polish and Korean. Her latest anthology is from Africa "I Can't Breathe: A Poetic Anthology of Social Justice". Beata frequently sits on judging panels for the Television Academy, Primetime Emmy Awards and has been a Celebrity Presenter for the IFP (Independent Feature Project West) "Independent Spirit Awards," The Firebird Awards. She also presented posthumously an Award to Audrey Hepburn at the Human Rights Film Festival supported by the United Nations. A passionate human rights activist, Beata introduced the first bill in the history of the US Congress to recognize officially International Women's Day in the United States (H.J.R. 316) for which she was honored by the Mayor of Los Angeles and the US Congress. She received the Maria Konopnicka International Prize for "Outstanding Achievements in the Arts and for Championing Women's Rights Around the World". In the tradition of "Hollywood's Walk of Fame", she was acknowledged with a bronze hand in Poland's Walk of Fame. Appointed by the President of SAG-AFTRA to the Women's Commitee, she also often serves as a Juror, including for the EMMY Awards at the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Pozniak holds an MFA in Film and Drama Arts. She has been on the faculty at USC (Master's Degree Program) and UCLA.

Polish actress Alicja Bachleda-Curus was born in Mexico, where her father was working at the time. She started performing on stage at a tender age of 6. She studied at the National Ballet Academy in Kraków from 1989-1998 and at the National Academy of Music's vocal department in Kraków. Her silver screen debut was in Pan Tadeusz (1999), the biggest box office success in Polish history. Other notable roles include Ondine in Neil Jordan's film Ondine (2009) (2009), Veronica in Trade (2007) opposite Kevin Kline, Zosia in Pan Tadeusz (1999), Anke in Summer Storm (2004) or Signe in the Spike Lee production The Girl Is in Trouble (2015) (2012).

Agnieszka Grochowska is a renowned Polish movie, television, and theatre actress. She graduated from the Aleksander Zelwerowicz Theatre Academy in Warsaw. Grochowska has starred in numerous acclaimed films, including In Darkness (2011), Shameless (2012), and Walesa: Man of Hope (2013). Her performances have earned her multiple awards and nominations. In addition to her acting career, Grochowska is also involved in various philanthropic activities.

Graduate of the Ludwik Solski State Drama School in Krakow, specialization in popular music vocals; actress of the Teatr Stary in Krakow.

PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION The Fryderyk Chopin State Primary Music School in Krynica-Zdroj - piano class, the Mieczyslaw Karlowicz State Secondary Music School in Krakow - solo singing class, the Ludwik Solski State Drama School in Krakow - specialization in drama performance and popular music vocals.

AWARDS 2009 - Sopot, 9th Polish National Festival of Radio and TV Theatre Two Theaters - Award for the Best Female Role, for the part of Halina Szwarc in the TV Theatre show Doktor Halina directed by Marcin Wrona. 2008 - Koszalin, 27th Debut Film Festival Young and Film - Award for Best Acting Debut in a Leading Role in Wednesday, Thursday Morning directed by Grzegosz Packa. 2007 - Gdynia Film Festival, Award of the Mayor of Gdynia for Best Acting Debut in Wednesday, Thursday Morning. 1998 - Third prize at the grand finale of the Szansa na sukces TV singing competition, for the performance of Miedzy cisza by Grzegorz Turnau.

Weronika Rosati is an international actress. Born in 1984 in Warsaw, her Polish-American-Hungarian mother is a famous fashion designer and her Italian father is a respected politician/economist now a deputy at the European Parliament. She has been working in films since she was a teenager. She became a Polish sensation after appearing in numerous popular TV series and achieved both stardom and recognition at the age of 19 with her first silver screen appearance in the lead female role of Gemma in 'Pitbull' - a cop thriller classic.

She attended the prestigious Lodz Film School, and then moved to New York where for two years she studied at the Lee Strasberg Institute. In the meantime, she continued her career in Polish film working with such renowned filmmakers as Krzysztof Zanussi in 'Foreign Body' (which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival), Agnieszka Holland in 'In Darkness' (nominated for an Oscar for Best Foreign Film), and in many other feature films and TV shows. In 2013, Weronika played Pestka, a young Jewish woman trying to save her sister from death, in the World War II-drama 'Manhunt', which received international critical acclaim. The role earned Weronika her first Polish Film Academy Award nomination for Best Actress and won her the Pola Negri Award. Rosati works often in France, where she lived as a child, and also speaks fluent French. She played a lead in a TV film for France 2 television in 'La Dame de Pique' and in Jerome Salle's 'Burma Conspiracy' opposite Tomer Sisley and Sharon Stone.

