Weronika Książkiewicz (born 21 March 1981) is a Polish actress. She is best known for playing Ola in the
romantic comedy
Romantic comedy (also known as romcom or rom-com) is a sub-genre of comedy and Romance novel, romance fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount all obstacles. Ro ...
film ''
Planet Single'' (2016) and Dzika in the
crime drama
Crime film is a film belonging to the crime fiction genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and fiction. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine with many other genres, such as Drama (film and television), dr ...
film ''
Furioza'' (2021).
Early life
Książkiewicz was born in
Moscow
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to Fyodor Levin, a Russian doctor, and Beata Książkiewicz, a Polish ballet dancer.
She was initially raised by her grandmother in
Poznań
Poznań ( ) is a city on the Warta, River Warta in west Poland, within the Greater Poland region. The city is an important cultural and business center and one of Poland's most populous regions with many regional customs such as Saint John's ...
while her mother attended ballet school in Moscow.
As a child, she trained in artistic gymnastics, synchronized swimming, and ballet.
She attended XX Liceum Ogólnokształcące in Poznań, and later graduated from the
Łódź Film School
The Polish National Film, Television and Theatre School in Łódź (), commonly known as the Łódź Film School (), is a Polish film school for future actors, directors, photographers, camera operators, and television staff. It was founded on 8 ...
in 2005.
Career
Książkiewicz worked as an actress at the
New Theatre in
Łódź
Łódź is a city in central Poland and a former industrial centre. It is the capital of Łódź Voivodeship, and is located south-west of Warsaw. Łódź has a population of 655,279, making it the country's List of cities and towns in Polan ...
,
Bagatela Theatre in
Kraków
, officially the Royal Capital City of Kraków, is the List of cities and towns in Poland, second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city has a population of 804,237 ...
and in
Warsaw
Warsaw, officially the Capital City of Warsaw, is the capital and List of cities and towns in Poland, largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the Vistula, River Vistula in east-central Poland. Its population is officially estimated at ...
.
In 2008, she participated in the
second season of ''
Gwiazdy tańczą na lodzie'', the Polish version of Britain's ''
Dancing on Ice
''Dancing on Ice'' is a British television series broadcast from 2006 to 2014 and then from 2018 to 2025. It was presented by Holly Willoughby and Stephen Mulhern. Other previous hosts include Phillip Schofield and Christine Lampard. The series ...
''. She finished in fifth place with her partner
Łukasz Jóźwiak. She was a guest judge during the
sixth season of ''
Top Model'' in 2016.
Personal life
She has one child, a son named Borys.
Filmography
Film
Television
References
External links
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1981 births
Living people
21st-century Polish actresses
Actresses from Poznań
Actresses from Moscow
Łódź Film School alumni
Polish film actresses
Polish people of Russian descent
Polish stage actresses
Polish television actresses
Russian emigrants to Poland
Soviet emigrants to Poland