Jolanta Fraszyńska (born 14 December 1968 in

Mysłowice Mysłowice ( szl, Myslowicy; german: Myslowitz) is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. The population of the city is 74,085. It is located in the south district of the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union in the Silesian Highlan ...

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Biography

Fraszyńska spent her childhood in

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...

. As a six year old she began performing in the singing and dancing program of the local cultural center WSS "Społem", and later in the church-affiliated arts organization Oaza. She matriculated at the State Higher Theater School in

Wrocław Wrocław (; german: Breslau, or . ; Silesian German: ''Brassel'') is a city in southwestern Poland and the largest city in the historical region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the River Oder in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Europe, rou ...

(wrocławska Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Teatralna) upon completing her studies at the pre-school academy Studium Wychowania Przedszkolnego. In 1990 she completed further schooling in

Kraków Kraków (), or Cracow, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city dates back to the seventh century. Kraków was the official capital of Poland until 1596 ...

at the Państwowa Szkoła Teatralna im. Ludwika Solskiego. During 1991–1998 she worked as actress in the theater

Teatr Polski Polish Theatre in Warsaw ( pl, Teatr Polski im. Arnolda Szyfmana w Warszawie) is a theatre in Warsaw, Poland. It is located at ul. Karasia 2. The current artistic director is Andrzej Seweryn. The theatre was initiated by Arnold Szyfman and design ...

in Wrocław. In 1998 she moved to

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at the leading Teatr Dramatyczny. She took part in twenty-five productions of the television-broadcast Teatr Telewizji. She debuted in

cinema Cinema may refer to: Film * Cinematography, the art of motion-picture photography * Film or movie, a series of still images that create the illusion of a moving image ** Film industry, the technological and commercial institutions of filmmaking * ...

tic work in 1991, playing Ania in ''

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'', a

Wojciech Biedroń Wojciech () is a Polish name, equivalent to Czech Vojtěch , Slovak Vojtech, and German Woitke. The name is formed from two components in archaic Polish: * ''wój'' (Slavic: ''voj''), a root pertaining to war. It also forms words like ''wojownik ...

. From 6 September 2008 she had participated in the 4th edition of the television program ''

Jak oni śpiewają ''Jak oni śpiewają'' ''(How They Sing)'' – TV show aired in Poland, which is Polish version of ''Soapstar Superstar''. Presenters The judging panel 4th Judge Seasons How They Celebrate (Christmas Special) ;Running order How The ...

'', but 28 September 2008 she was forced to cancel owing to health problems, ultimately taking 13th place in the overall competition. In 2011 she joined the jury panel of the 13th edition of Polish ''

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'' (Taniec z gwiazdami), thereby replacing actress

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Private life

Fraszyńska has two daughters: Nastazja (born 1990), from her first marriage with fellow actor

Robert Gonera Robert Gonera is a Polish film, stage and television actor. He played leading roles in Krzysztof Krauze's political drama ''Street Games'' and the thriller '' The Debt'', for which he received Best Actor at the Polish Film Awards:Eagles. He bec ...

and Aniela (born 12 May 2004), with her second husband Grzegorz Kuczeriszka, a film cameraman, whom she divorced in the spring of 2010. For two years she was an ambassador for a social

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campaign Ogólnopolska Kampania Społeczna ''Forum Against Depression''. Jolanta Fraszyńska decided to participate in a '' Playboy Polska'' pictorial, featured in the May 1999 issue. She has also authored one of the fables in the anthology ''Bajki gwiazd'' (2005), available in print and as a recording.

Filmography

Film roles

1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. **Spain and Portugal ente ...

: '' Budniokowie i inni'' *

1989 File:1989 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Cypress Street Viaduct, Cypress structure collapses as a result of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, killing motorists below; The proposal document for the World Wide Web is submitted; The Exxo ...

: '' Szklany dom'' – ciężarna córka mieszkanki kamienicy *

: '' Powroty'' *

1991 File:1991 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Boris Yeltsin, elected as Russia's first president, waves the new flag of Russia after the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, orchestrated by Soviet hardliners; Mount Pinatubo erupts in the Phil ...

: ''

'' – Ania, studentka doktora Nowaka *

1992 File:1992 Events Collage V1.png, From left, clockwise: 1992 Los Angeles riots, Riots break out across Los Angeles, California after the Police brutality, police beating of Rodney King; El Al Flight 1862 crashes into a residential apartment buildi ...

: '' Białe małżeństwo'' – Bianka *

: '' Żegnaj Rockefeller'' – Julia Kuczmańska, dziewczyna Michała *

: ''

Enak ''Alix'', or ''The Adventures of Alix'', is a Franco-Belgian comics series drawn in the ligne claire style by Jacques Martin. The stories revolve around a young Gallo-Roman man named Alix in the late Roman Republic. Although the series is re ...