Her first big break-through in the US came in 2011 when she was cast by Michael Mann in 'Luck', the HBO original TV series starring Dustin Hoffman. She played a poker dealer Naomi , the love interest of Jason Gedrick's character and appeared in four episodes. From then she worked constantly on other TV shows and films including season 2 of 'True Detective', 'NCIS', 'The Iceman' with Michael Shannon, 'Bullet to the Head' opposite Sylvester Stallone, directed by Walter Hill, 'Last Vegas' with Michael Douglas and 'Rosemary's Baby' for NBC.

In 2015, Weronika completed 'USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage', a highly anticipated World War II-drama directed by Mario Van Peebles, where she played the wife of Nicolas Cage's character. She also appeared as a guest star on TBS comedy show 'The Detour', as a French agent in a lead guest role on the popular show 'Supernatural' directed by John Badham, and in a historical epic international co-production 'I'll Find You' directed by Martha Coolidge where she stars opposite Stellan Skarsgaard. In 2020, she co-starred in the critically acclaimed drama 'Never Gonna Snow Again' directed by Malgoska Szumowska and Michal Englert, which premiered in Main competition of the Venice Film Festival.

Rosati is a household name in Europe where she was also a spokesperson for Avon Cosmetics and Pantene, among others. She splits time between Warsaw and Los Angeles.

Piotr Adamczyk is a popular Polish film, television and stage actor. He garnered international acclaim for his portrayal of Pope John Paul II in the film "Karol, A Man Who Became Pope" which was seen by no less than eight hundred million people worldwide.

Known for his versatility, Adamczyk has consistently surprised audiences with his ability to embody vastly different characters ranging from anguished saints to ruthless oppressors, from melancholy composers to love sick fools.

Having honed his craft on theatre stages at home and abroad, Adamczyk broke into film with great momentum. His portrayal of Stawrogin in Dostoyevsky's "The Possessed" established him as a leading man and led him to the role that would propel him to Polish stardom: Frederic Chopin in "Chopin, Desire of Love".

His renown would only grow following his tour de force performance as Pope John Paul II in the two part Italian production - "Karol the Man Who Became Pope" and "The Pope - the Man". The films vast and international viewership would extend his popularity beyond Poland to Italy, Latin America and many other countries. Adamczyk also managed to build on his popularity abroad by performing at the Sala Uno Theatre in Rome (entirely in Italian), by playing in Liliana Cavani's movie "Einstein" and in the Portuguese mega production "Second Life".

Adamczyk has appeared in around 100 theatre, television and film productions. His nuanced portrayal of the Gestapo officer Lars Rainer in the hugely popular Polish television series "Days of Glory" won him acclaim and accolades, while his comedic performances on the hit show "Przepis na Zycie" (A Recipe for Life) endeared him to an ever widening fan base. In addition to having won numerous awards at international film festivals in Italy, China and Ukraine, Adamczyk was honored with the prestigious Gloria Artis medal for outstanding contributions to Polish culture.

Adamczyk has also had over 800 radio roles and is an accomplished voice actor. He has contributed his talents to such characters as Melman the Giraffe in "Madagascar", Zigzag McQueen in "Cars" and Syndrome in "The Incredibles", to name but a few. One of his latest roles was that of Maximilian Kolbe in the Mexican American 3D animated motion capture film "Max and Me".

Upcoming releases in 2016, starring Adamczyk, include the European production "Framed", "Max and Me", "Slaba Plec" (The Weaker Sex) and a sequel to one of Poland's biggest box office hits of the last decade: "Letter to Santa 2".

Tomasz Kot is a Polish actor who studied at the National Academy of Theatre Arts in Krakow. He made his theatre debut on the stage of the Dramatic Theatre in Legnica in Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz's play "Narkotyki". He gained popularity by portraying singer Ryszard Riedel in the movie Skazany na bluesa (2005) and for his role as Zbigniew Religa in the movie Bogowie (2014), for which he received the Polish Film Award for Best Actor. He also starred as Wiktor in Cold War (2018), earning him a nomination for best actor by the European Film Awards.

