Agnieszka (film)
Agnieszka is the Polish equivalent of the female given name Agnes. Notable people with this name include: *Agnieszka Arnold, Polish documentary filmmaker * Agnieszka Baranowska (1819–1890), Polish playwright and poet * Agnieszka Bednarek (born 1986), international Polish volleyball player *Agnieszka Brustman (born 1962), female Polish chess master * Agnieszka Brzezańska (born 1972), artist based in Warsaw *Agnieszka Brugger (born 1985), German politician *Agnieszka Chylińska (born 1976), Polish rock singer and columnist * Agnieszka Domańska (born 1970), Polish ice dancer *Agnieszka Dowbor-Muśnicka (1919–1940), Polish WWII resistance fighter *Agnieszka Duczmal (born 1946), Polish conductor *Agnieszka Dulej (born 1983), Polish ice dancer *Agnieszka Dygant (born 1973), Polish actress *Agnieszka Graff (born 1970), Polish writer, translator, publicist, feminist and activist *Agnieszka Holland (born 1948), Polish film and TV director and screenwriter * Agnieszka Karpiesiuk (bor ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Agnes (name)
Agnes is a female given name derived from the Greek , meaning 'pure' or 'holy'. The name passed to Italian language, Italian as Agnese, to French language, French as Agnès, to Portuguese language, Portuguese as Inês, and to Spanish language, Spanish as Inés. It is also written as Agness. The name is descended from the Proto-Indo-European ''wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₁yaǵ-, *h₁yaǵ-'', meaning 'to sacrifice; to worship,' from which is also the Vedic term ''Yajna, yajña''. It is mostly used in Greece and countries that speak Germanic languages. It was the name of a popular Christian saint, Agnes of Rome, which encouraged its wide use. Agnes was the third most popular name for women in the English language, English speaking world for more than 400 years. Its medieval pronunciation was ''Annis'', and its usage and many of its forms coincided with the equally popular name Anna (given name), Anna, related in medieval and Elizabethan times to ''Agnes'', though Ann ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Agnieszka Kotlarska
Agnieszka Kotlarska-Świątek (15 August 1972 – 27 August 1996) was a Polish fashion model and beauty queen. Career While studying at Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Agnieszka won the Miss Polski beauty pageant held at the Forest Opera in Sopot on 19 July 1991. On 13 October 1991, she became the first Polish winner of the Miss International beauty pageant held in Tokyo, Japan. She went on to pursue a modelling career in the United States, represented by Ford Models in New York City, New York for the likes of Ralph Lauren and Calvin Klein. Around 1992, while working in New York, she married Jarosław Świątek, one of the organisers of the 1991 edition of Miss Polski. The couple later returned to their native Poland at the end of 1993 to settle in her hometown Wrocław. Death Kotlarska narrowly escaped death when at the last minute, she backed out of flying on TWA Flight 800, which crashed with no survivors off Long Island, New York on 17 July 1996. Rico Puhlmann, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Agnieszka Wojtowicz-Vosloo
Agnieszka Wojtowicz-Vosloo (born 1975) is an American filmmaker and writer. Biography She studied film at Tisch School of the Arts where she graduated summa cum laude in 2003. Her debut short film ''Pâté'' premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and went on to win several prestigious awards including NYU's Wasserman Award, the ''Fielle d'Or'' at the Beverly Hills Film Festival, the Grand Jury Prize at the WorldFest Houston International Film Festival, New York Magazine's Award of Excellence and the Special Jury Prize at the Atlanta Film Festival. ''Filmmaker Magazine'' named Wojtowicz-Vosloo as one of the ''25 New Faces of Independent Film''. In 2004 she collaborated with Laurie Anderson on the acclaimed ''O Zlozony/O Composite'', a multi-media project for the Paris Opera Ballet with choreography by Trisha Brown, based on Czeslaw Milosz's poem "O Zlozony". The piece premiered at the Opera Garnier in Paris in December 2004. Agnieszka Wojtowicz-Vosloo's first feature film '' ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Agnieszka Wieszczek
