Kristina Yanda began her creative career even when nothing foreshadowed the fall of the socialist camp. However, some of her works were shown to the general public only after the collapse of the Soviet Union, when Poland became a truly independent country. But they always said about this actress that she had nothing to be ashamed of her previous works: she never participated in the creation of flat communist agitation. She played in the theater and cinema. Her work was appreciated by critics and a wide audience. The Polish actress has been awarded many national awards. On the “Walk of Fame” in Lodz, Christina Janda has her own personal star. The actress received her first award in Trieste in 1981 at the fiction film festival. Then Yanda became the owner of the Golden Palm Branch in Cannes in 1990, the Silver Shell at the film competition in San Sebastian in 1992, the Charlemagne Medal at the European Media Festival in 2006. You can read about the life and career of the actress in this essay.
Studying and starting a career
Kristina Janda saw the light in the small Polish town of Starachowice. This happened on December 18, 1952. A girl from childhood dreamed of becoming an actress. Therefore, after receiving a certificate of secondary education, she did not think for a long time what university to enter. Already in 1975, she successfully completed her studies at the State Higher Theater School in Warsaw. As is often the case with movie stars, Christina began her career with theatrical stage. Her debut (in 1976) was the participation in the comedy "Girl Vows" by Alexander Fredr. Kristina so skillfully reincarnated in Anelya, that her skill was noticed by the director Andrzej Wajda. He invited the young actress to star in the film "Man of Marble" (appeared on the screens in 1977). This tape was destined to become a cult. Therefore, the debut of the young actress did not go unnoticed. For the role of Agnieszka, she received the Zbigniew Tsibulsky Prize.
Theatrical work
Even being invited to the set, Kristina Yanda was in no hurry to leave the stage. On the theater stage, she played many vivid and memorable roles in the plays of Racine, Euripides, Brecht, Tennessee Williams, Chekhov, E. Albee. While still a student, she participated in the television play "Three Sisters" (1974). Then followed the roles of Anela in "Girl's Vows", Nina Zarechnaya in "The Seagull", the main character in "Eloise and Abelard", Jenny in the "Three Penny Opera", Julia in the work of A. Strinberg of the same name, Gisela in “Two on a Swing”, Margaret in “The Cat on a Red-Hot Roof”, Elvira in “Husband and Wife”, as well as Medea, Lady Macbeth, Fedra, Vassa Zheleznova.
Kristina Yanda: movies
After participating in the cult film "Man of Marble" and receiving awards, the actress did not remain forgotten. Invitations fell on her. First, the actress was embodied in Azu "On the Silver Planet." A year later (in 1978), she played in the film "Without Anesthesia." It so happened that she starred in several films at once. So, in 1980, four films were released immediately with her participation: “Man of Iron”, “Golem”, “War of the Worlds” and “Conductor”. Of the 33 tapes in which the Polish actress played, we will name the most sensational. This is “O-bi, o-ba. The end of civilization ”(Gaia), the second and fifth parts of the“ Decalogue ”(Dorota),“ Possession ”(Julia),“ Papa ”(Magda),“ Life is a deadly sexually transmitted disease ”(Anna),“ Air ” (Martha), “Valenca. A man of hope ”(Agnieszka). The actress worked not only in Poland, but also in France, Germany, Bulgaria. She starred in such masters of domestic cinema as Zanussi, Wajda, Zhulavsky, Keslevsky, Holland, Yves Boisse and Istvan Szabo.
Recent work
The actress continues to act. Among her recent work on the sets, the roles of Irena, Sabina's mother in the film "Reverse", Ellis in "Revelation" should be noted. She played the protagonist in the film "Kindergarten teacher." Her last known role was the grandmothers of Melania in the film “Mrs. Dulsky”. The film "Black Thursday. Yanek Vishnevsky fell ”remained almost unnoticed in the world. But in Poland he made a lot of noise. After all, the film describes the events of the workers' protests of the Gdansk workers in December 1970, which were suppressed by the authorities by force. Then two workers died. All the characters in the film are real people. Director Anthony Krause tried to recreate life in what was then Poland, as flowing in two different dimensions: a simple family from Gdansk and officials from party offices could not meet anywhere except on the street during the protests. Yanda starred in Black Thursday. But at the stage of editing it turned out that her vision of the situation does not coincide with the director’s concept. The actress refused that the frames with her were included in the film. Fans of Yanda's work were somewhat disappointed. Indeed, in the announcement her participation in this film was advertised.
Other activity
Christina Yanda proved herself not only as a beautiful actress. She tried herself in the role of director. She owns the films "Ladies and Hussars", "Lark" and "Male-Female". Ms. Yanda is the author of several books, mostly autobiographical. Among them, the most famous are “My Way” (published in 2000) and “Pink Pills for sedation” (2002). She is also the author of several publications and essays.
Kristina Yanda: personal life
The actress was married twice. In 1974, she married the Polish actor Andrzej Severin. From this marriage, she has a daughter, Maria. The actress divorced her husband in 1979. Two years later, she married with the famous cameraman Edward Klosinsky. The couple had two sons - Andrzej and Adam. In early 2008, the second husband of the actress died. Now the widow lives in the small town of Milanowek near Warsaw.