Aleksandra Gintrowska | |
---|---|
![]() Polish singer Ola Gintrowska in 2017. | |
Born | Szczecinek, Poland | March 28, 1991
Nationality | Polish |
Alma mater | Kingston University |
Occupation(s) | Singer, actress |
Years active | 2010–present |
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
Children | None |
Aleksandra Gintrowska (born March 28, 1991) is a Polish singer and actress [1] also appearing under the pseudonym O.L.A. which translates as "the heart of the word POLAND". [2] [3]
Gintrowska was born in Szczecinek in 1991. She comes from a family rooted in musical traditions. One of her grandparents sang in a choir, another played the violin. [4] Her mother was a singer and her sister plays the cello. [5] She studied singing at schools in Szczecinek. During her primary school education, she learned to play the piano. Then she studied at the Private High School and the 'Opera Singing Department' of the 'Secondary Music School of Oskar Kolberg'. She consequently left for Warsaw where she passed her international high school diploma. She then enrolled in Kingston University, where she obtained a bachelor's degree in drama and opera singing. [6] During her student days, she performed in choir and academic performances in such venues as The Fighting Cocks as well as in musicals such as This Is Musical, Gems from the Shows and Cell Block Tango, staged at theaters in London. [7]
In 2015, she released the single "Missing" composed by Robert Janson which was used by Polsat as the theme song for their show Must Be the Music. [8] In 2016, she qualified with the song to the finals of the national Eurovision Song Contest Qualifiers. The mermaid costume [9] in which she appeared in the preliminaries became the subject of nationwide media publications. [10] In August 2016, she released the single "Best That I've Felt," which was produced by Ryan Tedder. [4] In December 2016, she published the song "Rowdy", and at the end of January 2017 she presented her first Polish-language single – "White Magic", which was created in collaboration with Robert Janson. On December 17, 2019, she performed live at the ‘Most Beautiful Carols’ televised concert, which took place in the 'Parish Church of Our Lady of Częstochowa' in Lubin on Christmas Eve and during the New Year's televised concert in Warsaw with the choir both broadcast on TVN. [11] [4]
Gintrowska played Monika in Barbara Sass’ film In the Name of the Devil (2011) [12] and Jola in the film Gwiazdy by Jan Kidawa-Błoński (2017). [13] [14] In 2018, she played supporting roles in television series such as in Pierwsza miłość (English: First Love), a Polish soap opera set in Wrocław or in M jak miłość (lit. L for Love) broadcast on the international channel TVP Polonia and revolving around the multiple generations of the Mostowiak family. These show has been the most watched drama on Polish television since and its popularity led to a Russian adaptation, entitled Lyubov kak Lyubov. The same year she also starred in two episodes of the Polish thriller medical drama Diagnosis (original title: Diagnoza) produced by TVN. [15] She was a participant in Polsat's entertainment program Twoja twarz brzmi znajomo (season 8) (based on the Spanish series: Your Face Sounds Familiar, 2017) [16] and a juror in the Talent competition Śpiewajmy razem. All Together Now (2019) based on the British show All Together Now. [17]
Film
Year [lower-alpha 1] | Title | Role | Director(s) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
2017 | Gwiazdy | Jola | Jan Kidawa-Błoński | |
2011 | On behalf of the devil | Monika | Barbara Sass | W imieniu diabła |
Television
Year [lower-alpha 2] | Title | Role | Director(s) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
2019 | Śpiewajmy razem. All Together Now | herself | Polsat | based on All Together Now |
2018 | Pierwsza miłość | Urszula Dzieciatkiewicz | Ewa Pytka | English: First Love. |
2018 | M jak miłość | Goska | TVP2 | English: L for Love. Season 1 | Episodes 1360; 1366 & 1370. |
2018 | Diagnosis | Zuza | Maciej Bochniak & Lukasz Palkowski | Season 2 Episodes 6 & 7. original title: Diagnoza. |
2017 | Twoja twarz brzmi znajomo . | herself | Polsat | based on the Spanish series: Your Face Sounds Familiar . |
Aleksandra "Ola" Szwed is a Polish actress and singer of Polish and Nigerian ethnicity. She was a popular child actress, starring regularly since 1999 in Rodzina zastępcza television series, modified and renamed in 2004 to Rodzina zastępcza plus. She also stars on TV talent shows. Before getting into television, she sang and danced in a children group backing the singer Majka Jeżowska. Szwed was on Season 11 of Taniec z Gwiazdami in 2010. Six years later she won 5th season of Twoja Twarz Brzmi Znajomo.