'' – dziewczyna z komitetu wyborczego *

1993 File:1993 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Oslo I Accord is signed in an attempt to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict; The Russian White House is shelled during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis; Czechoslovakia is peace ...

: ''

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'' (installments 12 and 13) *

: ''

Pora na czarownice Pora! ( uk, Пора!, Russian: Пора!), meaning “''It's time!”'' in both Ukrainian and Russian, is a civic youth organization (Black Pora!) and political party in Ukraine ( Yellow Pora!) espousing nonviolent resistance and advocating in ...

'' – Jola Markowska *

: '' Łowca. Ostatnie starcie'' – psycholog Tereska, przyjaciółka Parviny *

: '' Goodbye Rockefeller'' – Julia Kuczmańska, dziewczyna Michała *

1995 File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is O. J. Simpson murder case, acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the 1994, year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The ...

: '' Prowokator'' – urzędniczka na poczcie *

1996 File:1996 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: A Centennial Olympic Park bombing, bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, set off by a radical Anti-abortion violence, anti-abortionist; The center fuel tank explodes on TWA Flight 8 ...

: '' Maszyna zmian. Nowe przygody'' – Ewa (installment 1) *

1997 File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of t ...

: '' Królowa złodziei'' – Francoise *

: '' Wojenna narzeczona'' – Ania, kelnerka w restauracji Dąbrowskiego (odc. 3 i 4) *

: '' Boża podszewka'' – Elżutka Jurewicz, siostra Marysi *

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...

: '' Ekstradycja 3'' – haker Ćma *

: '' Sto minut wakacji'' – Danuta Milley *

1999 File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shootin ...

: '' Sto minut wakacji'' – Danuta Milley *

: ''

Kiler-ów 2-óch ''Kilerów 2-óch'' ('' en, Two Hitmen'') is a continuation of ''Kiler'' movie, directed in 1997. The film premiered 8 January 1999 in Poland and like the first part it has received financial and critical success. Plot The time flies and Jurek ...

'' – Aldona Lipska *

–

2010 File:2010 Events Collage New.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2010 Chile earthquake was one of the strongest recorded in history; The Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland disrupts air travel in Europe; A scene from the opening ceremony of ...

: ''

Na dobre i na złe ''Na dobre i na złe'' (, ''For better and for worse'') is a Polish television medical drama Television program, series, broadcast on TVP2 since 7 November 1999. It is the longest-running weekly primetime drama on Polish television and one of the ...

'' – Monika Zybert-Jędras *

: '' Ja, Malinowski'' – Eliza *

2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from ...

: ''

Dom Dom or DOM may refer to: People and fictional characters * Dom (given name), including fictional characters * Dom (surname) * Dom La Nena (born 1989), stage name of Brazilian-born cellist, singer and songwriter Dominique Pinto * Dom people, an et ...

'' – Jola, córka Ekstra-mocnego (odc. 24 i 25) *

2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a Participants in ...

: '' Zostać miss'' – Katarzyna Wolska, reporterka radia „Stolica” *

: '' Domek dla Julii'' – Julia *

: '' Pieniądze to nie wszystko'' – Małgosia, sekretarka Turkota *

: '' Cisza'' – przyjaciółka Mimi *

: '' Kocham Klarę'' – aktorka Jola Kapuścińska (odc. 13) *

2003 File:2003 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The crew of STS-107 perished when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during reentry into Earth's atmosphere; SARS became an epidemic in China, and was a precursor to SARS-CoV-2; A des ...

: '' Zróbmy sobie wnuka'' – sprzedawczyni *

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...

: '' Ławeczka'' – Kasia *

2005 File:2005 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico; the Funeral of Pope John Paul II is held in Vatican City; "Me at the zoo", the first video ever to be uploaded to YouTube; Eris was discovered in ...

: ''

Skazany na bluesa ''Destined for Blues'' ( pl, Skazany na bluesa) is a 2005 Polish film directed by Jan Kidawa-Błoński. It tells the story of Ryszard "Rysiek" Riedel, leader of Polish blues rock band Dżem. The movie concentrates on his family relationships with ...

'' – Małgorzata „Gola” Riedel, żona Ryśka *

: ''

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'' – żona tirowca (odc. 4) *

: '' Anioł Stróż'' – Beata, siostra Anny *

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

: ''

Niania Niania is a Polish comedy television series directed by Jerzy Bogajewicz, which aired on TVN (Polish TV channel), TVN from 10 September 2005 to 24 October 2009. It was based on the American original The Nanny licensed by CBS, which aired in the ...

'' – Sandra (odc. 109) *

: '' Hotel pod żyrafą i nosorożcem'' – Anna Miłobędzka *

–

2011 File:2011 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: a protester partaking in Occupy Wall Street heralds the beginning of the Occupy movement; protests against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed that October; a young man celebrate ...

: '' Licencja na wychowanie'' – Roma Barańska *

2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gather ...