Karolina Gruszka is a Polish actress who completed her studies at the Aleksander Zelwerowicz Theatre Academy in Warsaw in 2003. She is multilingual, fluent in Polish, English, German, French, and Russian. Her acting career took off with her role in Kochankowie z Marony (2005) which brought her recognition and acclaim. She further showcased her talent in the movie Inland Empire (2006) and portrayed the iconic scientist in Marie Curie: The Courage of Knowledge (2016). On the small screen, she is known for her roles in Sfora (2002) and Oficer (2005).

Borys Szyc, a multi-talented figure in the Polish entertainment scene, is best known for his work as a movie and theatre actor. After performing in a high school theatrical play based on Slawomir Mrozek's "Serenade", he decided to dedicate himself to acting. He graduated the National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw. His performances in movies such as Vinci (2004), Testosteron (2007), and The Mole (2011), have earned him widespread recognition. In addition to acting, Szyc has showcased his musical talent by releasing a single with Justyna Steczkowska and his debut album "Feelin' Good" in 2008. He also demonstrates his entrepreneurial spirit by owning a restaurant in Warsaw. His diverse talents truly set him apart in the industry.

Marcin Dorocinski (born June 22, 1973) is a Polish film, television and stage actor. He is well known for his portrayals of conflicted, troubled characters: Despero in "Pitbull" (2005), Jacek Mroz in "OFFsiders" (2008). Otter in "Manhunt" (2012) as well as his debonair leading man roles, handsome, virile, charismatic and charming: Bronek in "Reverse" (2009) or Kostek in "The perfect guy for my girlfriend" (2009). Dorocinski is also renowned for his association with independent movies. He is widely regarded as one the most talented and respected Polish actors. Dorocinski gained critical acclaim in the early 2000s, culminating in his Zbyszek Cybulski's Award for Best Young Polish Actor (2005), Polish Eagles nomination for Best Actor (2008) followed by Golden Lions Award as best supporting actor for "Reverse"(2009) and best actor in a leading role for "Rose" (2011). Dorocinski gained worldwide acclaim for his role in TV series "Into deep water (52 MonteCarlo Television Festival nominee for Best Actor) and won Best Actor award at Porto Film Festival for "Rose" (2012)

Dorocinski was born in Milanowek near Warsaw. His father is a smith and his mother is a housewife, he has three brothers. Dorocinski grew up dreaming of becoming a professional football player. Unfortunately his dreams were shuttered when he suffered a severe leg injury. Due to the sustained injury, Dorocinski was not able to pursue his football career. He attended the vocational school in Grodzisk Mazowiecki where his history teacher realized he had strong acting abilities and encouraged him to become an actor. In 1993 he enrolled to The Aleksander Zelwerowicz State Theatre Academy. He graduated from the Academy in 1997 and won a position at the Dramatic Theatre in Warsaw. His most important theatre credits include: "Taming of the Shrew" (1995) directed by Krzysztof Warlikowski, "Platonov" (2002) directed by Pawel Miskiewicz or "Wrong side up" (2005) directed by Agnieszka Glinska.

Dorocinski made his film debut in Andrzej Zulawski's "The Shaman" (1995). Afterwards he played some minor roles in TV and films. His first major role was Arek Bilski in "Krugerandy" (1999) but the real breakthrough came in 2005, when he played a homicide detective, Slawomir Desperski in a film and cult television series "Pitbull". After "Pibull" he rose to stardom and appeared most notably in "We are all Christs" (2006), "Luiza's Garden" (2008), "OFFsiders" (2008), "Reverse" (2009), "Rose" (2011), Polish version of "In treatment" (2011), "Manhunt" (2012) and Bartosz Konopka's (Academy Award Nominee) "Fear of Falling" (2011). He has also made his international debut in Per Fly's film "The woman that dreamed about a man" released in 2010. In 2012 Dorocinski won part in BBC production "Spies of Warsaw" starring David Tennant. Dorocinski also starred in "Run", new miniseries from British Channel 4. Recently he finished shooting films " "Love" , "7 days" and "Angel" slated for release in 2013 and 2014.

Dorocinski keeps low profile, focusing on his family: wife and three children. He is an avid u2 and Red Hot Chili Peppers fan, enjoys triathlon, car and motor racing and walking his dog.

Kasia Koleczek was born on 30 November 1984 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland. She is an actress and writer, known for Press (2018), Bridget Jones's Baby (2016) and Father Brown (2013).