Agnieszka Jadwiga Wieszczek-Kordus (born 22 March 1983 in Wałbrzych) is a Polish freestyle wrestler. Wieszczek won a bronze medal in Women's freestyle wrestling 72 kg at the 2008 Summer Olympics. She is the first Polish woman to win an Olympic medal in Women's freestyle wrestling. In March 2021, she competed at the European Qualification Tournament in Budapest, Hungary hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ... in Tokyo, Japan. For her sport achievements, she received: Golden Cross of Merit in 2008. References External links * * * * * * * 1983 births Living people Polish female sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers for Poland Olympic bronze medalists for Poland Olympic medalists in wrestling ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Agnieszka Warchulska
Agnieszka Warchulska (born 15 May 1972, Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, Poland) is a Polish actress. Filmography *1996: '' Cwał'' *1997: '' Wojenna narzeczona'' *1997: '' Linia opóźniająca'' *1997: '' Sława i chwała'' *1998: '' Pierwszy milion'' *1998: '' The Debt'' *1999–2001: ''Miasteczko'' *2002: '' Zaginiona'' *2003: ''Tak czy nie'' *2003: '' Sfora'' *2004: ''Wieża'' *2004–2005, 2007–2008: ''M jak miłość ''M jak miłość'' (lit. ''L for Love'') is a Polish soap opera, revolving around the multiple generations of the Mostowiak family. The series premiered on 4 November 2000 on TVP2, primarily as a weekly drama, and after one season shifted into ...'' *2005: '' Teraz ja'' *2006–2007: '' Pogoda na piątek'' *2007: '' Dlaczego nie!'' External links * Agnieszka Warchulska at filmpolski.pl Polish actresses 1972 births Living people Polish stage actresses Aleksander Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw alumni {{Poland-actor-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Agnieszka Włodarczyk
Agnieszka Włodarczyk (; born 13 December 1980) is a Polish actress and singer. As an actress she is best known for her roles in the movie ''Sara'' and a TV comedy series ''13 posterunek''. In 2007, she released her debut album, '' Nie dla oka....'' Early life Włodarczyk was born on 13 December 1980 in Sławno. Her parents divorced when she was two years old. After her mother, Anna Stasiukiewicz, remarried, the family moved from town to town, including Ciechanów, Poznań and Warsaw. She attended many primary schools. Career In March 1996, Włodarczyk appeared in Janusz Józefowicz's play ''Tyle miłości'' at Studio Buffo theatre in Warsaw. She subsequently took part in the musical ''Metro'', another play directed by Józefowicz, and the music video for the song "Reklama" by Polish singer K.A.S.A.. Her first big success came in 1997 when she appeared in Maciej Ślesicki's movie ''Sara'' alongside such stars of Polish cinema as Marek Perepeczko, Bogusław Linda and Cezary ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Agnieszka Truskolaska
Agnieszka Marianna Truskolaska (1755 – 30 November 1831) was a Polish actress, opera singer and theatre director. She was one of the most admired female artists of her time in Poland. Agnieszka Truskolaska was born in Warsaw, and was one of the first female stars of the Polish theatre. When the first Polish-speaking theatre opened with Polish actors of both genders in 1765, there was a severe shortage of female actors. The first Polish actresses were Wiktoria Leszczyńska and Antonina Prusinowska, who took part in the first play and ran the theatre in 1765–67 before they could retire with a great pension. Truskolaska married Thomas Truskolaski, actor and director of a theatre troupe, in 1770, and was active in his troupe from 1774. She debuted at the theatre in Warsaw as an actress in 1777 and as a singer in 1779. In 1780–83, she founded and managed a theatre in Lwów with her spouse and the actor Kazimierz Owsiński, before they returned to the capital, where they often ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Agnieszka Siwek
Agnieszka Marzenna Siwek-Jechowska (born 21 May 1962) is a former female track and field sprinter from Poland, who represented her native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea.Before 1972, Seoul was the ''de jure'' capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) as stated iArticle 103 o .... She set her personal best (11.36 seconds) in the women's 100 metres event in 1988. References External links * * * 1962 births Living people Polish female sprinters Olympic athletes for Poland Olympic female sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Athletes from Warsaw {{Poland-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Agnieszka Radwańska
