Carolina Bartczak

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Carolina Bartczak
Born
Carolina Anna Bartczak

(1982-10-05) October 5, 1982 (age 42)
NationalityCanadian/Polish
Alma mater University of Toronto
Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre
OccupationActress
Years active2010–present

Carolina Bartczak (born October 5, 1982) is a Canadian actress. She is known for her role as Magda Gurzsky, [1] the wife of Erik Lehnsherr/Magneto, in X-Men: Apocalypse and Lily Kryger in the Netflix series Painkiller. She will also star as Abigail Walker in the upcoming release of the CBC series Plan B [2] in August 2025.

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Early life

Carolina Bartczak was born in Germany after her parents escaped the martial law in Poland. She eventually emigrated to Canada with her family and grew up in Kitchener, Ontario. She studied biochemistry at the University of Toronto [3] and worked as a travel writer/photographer in southern Croatia. [4] She turned to acting in 2009 and attended the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre in New York City. [5] Carolina Bartczak has dual citizenship between Canada and Poland and speaks French and Polish fluently.

Career

Carolina Bartczak's first role was playing the voice of Alfred Hedgehog in the cartoon The Mysteries of Alfred Hedgehog . [6] Her first on screen role was playing a high maintenance mother opposite Brendan Gleeson, and Neil Patrick Harris in The Smurfs 2 . Bartczak also played Nurse Clara in the action film Brick Mansions opposite Paul Walker and as Amanda Dean in the film Business Ethics opposite Larenz Tate. [7] Her most famous role was Magda Gurzsky, the wife of Erik Lehnsherr in X-Men: Apocalypse . [8] In 2018, she was cast as the lead in a film by the CBC, An Audience of Chairs written by Rosemary House. Carolina Bartczak plays Maura, a beautiful woman suffering from mental illness based on a novel of the same name written by Joan Clark. The film was released in Canada on March 22, 2019. Carolina played the role of Brenda Lopez, starring opposite Halle Berry, Patrick Wilson, Charlie Plummer, and Michael Peña in the Roland Emmerich 2022 Sci-Fi action film, Moonfall by Lionsgate.

In 2024, she was announced as starring in the upcoming third season of the anthology drama series Plan B . [2]

Filmography

Film, Television and Gaming Roles
YearTitleRoleNotes
2010 The Mysteries of Alfred Hedgehog Alfred Hedgehog (voice)TV series
2011RoomBudsCarly Short film
2011ScrewedMirabelTV series
2011Crazy PhotographerIvanka Trovovich Feature film
2011WiltRed Dress GirlFeature film
2012 Covert Affairs DebraTV series
2013Karma's a BitchKairaTV series
2013 The Listener Sarah WembleyTV series
2013 The Smurfs 2 Peanut MomFeature film
2013Plato's Reality MachineMaggieFeature film
2014 Brick Mansions Nurse ClaraFeature film
2014Femme BruleeColleen ZimmermanShort film
2015Gray AreaNinaShort film
2015 The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe PhyllisTV series
2015 Mayday Lauren Bessette TV series
2016 Business Ethics Amanda DeanFeature film
2016Cleverly DisguisedDanaShort film
2016 X-Men: Apocalypse Magda GurzskyFeature film
2017 Rainbow Six Siege Zofia Bosak Video game
2017 An Audience of Chairs Maura MackenzieFeature film
2018 The Bold Type EdenTV series
2018 Far Cry 5 Cult LeaderVideo game
2019 Carter AbigailTV series
2019 White Lie MagdaFeature film
2020 Most Dangerous Game WifeTV series
2020 Hall ValFeature film
2022 Moonfall Brenda LopezFeature film
2023 Beacon 23 Dr. Ree AvalonTV series
2023 Painkiller Lily KrygerTV series
TBA Plan B Abigail Walker

References

  1. "James McAvoy, 'X-Men: Apocalypse' Cast Talk Future Franchise Films". The Hollywood Reporter . May 27, 2016.
  2. 1 2 Jesse Whittock, "‘Plan B’: Carolina Bartczak To Lead Season 3 Of CBC’s Time-Bending Drama; Arnold Pinnock & Ennis Esmer Also Cast". Deadline Hollywood , September 17, 2024.
  3. "Carolina Bartczak...Got the Part". October 12, 2011.
  4. "Interview with actress Carolina Bartczak – The GCE". June 2, 2016.
  5. "Bold and Brave: BRICK MANSIONS' Carolina Bartczak". April 25, 2014.
  6. "Mysteries of Alfred Hedgehog, The". www.muse.ca.
  7. N'Duka, Amanda (October 6, 2016). "'Business Ethics' Adds Carolina Bartczak; Erica Ash Gets 'A Little Something For You Birthday'".
  8. "X-Men: Apocalypse star Carolina Bartczak on working with Michael Fassbender – Watch News Videos Online". Global News.