Ida Victoria Nowakowska-Herndon (born December 7, 1990) is a

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actress, dancer and television presenter.

Early life and career

She studied in

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at the

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and Steps on Broadway and performed at the

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. In 2007, she was a finalist on the first season of the Polish version of ''

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'' and reached the Top 10 in the competition. Graduated from the School of Theater, Film and Television from University of California, Los Angeles with a degree in theater and political science. She returned as a judge for the ninth season in 2016. In 2019, she was a judge of the first season of '' Dance Dance Dance'' broadcast on

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in Poland and is the host of Poland's ''

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''. She will co-host the next edition of ''

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'' that will premiere in February 2021, replacing Barbara Kurdej-Szatan in the role. On August 22, 2019, it was announced that Nowakowska would host the

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, alongside Aleksander Sikora and

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, in

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on November 24. On October 7, 2020, it was announced that Nowakowska would again host

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, this time alongside

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and Małgorzata Tomaszewska, in

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on November 29. Ida is one of three presenters in the history of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest that has hosted the competition twice - previously only presenters from the Netherlands and Ukraine did. She is also the first to conduct the competition twice in a row. She also served as the Polish jury spokesperson in the final of the

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and . She Award 12 points with

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and

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in the

and .

Filmography

References

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* Polish actresses Polish female dancers Living people Actresses from Warsaw Polish television presenters Polish women television presenters 1990 births Polish emigrants to the United States {{Poland-bio-stub