Agnieszka Roma Radwańska (; born 6 March 1989) is a Polish former professional tennis player. She won 20 career singles WTA Tour titles, two doubles titles, and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 2 on 9 July 2012. Her achievements include winning the season-ending 2015 WTA Finals, the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Fan Favourite Award six times, Shot of the Year five times, and Shot of the Month on a regular basis. Radwańska holds a number of tennis accolades. She is the first Polish player in the Open Era to reach a major singles final (at the 2012 Wimbledon Championships), the first to win the WTA Finals (in 2015), the first to claim a WTA Tour singles title (the 2007 Nordic Light Open), and was part of the first Polish team to win the Hopman Cup in 2015. In addition, she won the WTA award for Most Impressive Newcomer in 2006, and finished with a top 10 year-end ranking eight times (including six consecutive times from 2011 to 2016). Radwańska is wide ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Agnieszka Pogroszewska
Agnieszka Pogroszewska (born February 20, 1977) is a retired female hammer thrower from Poland. She set her personal best (67.98 metres) on June 8, 2001 at a meet in Poznań. She represented Poland at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics and competed at the European Athletics Championships in 1998 and 2002. Pogroszewska has also taken part in the Summer Universiade, finishing eleventh in 2001 and improving to win the bronze medal at the 2003 Summer Universiade The 2003 Summer Universiade, also known as the XXII Summer Universiade, took place in Daegu, South Korea. Emblem * The alphabet letter "U" and five stars, which is FISU's emblem, make up the basis of the emblem for the Daegu Universiade. * It sym .... Competition record References * 1977 births Living people Polish female hammer throwers Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Place of birth missing (living people) Universiade bronze medalists for Poland Competitors at the 2001 Summer Unive ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Agnieszka Pilchowa
Agnieszka Pilchowa (pseudonym Agni P., 16 December 1888 – 21 November 1944) was a Polish clairvoyants as well as a bioenergotherapeutist and herbalist. Her ability to see events before they happened was observed in many different places and under many different circumstances. Early life Pilchowa was born on 16 December 1888 in Slezská Ostrava, Austria-Hungary (present-day Czech Republic). She was ethnically Polish, although her family spoke Czech at home and she went to a Czech-language school.Aneta Szulc, Astrological portrait of Agnieszka Pilchow/ref> Her supernatural abilities were visible from early years. As a child, she frequently broke into unusual condition, in which she saw exotic places, faraway countries and never-before seen people. She was then in a somnolence and did not react to external impulses. Her siblings would stop playing with her and Pilchowa withdrew into herself, gladly spending her time outside. As she later wrote: ''I had been born a clairvoyant ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Agnieszka Perepeczko
Agnieszka Perepeczko (born 6 May 1942) is a Polish-born actress, best known for her performances after her emigration to Australia. Biography Perepeczko was born in Warsaw, in 1966 she graduated at Aleksander Zelwerowicz State Theatre Academy in Warsaw. She is best remembered for her appearance in the television series ''Prisoner'', in which she played East German concentration camp survivor Hannah Geldschmidt. She was married to the late stage and screen actor Marek Perepeczko Marek Perepeczko (3 April 1942 – 17 November 2005Data śmierci według poprawionej informacji żony Agnieszki Fitkau-Perepeczko. TVN ''Rozmowy w toku'', 2007.01.25.) was a popular Polish movie and theatrical actor. Between 1960 and 1961, he a .... External links * Interview with Agnieszka Perepeczko 1942 births Living people Actresses from Warsaw Polish actresses Polish emigrants to Australia Australian television actresses {{Poland-actor-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |