Katarzyna Anna "Kasia" Smutniak (; born 13 August 1979) is a Polish-Italian

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Personal life

Smutniak was born in

Piła Piła (german: Schneidemühl) is a city in northwestern Poland and the capital of Piła County, situated in the Greater Poland Voivodeship. Its population as of 2021 was 71,846, making it the third-largest city in the voivodeship after Poznań ...

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. Her father,

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Zenon Smutniak, is a military pilot and served in the

Polish Air Force The Polish Air Force ( pl, Siły Powietrzne, , Air Forces) is the aerial warfare branch of the Polish Armed Forces. Until July 2004 it was officially known as ''Wojska Lotnicze i Obrony Powietrznej'' (). In 2014 it consisted of roughly 16,425 mil ...

. At 16, she obtained a glider pilot's license. Her mother was a nurse. She has a daughter, Sophie, born in 2004 with Italian actor

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who died in an accident in 2010. She has a son, Leone, born in 2014 with Italian film producer

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. The couple later married in September 2019. In addition to

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, Smutniak speaks fluent

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Filmography

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Barbarossa Barbarossa, a name meaning "red beard" in Italian, primarily refers to: * Frederick Barbarossa (1122–1190), Holy Roman Emperor * Hayreddin Barbarossa (c. 1478–1546), Ottoman admiral * Operation Barbarossa, the Axis invasion of the Soviet Un ...

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The Fourth State ''The Fourth State'' (german: Die vierte Macht) is a 2012 German thriller film directed by Dennis Gansel and starring Moritz Bleibtreu, Kasia Smutniak, Max Riemelt, Rade Serbedzija, Mark Ivanir and Isabella Vinet. It premiered in Germany on March ...

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In Treatment ''In Treatment'' is an American drama television series for HBO, produced and developed by Rodrigo Garcia, based on the Israeli series '' BeTipul'' ( he, בטיפול), created by Hagai Levi, Ori Sivan and Nir Bergman. The series is about a ...

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Welcome Mr. President ''Welcome Mr. President'' ( it, Benvenuto Presidente!) is a 2013 Italian comedy film directed by Riccardo Milani and starring Claudio Bisio. Plot Giuseppe Garibaldi is a modest librarian in a small town in Piedmont. He loves to read, transmit cu ...

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Nastro d'Argento for Best Actress The ''Nastro d'Argento'' (Silver Ribbon) is a film award assigned each year, since 1946, by ''Sindacato Nazionale dei Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani'' ("Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists") the association of Italian film critics. ...

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Fasten Your Seatbelts ''Fasten Your Seatbelts'' ( it, Allacciate le cinture) is a 2014 Italian comedy-drama film written and directed by Ferzan Özpetek. For their performances in this film Kasia Smutniak and Paola Minaccioni won the Nastro d'Argento Awards for best ...

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David di Donatello for Best Actress The David di Donatello Award for Best Actress ( it, David di Donatello per la migliore attrice protagonista) is a film award presented annually by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano (ACI, ''Academy of Italian Cinema'') to recognize the outstanding ...

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Nastro d'Argento for Best Supporting Actress The ''Nastro d'Argento'' (Silver Ribbon) is a film award presented annually since 1946 by the '' Sindacato Nazionale dei Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani'' ("Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists"), the association of Italian film criti ...

Nominated—

David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actress The David di Donatello Award for Best Supporting Actress ( it, David di Donatello per la migliore attrice non protagonista) is a film award presented annually by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano (ACI, ''Academy of Italian Cinema'') to recognize the ...

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Il ragazzo più felice del mondo ''Il ragazzo più felice del mondo'' () is a 2018 comedy-mockumentary film directed by Gipi Gianni Pacinotti, better known by the pseudonym of Gipi, is an Italian cartoonist, filmmaker, and author. Biography Born in Pisa in 1963, he began his ...

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Dolce Fine Giornata ''Dolce Fine Giornata'' ( pl, Słodki koniec dnia) is a 2019 Polish drama film directed by Jacek Borcuch. It was screened in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition section at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. Cast * Krystyna Janda as Maria Linde ...

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The Hummingbird ''The Hummingbird'' ( it, Il colibrì) is a 2019 novel by Sandro Veronesi. The novel is presented in fragments with a nonlinear narrative structure and follows the tumultuous life of ophthalmologist Marco Carrera. The novel won the prestigious ...

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* * 1979 births Living people Italian actresses Italian female models Polish actresses Polish female models Polish expatriates in Italy Nastro d'Argento winners Polish emigrants to Italy 21st-century Italian actresses {{Poland-actor-stub