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Grażyna Szapołowska (; born 19 September 1953) is a Polish
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and theatre actress.


Life and career

She was born in
Bydgoszcz Bydgoszcz is a city in northern Poland and the largest city in the historical region of Kuyavia. Straddling the confluence of the Vistula River and its bank (geography), left-bank tributary, the Brda (river), Brda, the strategic location of Byd ...
. The father was of Latvian-Polish descent, and mother, Wanda, was Lithuanian-Polish descent. She has a sister, Lidia, who is 11 years older. After passing the baccalauréat she joined at Wroclaw Theatre of Pantomime. In 1977 she graduated from the National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw. From 1977 until 1984 she was in the theatrical company of the
National Theatre, Warsaw The National Theatre () in Warsaw, Poland, was founded in 1765, during the Polish Enlightenment, by that country's List of Polish monarchs, monarch, Stanisław August Poniatowski. The theatre shares the Grand Theatre, Warsaw, Grand Theatre compl ...
. She starred in
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's 1982 Hungarian film '' Another Way'' which portrays a lesbian relationship, ''
A Short Film About Love ''A Short Film About Love'' () is a 1988 Polish romantic drama film directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski, starring Grażyna Szapołowska and Olaf Lubaszenko. Written by Kieślowski and Krzysztof Piesiewicz, the film is about a young post office work ...
'' (1988) by Polish film director
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, and in its earlier and shorter form the sixth episode of ''
Dekalog ''Dekalog'' (, also known as ''Dekalog: The Ten Commandments'' and ''The Decalogue'') is a 1989 Polish drama television miniseries directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski and co-written by Kieślowski with Krzysztof Piesiewicz, with music by Zbigni ...
''. It was she who suggested to Kieslowski the different ending of the full-length version. For that role she received the Polish Film Award at the 13th
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. She had previously starred in another Kieslowski film, ''
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''. She is also widely known for her portrayal of Telimena in Andrzej Wajda's 1999 film ''
Pan Tadeusz ''Pan Tadeusz'' (full title: ''Sir Thaddeus, or the Last Foray in Lithuania: A Nobility's Tale of the Years 1811–1812, in Twelve Books of Verse'') is an epic poem by the Polish people, Polish poet, writer, translator and philosopher Adam Micki ...
'', an adaptation of
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's epic poem of the same name. She was honoured with the
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for that role. In 2008 she was one of the contestants of the Polish version of ''
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'' reality singing competition. She also performed on stage as an interpreter of an actor's song. She sings in a soprano.


Filmography

*1974 ''Najważniejszy dzień życia'', episode ''Telefon'' (''Telephone'') *1977 ''Parada oszustów'' (''Chet's Parade'') *1978 ''Zapach ziemi'' (''The Smell of Earth'') *1978 ''Osiemdziesięciu huzarów'' (''80 Hussars'') *1981 ''Wielka majówka'' (''The Big Picnic'') *1982 ''Wielki Szu'' (''Big Shar'') *1982 '' Egymásra nézve'' (''Another Way'') *1983 ''Lata dwudzieste... lata trzydzieste...'' (''The Twenties, the Thirties '') *1983 ''Nadzór'' (''Custody'') *1984 ''
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'' (''No End'') *1984 '' Szirmok, virágok, koszorúk'' (''The Flowers of Reverie'') *1984 ''Przyspieszenie'' (''To accelerate'') *1985 ''Medium'' *1985 '' By Touch'' (''Przez dotyk'') *1986 '' Magnat'' (''The Magnate'') *1986 ''Biała wizytówka'' (''White visiting-card'') *1987 ''Tabu'' (''Taboo'') *1987 ''Zagon'' *1987 ''Первая встреча, последняя встреча'' (СССР) *1988 '' Hanussen'' *1988 '' Krótki film o miłości'' (''A Short Film About Love'') *1989 '' A Tale of Adam Mickiewicz's 'Forefathers' Eve''' *1991 ''Żegnaj, cudzoziemko'' (''Goodbye foreigner'') *1991 '' Lebewohl, Fremde'' *1991 '' The Conviction'' *1992 ''Piękna nieznajoma'' (''A Beautiful Stranger'') *1993 ''Piazza di Spagna'' (''The Spanish Square'') *1997 ''Kroniki domowe'' *1997 '' Our God's Brother'' *1999 ''
Pan Tadeusz ''Pan Tadeusz'' (full title: ''Sir Thaddeus, or the Last Foray in Lithuania: A Nobility's Tale of the Years 1811–1812, in Twelve Books of Verse'') is an epic poem by the Polish people, Polish poet, writer, translator and philosopher Adam Micki ...
'' (''Pan Tadeusz: The Last Foray in Lithuania'') *2004 ''Nachbarinnen'' (''Wanted!'') *2005 ''Ewa paliła Camele'' *2005 '' Karol: A Man Who Became Pope'' *2006 '' Just Love Me'' *2006 ''
Magda M. ''Magda M.'' () was a Polish soap opera which aired on TVN (Poland), TVN from 2005 to 2007. Plot Magdalena Miłowicz is a young lawyer who seems to be a little lost in her love life, until she meets Peter, a man who also turns out to be a lawyer. ...
'' *2007 ''Ryś'' *2007 ''
Jutro idziemy do kina ''Jutro idziemy do kina'' (English: ''Tomorrow we are going to the movies'') is a 2007 Polish television movie, directed by Michał Kwieciński. It tells a story of three high school graduates whose lives are changed by World War II (see: Polish ...
'' *2008 ''Nie kłam kochanie'' *2011 ' *2013 '' Run Boy Run'' as Ewa Staniak *2017 ''Nie kłam kochanie''


See also

*
Polish cinema The history of cinema in Poland is almost as long as the history of cinematography, and it has universally recognized achievements, even though Polish films tend to be less commercially available than films from several other European nations. A ...
*
Polish Film Awards The Eagles Polish Film Awards, or The Eagles () is the national film award of Poland. It has been delivered annually since 1999, with the first event held on 21 June, by the National Chamber of Audiovisual Producers (KIPA). Since 2003 they have b ...


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Szapolowska, Grazyna 1953 births Living people Actors from Bydgoszcz 20th-century Polish actresses 21st-century Polish actresses Polish film actresses Aleksander Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw alumni Polish stage actresses Recipients of the Gold Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis Actors from Toruń Polish people of Latvian descent Polish people of Lithuanian descent