Kasia Smutniak was born on 13 August 1979 in Pila, Wielkopolskie, Poland. She is an actress and director, known for Perfect Strangers (2016), From Paris with Love (2010) and Tutta colpa di Giuda (2009). She has been married to Domenico Procacci since 15 September 2019. They have one child.

Kasia Pilewicz is known for Magda (2023), The Bold and the Beautiful (1987) and Immanence (2022).

Kasia Stelmach is an Australian actress and producer born to Polish parents. With a passion for artistic expression, Kasia studied Art and Business at Monash University before being discovered by Baz Lurhman in the streets of Sydney for a role in The Great Gatsby. Since then she has appeared in numerous Australian television series and made appearances in notable blockbuster films such as Hacksaw Ridge. Upcoming 2022 releases include Box Metaphor, Blur and Beat with several series in development.

Debicki was born in Paris to a Polish father and an Australian mother of Irish descent who were both dancers. When she was five, the family moved to Melbourne, where she grew up with two younger siblings. She became interested in ballet at an early age and trained as a dancer until deciding to switch to theatre. A student at Huntingtower School in Melbourne's east, Debicki achieved two perfect study scores in drama and English and was the school's dux when she graduated in 2007. In 2010, she completed a degree in drama at the University of Melbourne's Victorian College of the Arts. In August 2009, she was the recipient of a Richard Pratt Bursary for outstanding acting students in their second year of training.

Paul was raised in the Marlboro, New Jersey. His parents immigrated from Poland, where he spent a large portion of his childhood. Many of his relatives still reside there.

During his high school years, Paul was actively involved in theater studies, primarily in New York City. He attended Christian Brothers Academy, Marlboro High School, and Lakewood Prep.

He studied theatre in both New Jersey and New York City and whilst in his junior year he landed the role of Max in Guiding Light (1952). Due to his acting schedule, he transferred to several schools. He ultimately graduated in 2000 and went on to Rutgers University but, because he was being offered roles, decided to quit after one semester.

In 2009 he was cast in The Vampire Diaries (2009).

He has performed in numerous off Broadway productions as well as starred in dozens of films and television series throughout his career.

Wesley is co-founder of Citizen Media, a production company based at Kapital Entertainment, which has sold numerous television shows to various networks and studios.

He resides in New York City, Atlanta, and Los Angeles.

Katarzyna Wolejnio was born on 19 May 1973 in Warsaw, Poland. She is an actress, known for Conan the Barbarian (2011), The Mechanic (2011) and Survivor (2015).

Joanna Pacula was born on 30 December 1957 in Tomaszów Lubelski, Lubelskie, Poland. She is an actress, known for Tombstone (1993), Gorky Park (1983) and The Kiss (1988).

Dagmara Dominczyk is a Polish-American actress and author. She has appeared in the films Rock Star (2001), The Count of Monte Cristo (2002), Kinsey (2004), Trust the Man (2005), Lonely Hearts (2006), Running with Scissors (2006), Higher Ground (2011), The Letter (2012), The Immigrant (2013), Big Stone Gap (2014), A Woman, a Part (2016), The Assistant (2019), and The Lost Daughter (2021).

Born in Poland to accomplished thespian parents, Grazyna Dylag and Aleksander Mikolajczak, Izabella Miko could dance before she could walk. She began to pursue her dream career as a ballerina as soon as the opportunity was available to her at the age of 10. Izabella was accepted at the National Ballet School in Warsaw, though her teachers were concerned about what seemed to be some flexibility limitations of her body. At the age of 15, she was recruited to go to New York on full scholarship and study at the School of American Ballet. However, her body could no longer withstand the rigors of a seven-day a week ballet-training schedule, and in 1997 she suffered from a series of injuries to her vertebrae, knee and ankle injuries, ending her career as a ballet dancer.

She found herself 17 years old and wondering what career she would ever find that would fulfill her the same way dance did. While back in Warsaw and recovering, a casting director who was working with Izabella's parents asked if she would play a part in a TV movie, "Lithuania You're My Motherland". She accepted, not knowing where else to turn. Having been bitten by the acting bug, Miko was headed back to America shortly before her 18th birthday. She immediately began training at The Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute and laying the groundwork for a successful career as an actor.

