Magdalena Cielecka

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Magdalena Cielecka
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Cielecka in 2016
Born (1972-02-20) 20 February 1972 (age 53)
Myszków, Poland
Education AST National Academy of Theatre Arts in Kraków
OccupationActress
Years active1995–present
Partner(s) Andrzej Chyra
Bartosz Gelner [1]

Magdalena Cielecka (born 20 February 1972) is a Polish actress. A five-time Polish Film Award nominee, Cielecka won the Polish Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in the 2023 historical drama film Anxiety. [2]

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Life and career

Cielecka spent her childhood in the small town of Żarki-Letnisko. In 1995, she graduated from Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Teatralna in Kraków. Soon after, she joined the Teatr Stary Theatre Company in Kraków, where she stayed until 2001, when she moved to Warsaw and joined the Teatr Rozmaitości Theatre Company.

Although she made her first cinema appearance quite early in a film by Barbara Sass called Pokuszenie (1995), she initially was known mainly for her work in theatre. A few years later she became widely recognized as an actress and she gained popularity with her cinematic roles such as Samotność w sieci or the TV series Magda M.

At the 2008 Edinburgh International Festival she played the leading role in a critically acclaimed adaptation of Kane's 4.48 Psychosis by the Polish theatre company Teatr Rozmaitości. [3]

On television, she starred in Hotel 52 (2010-13), Days of Honor (2012-13), Pact (2015), Belfer (2016), The Defence (2018-2022), and A Girl and an Astronaut (2023).

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1995TemptationAnna Polish Film Festival Award for Best Actress
1996 L'Élève Jeune fille polonaise
1998AmokJuliaNominated — Polish Academy Award for Best Actress
1999 Like a Drug Anna Piwowska
2000Zakochani (2000)Zosia KarskaNominated — Polish Academy Award for Best Actress
2000EgoiściAnkaNominated — Polish Academy Award for Best Actress
2001WeiserClerk
2001Listy miłosneTeresa Lenart
2002FaithfulElisaShort film
2003Powiedz to, GabiBaska
2004TrzeciEwa
2005Po sezonieEmilia Orlowska
2006PalimpsestHanna
2006ChaosHanna von Bronheim
2006S@motność w sieciEwa
2007 Katyń Agnieszka Baszkowska
2009Mniejsze zloActress
2009DemakijazAnita
2010WenecjaJoannaNominated — Polish Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
2012 Byl sobie dzieciak Irena
2015 The Lure Divine Furs
2016 United States of Love Iza
2016 Blind Love Herself
2016Pitbull. Niebezpieczne kobietyLieutenant Izabela Zych
2017 Heart of Love Curator
2017GwiazdyAnna Banas
2017 Breaking the Limits Jerzy's mother
20187 EmotionsAlek's mother
2019Ciemno, prawie nocAlicja Tabor
2019 The Song of Names Anna Wozniak
2020 Kill It and Leave This Town Girl's Mother on the TramVoice
2023You Were Not Supposed to Be HereJoanna
2023AnxietyMalgorzata Polish Academy Award for Best Actress
2024UnpredictableAlicja
2024Drużyna A(A)Klementyna 'Celniczka'

References

  1. "Magdalena Cielecka i Bartosz Gelner wybrali się rowerami na randkę. Ich powrót to już nie tylko plotki". 21 July 2020.
  2. Roxborough, Scott (7 March 2024). "Agnieszka Holland's 'The Green Border' Wins Best Film at Polish Film Awards". The Hollywood Reporter .
  3. McMillian, Joyce. Theatre review: 4.48 Psychosis. The Scotsman, 16 August 2008. Archived 18 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine