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Agnieszka
Agnieszka is the Polish equivalent of the female given name Agnes (name). 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Agnieszka Holland
Agnieszka Holland (born 28 November 1948) is a Poles, Polish film and television director and screenwriter, best known for her political contributions to Polish cinema. She began her career as assistant to directors Krzysztof Zanussi and Andrzej Wajda, and emigrated to France shortly before the 1981 imposition of the martial law in Poland. Holland is best known for her films ''Europa Europa'' (1990), for which she received an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay nomination, and ''The Secret Garden (1993 film), The Secret Garden'' (1993), as well as ''Angry Harvest'' and the Holocaust drama ''In Darkness (2011 film), In Darkness'', both of which were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. In 2017 she received Alfred Bauer Prize (Silver Bear) for her film ''Spoor (film), Spoor'' at the Berlin International Film Festival. In 2020, she was elected President of the European Film Academy. Early life and education Holland was born in Warsaw, Poland in 1948. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agnieszka Osiecka
Agnieszka Osiecka (Polish pronunciation: ; 9 October 1936 – 7 March 1997) was a Polish poet, writer, author of theatre and television screenplays, film director and journalist. She was a prominent Polish songwriter, having authored the lyrics to more than 2000 songs, and is considered an icon of Polish culture. Life and career Osiecka was born in Warsaw, the only child of Wiktor Osiecki, a pianist and composer of Serbian, Romanian-Vlach and Hungarian descent, and a scholar Maria Sztechman. She spent her early years in Zakopane where her father played the piano at the Watra Restaurant. After World War II the Osiecki family moved to Warsaw and settled in the Saska Kępa borough. The small flat soon became Osiecka’s favourite place to work. She lived there almost her entire life. After her death, the ''Okularnicy'' Foundation placed a commemorative plaque on the building. Agnieszka was exceptionally gifted. She completed her coursework much more quickly than other students and gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agnieszka Chylińska
Agnieszka Chylińska is a Polish singer. From 1994 to 2003, she was the vocalist for the Polish rock band O.N.A. Since 2003 she has performed as Chylińska and in 2004 she released an album titled ''Winna''. Since 2008 she has been a judge on the Polish version of the ''Got Talent'' franchise called ''Mam talent! ''Mam talent!'' () is the Polish version of the ''Got Talent'' series. The aim of the program is to choose the most talented person from people showing their talents. The winner of the show in the first series got €100,000, in the second and ...''. In 2009, she released a studio album '' Modern Rocking'', then ''Forever Child'' (2016), ''Pink Punk'' (2018) and ''Never Ending Sorry'' (2022). Discography Studio albums Live albums Singles Music videos References External links * Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) Living people Musicians from Gdańsk Polish pop singers Polish rock singers Polish lyri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Agnieszka Dowbor-Muśnicka
Agnieszka Dowbor-Muśnicka (7 September 1919 – 20 or 21 June 1940) was active in the Polish resistance against Nazi occupiers in World War II and was murdered in the Palmiry massacre. Life Agnieszka (known by her friends as Gusia) was born on 7 September 1919 in Lusowo, Poland. Her father was Józef Dowbor-Muśnicki (1867–1937), a well-known Polish military general; her mother died when she was a very young child. With her sister and two brothers, she was taught at home and then attended local schools. She especially enjoyed looking after farm matters on the family estate so she decided to attend the State School of Horticulture in Poznań, Poland. When she was 21, German forces occupied Poland and Agnieszka fled to Warsaw becoming an active member of the Polish resistance and joining an organization called "the Wolves." While underground, she used her nickname Gusia to hide her real identity because the Gestapo was already looking for her because she was the daughter of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Agnieszka Duczmal
Agnieszka Duczmal (Polish pronunciation: ; born 7 January 1946 in Krotoszyn, Poland) is a Polish conductor and founder of the Poznań Amadeus Orchestra. Early life and education She was born in 1946 in Krotoszyn where she spent the first nine years of her life. She started to play the piano at the age of five. After having heard Richard Strauss's ''Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks'' when she was in second grade of elementary school, she decided she wanted to become a conductor. She started to study conducting at the Academy of Music in Poznań in 1966 under Witold Krzemieński and graduated in 1971. Still as a student, she founded a chamber orchestra in 1968. Career Between 1971 and 1972 she was hired as assistant to the conductor at the Poznań Philharmonic. The chamber orchestra conducted by her was taken over by the Polish Radio in 1977, renamed the "Amadeus Chamber Orchestra" in 1988. Since 1972, she worked at the Poznań Grand Theatre where she was involved in staging the P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agnieszka Graff
Agnieszka Graff-Osser (born 1970 in Warsaw) is a Polish writer, translator, commentator, feminist and women's and human rights activist. She studied in Oxford University, Amherst College (Massachusetts, United States) and graduated from School of Social Sciences at Polish Academy of Sciences. She completed her PhD in English literature in 1999. In 2001, she published ''World without women'', which was nominated to Nike Award in 2002. She works at the Warsaw University's Institute of the Americas and Europe and gives lectures on gender studies. Her essays and features have been published in "Gazeta Wyborcza" (mass circulation liberal newspaper), "Literatura na Świecie" ("World Literature") and " Zadra" ("The Thorn", a feminist magazine). She is a co-founder of women's organisation Porozumienie Kobiet 8 Marca (8 March Women's Coalition) with which she organises the annual Manifa Warsaw women's march. From 2007 to 2010, Graff was a member of the Precedent Cases Programme's Program ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agnieszka Dygant
Agnieszka Urszula Dygant (born 27 March 1973) is a Polish actress. She is a two-time Telekamery, Telekamery Award winner for Best Actress. Biography She studied at the LVI Liceum Ogólnokształcące named after Leon Kruczkowski in Warsaw. In her teenage years, she sang in the punk band ''Dekolt''. On November 23, 1997, she made her theater debut. In 1998, she graduated from Łódź Film School and received the Łódź Voivode's award for the role of Julia in the play ''Letnica'' at the 16th Theater School Festival in Łódź, and won second prize at the 19th Stage Song Review in Wrocław, performing Agnieszka Osiecka, Agnieszka Osiecka's song "Sing-Sing" with Maciej Pawłowski's band. In 2000, she starred in the music video of the band Myslovitz, awarded with Fryderyk, "For You". In 2007, she became the second Polish star to advertise L'Oréal, L'Oréal's Garnier brand products. She won nine Telekamery nominations in the actress category, winning twice (2006, 2008) and taking ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agnieszka Niedźwiedź
Agnieszka Niedźwiedź () is a Polish former mixed martial artist who last competed in the Flyweight division in Invicta FC. She fought for organizations like MMA Attack, Cage Warriors and Fighters Arena. In 2017, the year of her last recorded fight to date, she was ranked #2 in the world in the women's flyweight category. Early life Niedźwiedź was sent to a Judo class by her mother at the age of seven. She continued to train for ten years, acquiring competition experience, until her brother convinced her to try Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. After only two or three classes, Niedźwiedź was offered an MMA fight. Her next fight a month later would start her MMA career. Mixed martial arts career Early career Niedźwiedź began her professional MMA career in October 2012 in her native Poland. Over the next year and a half, she amassed a record of 7 wins against no losses before joining Invicta FC. Invicta FC Niedźwiedź made her American debut at Invicta FC 18: Grasso vs. Esquibel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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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