: ''

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'' – Grażyna Jabłońska (odc. 54) *

: '' Ja to mam szczęście'' – Wanda (odc. 34) *

: '' Sęp'' – sędzia *

2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the Apri ...

: ''

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 ...

'' – Zuzanna Marszałek *

: ''

Ojciec Mateusz ''Ojciec Mateusz'' (English: ''Father Matthew'') is a Polish television drama series, which has aired on TVP1 since November 11, 2008. It is a Polish version of the Italian detective series ''Don Matteo'' broadcast in Italy by Rai Uno. ...

'' – laborantka Agnieszka Murawska (odc. 171)

Polish-language dubbing roles

2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; 2009 Iran ...

: '' Esterhazy'' – Matka polskiej rodziny *

2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister of Pakistan, Pr ...

: '' Pana Magorium cudowne emporium'' – Molly Mahoney *

: '' Czerwony Kapturek – prawdziwa historia'' – Czerwony Kapturek *

: '' Droga do El Dorado'' – Chel *

: '' Rudolf czerwononosy Renifer'' – Fiołek *

: ''

Mulan Hua Mulan () is a legendary folk heroine from the Northern and Southern dynasties era (4th to 6th century CE) of Chinese history. According to legend, Mulan took her aged father's place in the conscription for the army by disguising herself as ...

'' – Fa Mulan *

: '' Grający z talerza'' – Janka *

2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fact ...

: '' Ralph Demolka'' – Vandelopa von Cuks

Selected theater roles

* 1991: ''Nasze miasto'', thesis performance – Emilka * 1991: '' Ania z Zielonego wzgórza'' by

Lucy Maud Montgomery Lucy Maud Montgomery (November 30, 1874 – April 24, 1942), published as L. M. Montgomery, was a Canadian author best known for a collection of novels, essays, short stories, and poetry beginning in 1908 with '' Anne of Green Gables''. She ...

– Ania * 1992: ''Pułapka'' by

Tadeusz Różewicz Tadeusz Różewicz (9 October 1921 – 24 April 2014) was a Polish poet, playwright, writer, and translator. Różewicz was in the first generation of Polish writers born after Poland regained its independence in 1918, following the century of f ...

* 1992: ''Płatonow'' by Anton Czechov – Sasza * 1993: ''Płatonow – akt pominięty'' by Anton Czechov – Sasza * 1994: '' Romeo i Julia'' – Julia * 1997: ''Hedda Gabler'' by

Henrik Ibsen Henrik Johan Ibsen (; ; 20 March 1828 – 23 May 1906) was a Norwegian playwright and theatre director. As one of the founders of modernism in theatre, Ibsen is often referred to as "the father of realism" and one of the most influential playw ...

– Pani Elvsted * 1998: ''Niezidentyfikowane szczątki ludzkie'' by

Brad Fraser Brad Fraser (born June 28, 1959 in Edmonton, Alberta) is a Canadian playwright, screenwriter and cultural commentator.Gaetan Charlebois and Anne Nothof"Fraser, Brad" ''Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia'', June 2, 2019. He is one of the most widely pr ...

– Jerri * 1999: ''Opera żebracza'' by

Václav Havel Václav Havel (; 5 October 193618 December 2011) was a Czech statesman, author, poet, playwright, and former dissident. Havel served as the last president of Czechoslovakia from 1989 until the dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1992 and then as ...

– Jeny * 1999: ''

Hamlet ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words. Set in Denmark, the play depicts ...

'' – Guildenstern * 1999: ''Powrót Odysa'' by

Stanisław Wyspiański Stanisław Mateusz Ignacy Wyspiański (; 15 January 1869 – 28 November 1907) was a Polish playwright, painter and poet, as well as interior and furniture designer. A patriotic writer, he created a series of symbolic, national dramas within ...

* 2001: ''Wymazywanie'' by

Thomas Bernhard Nicolaas Thomas Bernhard (; 9 February 1931 – 12 February 1989) was an Austrian novelist, playwright and poet who explored death, social injustice, and human misery in controversial literature that was deeply pessimistic about modern civilizati ...

* 2008: ''Ucho Van Gogha'' Fred Apka – She * 2010: ''Fredro dla dorosłych mężów i żon'' by

Aleksander Fredro Aleksander Fredro (20 June 1793 – 15 July 1876) was a Polish poet, playwright and author active during Polish Romanticism in the period of partitions by neighboring empires. His works including plays written in the octosyllabic verse ('' Zemst ...

Television theater

* 1992: ''Obcy bliscy'' by Gundmundur Steinsson – Marta * 1992: ''Roberto Zucco'' – Little girl * 1993: ''Gyubal Wahazar'' – Świntusia Macabrescu * 1999: ''Dybuk'' – Gitel * 2006: ''Umarli ze Spoon River'' – Dora Williams

References

External links

*
Bio in film.onet.pl

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Polish Film Academy
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