Julia Krynke (born 20 November 1979) is a multilingual Polish actress, voice over artist and trained classical musician based in
London
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, UK. She is known in the UK for her roles in TV series ''
Spooks'', ''
Holby City'' and ''
The Street The Street may refer to:
Geographical
*Wall Street in New York City's Financial District
* The Street, Lawshall, Suffolk, England
* The Street (Heath Charnock), a building and bridleway in Rivington, Lancashire, England
Film and television
* ''The ...
'', and has had a successful career in cinema, theatre and TV in
Germany
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,
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 populou ...
and
Ireland
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. She is fluent in Polish, English and German.
Education
Krynke is a graduate of the
Ludwik Solski Academy for the Dramatic Arts in Wroclaw, Poland (1998–2002) and the Centre for Theatre Practices,
Gardzienice
Centre for Theatre Practices "Gardzienice" was founded in 1977 by Włodzimierz Staniewski, and formally registered in 1978. The name comes from the village where the theatre is located. The group gained international critical acclaim, and is clas ...
, Poland (2001–2003) and has attended the Michael Chekhov Studio London, UK (2008–). She studied Grand Piano and Flute at the State Music School (1986–1997) in Opole, Poland.
Career
Julia Krynke has worked extensively in film, television and theatre in Poland, Germany, Ireland, and the UK.
Soon after the completion of her studies, Krynke made her big-screen debut playing one of the lead roles in the much-acclaimed ''
Distant Lights'', directed by Hans-Christian Schmid (Germany, 2003). The film received many awards – including the FIPRESCI prize and the German Critics' Association Award – and was nominated for the Golden Bear at The Berlin Film Festival.
From 2003 to 2008, Krynke went on to appear in a number of popular Polish television series whilst performing full-time in the Teatr Polski (Warsaw), Teatr Nowy (Poznan), Teatr Nowy (Lodz) and Scena in Vitro (Lublin).
In 2006, Krynke made a well-received debut on the Irish stage as Monica in
Dermot Bolger
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's ''The Townlands of Brazil'' (dir. Ray Yeates).
In 2007, Krynke appeared regularly as Mela in the Irish television series ''The English Class''.
In 2008, Krynke moved to London to take classes at the Michael Chekhov Studio. She has been based in London since.
From 2009 onwards, Krynke took a series of further English-speaking parts, most notable of which was that of Olenka in the Bafta award-winning BBC drama series ''
The Street The Street may refer to:
Geographical
*Wall Street in New York City's Financial District
* The Street, Lawshall, Suffolk, England
* The Street (Heath Charnock), a building and bridleway in Rivington, Lancashire, England
Film and television
* ''The ...
'' (wr.
Jimmy McGovern
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dir.
David Blair). She also played Bibi Saparova in season eight of ''
Spooks'' (dir.
Alrick Riley
Alrick Riley (born 1964) is a BAFTA award-winning English television director and writer, and former child actor.
He is well known for his work on the British series '' Spooks'' (known as ''MI-5'' in some countries) and '' Hustle''; along with ...
).
During the same period, Krynke also featured in televised roles in Germany, including that of Olga Sarpei in the ZDF series ''
Leipzig Homicide
''Leipzig Homicide (SOKO Leipzig)'' is a German crime drama television series first broadcast on 31 January 2001 on ZDF. More than 400 episodes have been screened since. On 12 November 2008, the first of a two-part crossover between ''SOKO Leip ...
''.
In 2012, Krynke took a lead televised role – Milena Kintrup – in the German-Austrian-Swiss series
''Tatort'': ''Das Wunder von Wolbeck'' (dir.
Matthias Tiefenbacher).
In 2013, Polish audiences could watch her as Mira Ziemska in the television series
''Medics'' (dir.
Marcin Wrona
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) and she also appeared in a BBC TV series
''Casualty'' as Ania.
In 2014, Krynke featured in season 2 of ''
Line of Duty'' as Kasia.
2015 saw Krynke portray Julia Katrin Vesik in the British TV series ''
DCI Banks
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'' (ITV)
and Agnieszka in the German television movie ''Der Pfarrer und das Mädchen'' (ZDF, dir.
Maris Pfeiffer).
In the same year she also appeared in The Avengers: ''
Age of Ultron
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'' (dir.
Joss Whedon).
In 2016, Krynke joined BBC series ''
The A Word
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'' as Maya Petrenko in season 1,
starred with
Nabil Elouahabi
Nabil Elouahabi (born 6 February 1975), often credited as Nabil Elouhabi, is a British- Moroccan actor, known for his role as Tariq Larousi in ''EastEnders'' from 2003 to 2005, as Rashid "Gary" Mahmoon in "Strangers on the Shore" (the 2002 Chris ...
in the independent British-Jordanian-Iranian feature film ''Undocument''
and featured as Natascha Karpenko in a German crime TV series
Ein starkes Team
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: Tödliche Botschaft.
