Katarzyna Łaska (born 26 May 1979), known professionally as Kasia Łaska, is a Polish singer, who is best known from the Musical Theatre Roma where she starred in the lead role of

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in the musical ''

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'', adult

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in the musical ''

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'' and Frenchy in the musical '' Grease''. She also played

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in the musical ''

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'' at the Musical Theatre Capitol in Wrocław. Łaska has also lent her voice to Polish versions of several animated films and cartoons. Among her TV roles are Daring Do and Princess Cadance in '' My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic'', Pearl in ''

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'', and Katie in the Canadian cartoon ''

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''. Łaska played the singing voice of Elsa, the Snow Queen in performing "

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" (in Polish as "Mam tę moc") in the Disney animated film

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and its sequel,

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where Kasia sings "Chcę uwierzyć snom", the Polish version of " Into the Unknown" made popular by

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. On 9 February 2020, Łaska was called to join

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and eight more of Elsa's international voiceovers to perform the song " Into the Unknown" during the

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. Every international performer sang one line of the song in different languages: Maria Lucia Heiberg Rosenberg in

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in German,

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in Japanese,

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, Łaska in

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, Anna Buturlina in Russian, Gisela in

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and Gam Wichayanee in

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Dubbing

* My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic – Princess Cadance * Winx Club: The Secret of the Lost Kingdom – Musa * Winx Club 3D: Magical Adventure – Musa *

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– Tecna (Specials 1-4, Season 3 (Nickelodeon version) and Seasons 4, 5, 6 and 7), Chimera, Digit and Mielle (ZigZap) * Winx Club: The Mystery of the Abyss – Tecna * H₂O: Just Add Water – Theme music performer, Emma (voice) *

– Elsa (singing voice) *

– Pearl, Yellow Pearl, Blue Pearl. *

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– Fizz *

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– Tasha *

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– Martha Cox *

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– Elsa (singing voice) *

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– Katie and Ella *

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– Elsa (singing voice) * Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse & Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse - Rio Morales *

– Elsa (singing voice) *

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– Belle (singing voice) * Over the Moon –

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- Paw Pilot

Concerto for Group and Orchestra

In 2008, Kasia met

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(

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) and he asked her to sing as a soloist in his

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project for the next four years. They performed together in Germany, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Brazil, Korea, United Kingdom, Bulgaria, Russia, Ukraine, Hungary, Italy, France, and in her home city Warsaw.Izabela Szymańska
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, 9 November 2010. Kasia was a guest at the 2011 British premiere of ''Jon Lord Live (recorded live in 2009)'' from the

concert in Romania.

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(new studio version) from

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. She featured along with

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, Darin Vasilev,

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(

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(

) and

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(

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). The album premiered worldwide in September 2012. In November 2013, Kasia released the first single "For my love" from her solo music project SIRLI.

Personal life

For several years she was associated with the actor Mateusz Damięcki. She is currently married and has a son, Henryk (born in 2016), and lives in

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References

Kasia Łaska – Official Site

SIRLI – Official Site
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