Agnieszka Dygant | |
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Born | Agnieszka Urszula Dygant 27 March 1973 |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1997–present |
Spouse | Marcin Władyniak (divorced) |
Partner | Patrick Yoka |
Children | 1 |
Agnieszka Urszula Dygant (born 27 March 1973) is a Polish actress. [1] She is a two-time Telekamery Award winner for Best Actress.
Dygant has a sister 17 years younger named Natalia. She attended high school at the LVI Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. Rotmistrza Witolda Pileckiego in Warsaw. In her teenage years, she sang in the punk band Dekolt.
On 23 November 1997, Dygant made her theater debut. In 1998, she graduated from Łódź Film School and received the Łódź Voivode's award for the role of Julia in the play Letnica at the 16th Theater School Festival in Łódź, and won second prize at the 19th Stage Song Review in Wrocław, performing Agnieszka Osiecka's song "Sing-Sing" with Maciej Pawłowski's band. That same year, she made her television debut in Polsat's comedy mini-serial Gosia i Małgosia . She gained national fame for her roles as Maria "Mariola" Weiss-Korzycka in the TVP2 medical drama series Na dobre i na złe (2001–2009) and as Franciszka Zofia "Frania Maj" Skalska in TVN's comedy series Niania (2005–2009; Polish adaptation of CBS's The Nanny ). She also has a minor role as Toruviel in the 2002 Polish television adaptation of The Witcher .
In 2000, she starred in the music video of the band Myslovitz, awarded with Fryderyk, "For You". In 2007, she became the second Polish star to advertise L'Oréal's Garnier brand products.
She won nine Telekamery nominations in the actress category, winning twice (2006, [2] 2008) and taking second place four times (2005, [3] 2007, [4] 2009, [5] 2015 [6] ). [7]
In 2007, she received the Star of Smile at the VIII Festival of Good Humor in Gdańsk and two Golden Horseshoes at the Cieszyn Festival "Wakacyjne Kadry" for the best female role in a comedy series (Niania) and the best female role in a sensational series (Fala zbrodni).
Dygant was married to Marcin Władyniak . She currently cohabits with the director and screenwriter Patrick Yoka, with whom she has a son, Xawery (born 2010).
In an interview with Gazeta Wyborcza in October 2022, Dygant declared herself to be a feminist and a supporter of the right to abortion. [8]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1998 | Farba | Ola | |
2001–2009 | Na dobre i na złe | Mariola | Regular role |
2003–2007 | Fala zbrodni | Daria "Czarna" Westman | Regular role |
2005–2009 | Niania | Frania Maj | Main character |
2006 | Just Love Me | Agata | |
2011 | Letters to Santa | Karina Lisiecka | |
2012–2015 | True Law | Agata Przybysz | Main character |
2015 | Letters to Santa 2 | Karina Lisiecka | |
2016 | Pitbull. New Orders | "Kura" | |
2017 | Botoks | Dr Beata Winkler | |
Letters to Santa 3 | Karina Lisiecka | ||
2018 | Botoks | Dr Beata Winkler | TV series based on the film of the same name |
Women of Mafia | Daria "Nanny" Wawrzyniak | ||
Women of Mafia | Daria "Nanny" Wawrzyniak | TV series based on the film of the same name | |
2019 | Women of Mafia 2 | Daria "Nanny" Wawrzyniak |
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