Krynke works regularly with European independent film-makers. She starred in German director's Saschko Frey's ''Echos'' (2009), winner of the Friedrich-Wilhelm Murnau Kurzfilmpreis. She made the experimental noir ''Muse'' with Italian film-maker Massimo Salvato and has collaborated with British directors Jessica Townsend,
Esther Richardson
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and Nick Cohen and Kyla Simone Bruce.
Krynke has won theatrical prizes in her native Poland. She was the first contestant ever to receive all three major awards in one year at 20th Festival of Theatre Schools in 2002: the Best Actor Award, Audience Award and Critics' Award for the role of Gileta in the play ''The Topsy-Turvy Princess'' (wr. Calderon de la Barca, dir. Remigiusz Brzyk).
Krynke was also given Second Prize in the Ogolnopolski Przeglad Piosenki Aktorskiej in Zamosc (a Polish singing contest for actors).
Filmography
Awards and honours
* 1st Actors' Award for the roles of Gileta and Kaleria at the 20th Festival of Theatre Schools, Lodz 2002
* Critics'Award for Actor's Individuality at the 20th Festival of Theatre Schools, Lodz 2002
* Audience Award for the role of Gileta at the 20th Festival of Theatre Schools, Lodz 2002
* 2nd Award in Ogolnopolski Przeglad Piosenki Aktorskiej (Nationwide contest for an Actor-performed song), Zamosc 1998
Theatre
*2009: ''Dementia Diaries'' by Maria Jastrzebska as Mrs Alicja (directed by Mark C. Hewitt, Blank Productions)
*2008: ''Nic co ludzkie'' by Artur Palyga as Maria, Antonina, Szara (directed by Pawel Passini, Piotr Ratajczak, Luksz Witt-Michalowski, The World Premiere Scene InVitro in Lublin)
*2006: ''The Townlands of Brazil'' by Dermot Bolger as Monica (directed by Ray Yeates, Axis Arts Centre, Dublin)
*2005: ''Zona Tenebrarum'' based on ''
Steppenwolf'' by Herman Hesse and ''Asketike: Salvatores dei'' by Nikos Kazantzakis as Hermina (directed by Przemyslaw Wasilkowski, Torino/Warsaw)
*2005: ''Tinderbox'' based on the story by Hans-Christian Andersen as Princess (directed by Katarzyna Deszcz, The New Theatre in Lodz)
*2005: ''Run For Your Wife'' by Ray Cooney as Barbara Smith (directed by Ryszard Nyczka, The New Theatre in Lodz)
*2005: ''Dulle Griet'' by Stanislaw Grochowiak as Naga (directed by Marek Pasieczny, The New Theatre in Lodz)
*2004: ''The Secret Garden'' by Frances Hodgson Burnett as Mary Lennox (directed by Karol Suszka, The New Theatre in Lodz)
*2004: ''Warsaw Uprising: A Mother’s Story'' by Kaz Braun as Elzbieta (directed by Kaz Braun, The New Theatre in Lodz)
*2004: ''Friar Minor'' by Stanislaw Brejdygant as Maria (directed by Stanislaw Brejdygant, The New Theatre in Lodz)
*2004: ''On the Heights of Despair'' by Marcin Jarnuszkiewicz as Lady (Marcin Jarnuszkiewicz, The New Theatre in Lodz)
*2003: ''Dozywocie'' by Aleksander Fredro as Rozia (directed by Szczepan Szczykno, The New Theatre in Lodz)
*2003: ''Jealousy'' by
Esther Vilar
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as Iris (Aldona Figura, The New Theatre, in Lodz)
*2002: ''The Adventures of Sindbad the Sailor'' adapted by Boleslaw Lesmian as Sea Devil (directed by Jaroslaw Kilian, The Polish Theatre in Warsaw)
*2002: ''Ksiezniczka na opak wywrocona'' by
Pedro Calderon de la Barca
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The counterpart patronymic surname of the name Pedro, meaning ...
as Gileta (directed by Remigiusz Brzyk, National Theatre Academy in Wroclaw)
*2002: ''Summerfolk'' by
Maxim Gorky
Alexei Maximovich Peshkov (russian: link=no, Алексе́й Макси́мович Пешко́в; – 18 June 1936), popularly known as Maxim Gorky (russian: Макси́м Го́рький, link=no), was a Russian writer and social ...
as Kaleria (directed by Bozena Baranowska, National Theatre Academy in Wroclaw)
*2002: ''The Wedding'' by Stanislaw Wyspianski as Zosia (directed by Janusz Wisniewski, The New Theatre in Poznan)
Musical Score Composing
*2002: ''Summerfolk'' by
Maxim Gorky
Alexei Maximovich Peshkov (russian: link=no, Алексе́й Макси́мович Пешко́в; – 18 June 1936), popularly known as Maxim Gorky (russian: Макси́м Го́рький, link=no), was a Russian writer and social ...
as A scene
"Letnicy – Obsada, Muzyka",
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References
External links
juliakrynke.com
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1979 births
Living people
Polish people of German descent
Polish film actresses
Polish stage actresses
Polish television actresses
English television actresses