Agnieszka Urszula Dygant (born 27 March 1973) is a Polish
actress
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. She is a two-time
Telekamery Award winner for Best Actress.
Biography
She studied at the LVI Liceum Ogólnokształcące named after Leon Kruczkowski in
Warsaw
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. 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
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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
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, performing
Agnieszka Osiecka's song "Sing-Sing" with Maciej Pawłowski's band.
In 2000, she starred in the music video of the band
Myslovitz
Myslovitz is a Polish rock band. The band take their name from their industrial hometown of Mysłowice in the Upper Silesia region of southern Poland.
Band history
Guitarist and vocalist Artur Rojek started the band in 1992 as "The Freshmen", ...
, awarded with
Fryderyk
The Fryderyk is the annual award in Polish music. Its name refers to the original Polish spelling variant of Polish composer Frédéric Chopin's first name. Its status in the Polish public can be compared to the American Grammy and the UK's BRI ...
, "For You". In 2007, she became the second Polish star to advertise
L'Oréal's Garnier
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Launch
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brand products.
She won nine
Telekamery
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In ...
nominations in the actress category, winning twice (2006, 2008) and taking second place four times (2005, 2007, 2009, 2015).
In 2007, she received the Star of Smile at the VIII Festival of Good Humor in
Gdańsk
Gdańsk ( , also ; ; csb, Gduńsk;Stefan Ramułt, ''Słownik języka pomorskiego, czyli kaszubskiego'', Kraków 1893, Gdańsk 2003, ISBN 83-87408-64-6. , Johann Georg Theodor Grässe, ''Orbis latinus oder Verzeichniss der lateinischen Benen ...
and two Golden Horseshoes at the Cieszyn Festival "Wakacyjne Kadry" for the best female role in a comedy series (''Niania'') and the best female role in a sensational series (''Fala zbrodni'').
She was the wife of Marcin Władyniak. Then she became married with the director and screenwriter Patrick Yoka, with whom she has a son, Xawery (born 2010).
Selected filmography
References
External links
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1973 births
Living people
People from Piaseczno
Polish film actresses
Polish television actresses
Polish stage actresses
Łódź Film School alumni
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