Renata Pałys (née ''Wilkowska''; born 12 October 1956) is a stage and television and actress, and theater director. She is best known for her role as Helena Paździochowa, one of the main characters in the sitcom television series ''
The Lousy World'' (1999–2022).
Biography
Renata Pałys (née ''Wilkowska'') was born on 12 October 1956 in
Wrocław
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,
Poland
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, where she grew up. Her parents were artist Henryk Wilkowski and Mira Wilkowska. In 1980, she graduated from the
Wrocław Faculty of Puppetry of the
National Academy of Theatre.
She performed in the
Cyprian Kamil Norwid Theatre in
Jelenia Góra
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from 1980 to 1981, the
Wrocław Modern Theatre in 1981, the
Wrocław Pantomime Theatre from 1982 to 1987, and the
Kalambur Theatre in Wrocław from 1987 to 1989.
[ From 1993 to 1993 she wrote for the cultural section of the Wrocław-based edition of news magazine '']Gazeta Wyborcza
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''.
She appeared for the first time in a feature film in 1977 '' Indeks'' as an extra
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. Since then she had numerous backgrounds film roles between 1977 and 1996.[ From 1999 to 2021 she portrayed Helena Paździochowa, one of the main characters in a sitcom television series '' The Lousy World''.][ She also directed one episode, and together with ]Adek Drabiński
Adek Drabiński (born 16 October 1948) is a Polish film director and screenwriter. He has been nominated for two Golden Lions and has received Gdynia Film Festival Award for Best New Director, as well as Andrzej Munk Film Award.
Drabiński is ...
co-directed another four. She also had numerous smaller roles in television series such as in '' Adam i Ewa'' (2001), '' Samo życie'' (2003), ''Na Wspólnej
''Na Wspólnej'' (, "On Wspólna Street") is a Polish television soap opera. It has been running since 2003 on the TVN channel as its flagship primetime weekday soap opera. It is loosely based on the German production '' Unter uns'' and it fol ...
'' (2004), '' First Love'' (2005, 2009, 2011), '' Crime Wave'' (2006), '' Family.pl'' (2013), and ''Policemen
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'' (2021).[
From 2008 to 2013 she wad manager of the rock band All Sounds Allowed.]Jacek Sutryk
Jacek Zbigniew Sutryk (born 17 September 1978, in Wrocław) is a Polish politician and sociologist. He currently serves as the mayor of the city of Wrocław, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland. In June 2024 he was elected chairman of the Associ ...
, has honoured her work and artistic accomplishments with the Super Diamond award.[
]
Private life
In 1982 she married Krzysztof Pałys, with whom, she has a son.[
]
Filmography
Films
Television series
References
External links
Renata Pałys
at IMDb
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Renata Pałys
at FilmPolski.pl (in Polish)
Renata Pałys
at Filmweb
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(in Polish)
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1956 births
Living people
20th-century Polish actresses
21st-century Polish actresses
Polish television actresses
Polish film actresses
Polish stage actresses
Polish theatre directors
Polish television directors
Actresses from Wrocław