Polsat is a Polish free-to-air television channel that was launched on 5 December 1992 by Zygmunt Solorz-Żak. As of 2019, it is the most watched television channel in Poland with a market share of 11.30%
Michał Krystian Wiśniewski is a Polish pop vocalist, leader of the pop group Ich Troje, who sang for Poland at the 2003 and 2006 Eurovision Song Contests. He is known for his characteristic red hair, but his hair has also been green, pink, orange, black and white in the past.
Bartłomiej "Bartek" Kasprzykowski is a Polish actor. He participated in Taniec z gwiazdami, the Polish version of Dancing with the Stars. He also won the fourth edition of Twoja twarz brzmi znajomo - the Polish version of Your Face Sounds Familiar.
Agnieszka Włodarczyk is a Polish actress and singer. As an actress she is best known for her roles in the movie Sara and a TV comedy series 13 posterunek. In 2007, she released her debut album, Nie dla oka....
Katarzyna Barbara Skrzynecka is a Polish actress and singer. She appeared in the comedy television series Bao-Bab, czyli zielono mi in 2003.
Pierwsza miłość is a Polish soap opera set in Wrocław, Poland. It has been broadcast continually on the Polsat television channel since November 4, 2004. It currently airs at 6:00pm CET from Monday to Friday. Scenes from the show were taken and redubbed for a sketch in the television comedy Time Trumpet (2006), which was aired in Britain, and later formed the basis of the sitcom Soupy Norman (2007) on RTÉ in Ireland.
Weronika Anna Rosati is a Polish actress. She made her acting debut in 2000, and first gained recognition playing Ania in the Polish soap opera M jak miłość. She appeared in several other Polish television series, before acquiring her first feature film role in Patryk Vega's 2005 action drama Pitbull, which went on to become a cult film in Poland. Her most critically acclaimed films include Obława (2012), which earned her a Polish Film Award nomination for Best Actress, and Never Gonna Snow Again (2020).
Twoja twarz brzmi znajomo is a Polish talent show developed by Polsat and based on the Spanish version of the series. The show is presented by Maciej Rock and Maciej Dowbor, whilst the judging panel consists of Paweł Domagała, Małgorzata Walewska and Robert Janowski.
Aneta Zając is a Polish actress.
"Cool Me Down" is a song by Polish singer Margaret. It was included in the reissue of her debut studio album, Add the Blonde, released in 2016. The song was written by Alex Papaconstantinou, Anderz Wrethov, Arash, Linnea Deb, Robert Uhlmann and Viktor Svensson; all but Wrethov and Deb, produced the track. The song is a combination of pop music, reggae and electropop.
Julia Pietrucha is a Polish actress, singer, and model. In 2007, she won the Special Acting Award at the Gdynia Film Festival for her performance in Jutro idziemy do kina. In 2009, she played Halinka in Tatarak, a film directed by Andrzej Wajda.
Anna Wendzikowska is a Polish actress, journalist and television presenter. She is a correspondent of Dzień Dobry TVN.
Beata Edyta Tadla is a Polish radio and TV journalist and TV presenter.
Wiktoria "Viki" Gabor is a Polish singer. She began her career in 2019, as a runner-up on the second season of The Voice Kids Poland, and then later won the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019 with the song "Superhero". She is the second Polish entrant to win the contest, and her win marked the first time a country had won the contest twice in a row, and on home soil.
Katarzyna Glinka is a Polish film and theatre actress and television presenter.
Olga Borys is a Polish film, television, theater and dubbing actress.
Joanna Moro is a Lithuanian-born Polish film and theater actress, singer and TV presenter.
Anna Sandra Rusowicz is a Polish singer.