She went to Los Angeles just after she turned 18, and a series of fortuitous event resulted in her landing the role in Jerry Bruckheimer's Coyote Ugly (2000) playing "Cammie". This role put her on the map in Hollywood, leading to a slew of magazine covers and billboards. She followed "Coyote Ugly" with a leading role in J.S. Cardone's The Forsaken (2001) and Minimal Knowledge (2002). She has also appeared in The Shore (2005), starring alongside Lesley Ann Warren and Ben Gazzara. Miko than starred alongside actors Derek Jacobi and Michael Lonsdale in Bye Bye Blackbird (2005). Her portrayal of Alice, a circus trapeze artist in the early 1900s, was the perfect combination of Izabella's most innate talents. She prepared for this role with a rigorous three-month training schedule on both the flying and static trapeze. Utilizing her dance and trapeze skills, along with rapidly learned tightrope walking, she secured a part time role of Raia, a member of the "Circus of Crime" circus troop in the 2011 NBC series The Cape (2011).

Born in the northern Polish town of Bialystok, Izabella Scorupco moved to Sweden with her mother as a young child. She studied drama and music and, at 17, was discovered by a Swedish film director who cast her in the movie Ingen kan älska som vi (1988), which made her a local teen idol. She then became a successful model in Sweden and throughout Europe, where she made good use of her fluency in four languages.

In 1989, Scorupco displayed another facet of her talents, launching her career as a pop singer with her first single, Substitute. The single and subsequent album, IZA, both went gold, and she followed with another hit single, Shame, Shame, which she recorded in 1991. Returning to acting in 1994, she immediately won the lead role in the Swedish film The Tears of Saint Peter (1995). Scorupco stars as a woman who lives her life as a man in the medieval drama, which was released in August 1995.

Shortly after Izabella received international attention after landing the leading female role in the Bond movie "Goldeneye" starring against Pierce Brosnan. In 2000 she played one of the adventurers in "Vertical limit" and went on to the lead female in the science-fantasy movie "Reign of fire" against Matthew Mc Conaughey and Christian Bale. In 2004 Izabella acted against fellow Swede Stellan Skarsgård in the Renny Harlin film "The Exorcist- the beginning". After a couple of roles in American TV-series, Izabella decided to work on the Scandinavian market again, first in the crime/thriller story "Solstrom" against Michael Persbrandt and and then onto the drama "Guardian angel", a heartbreaking story opposite Michael Nyqvist. Izabella tried a whole different genre in 2014 when she starred the in the hit comedy movie "Micke and Veronica". Izabella resides in Los Angeles with her two teenage kids and three dogs.

Malgorzata Zajaczkowska began her acting career in 1979, on stage in the Teatr Narodowy. She moved to the United States 1981 and Americanized her name as Margaret Sophie Stein. Her American film credits include Bullets Over Broadway (1994), Enemies, A Love Story (1989), and Simply Irresistible (1999). She moved to back to Poland in 1999 where she continues a career in acting. She has also lectured at the Warsaw Film School.

Jacek Koman was born on 15 August 1956 in Bielsko-Biala, Slaskie, Poland. He is an actor, known for Moulin Rouge! (2001), Children of Men (2006) and Defiance (2008).

Rafal Zawierucha was born in 1986, in Cracow, Poland. He is an international actor. In 2012 he graduated from National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw. After the first year in Theater Academy as the one of the best students he got an invitation to the acting workshop in Watermill Center, New York 2008 Summer Program with one of the most famous theater director Robert Wilson. When he was still in the Academy, he got a main part in "Heritage", a great movie directed by one of the best Polish directors, Andrzej Baranski. A year after finishing school he joined to the one of the famous stage in the country Warsaw Modern Theatre - "Teatr Wspolczesny" where he took part in plays such as 'Hamlet' , "When the Barbarians Came", "Platonov", "Bucharest Calling" and "Fantazy".

In the cinema area, he is best known for Heritage (2011), Gods (2014), and Afterimage (2016) directed by Andrzej Wajda. He is also a host of a documentary TV series for Discovery Canal plus - "Film Poland" and "Film Europe", where he traveling around Poland and the rest of Europe looking for places known from famous movies. During trips he met producers, directors and movie people, who have worked by the best films in the history of the world culture. In 2018 he starred in Quentin Tarantino's "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" as Roman Polanski. The next movie that he booked in US was "The Soviet Sleep Experiment" shooting in Minneapolis.

Sacha Kowalewski was born on 3 July 1995 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for The Delicate Art of Moving Forward (2022), Homeless (2022) and Proceder (2019).