Katarzyna Figura

Katarzyna Figura (born 22 March 1962) is a Polish actress. She is sometimes billed as "Kasia Figura", as in Prêt-à-Porter (Ready to Wear), Robert Altman's 1994 film.

Katarzyna Figura
Katarzyna Figura, 2014
Born (1962-03-22) 22 March 1962
Warsaw, Poland
NationalityPolish
Other namesKasia Figura
OccupationActress
Years active1976–present
Spouse(s)Jan Chmielewski (1986-1989)
Kai Schoenhals (2000-2012)
Children3

Career

Figura was born in Warsaw, Poland. She graduated from the National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw and continued her studies at the Parisian Conservatoire d'Art Dramatique.[1] She is one of the most recognized and popular actresses in the contemporary Polish film industry. She often played blond bombshells, prostitutes, and wives of rich men. Recently, she has changed her image radically in favor of more mature characters, very often sorrowful and embittered.[2]

Katarzyna Figura still appears in TV shows. For many years, she has been featured in single episodes of popular sitcoms, and has regularly appeared in the show Witches (since 2005). In 2004, she made her come-back to theater after a long-term absence. Her role in Alina to the West by Paweł Miśkiewicz in the Warsaw Drama Theater was highly regarded by the critics. She shaved her head for that role, consequently breaking from her sex symbol image.[3] She played in Teatr Współczesny between 1985 and 1988. Branded a Polish Marilyn Monroe after her role in Radosław Piwowarski's film Pociąg do Hollywood (1987), her first big part. She lost out for roles in The Player (1992), Dracula (1992) and Goldeneye (1995).

She was awarded two Golden Lions Awards for Best Actress (1999 and 2003) at the Gdynia Film Festival as well as the Eagle Award (2004).[4]

Private life

She has one son, Aleksander (b. 1987), with former husband Jan Chmielewski. Her first daughter, Koko Claire Figura-Schoenhals, was born 24 October 2002 in New York, USA. Her second daughter, Kashmir Amber, was born 27 February 2005 in Warsaw, Poland.

Selected filmography
  • Zginął pies (1976)
  • Mysz (1979)
  • Przeznaczenie (1983)
  • Bez końca (1984)
  • Ga. Ga. Chwała bohaterom (1985)
  • Rośliny trujące (1985)
  • Osobisty pamiętnik grzesznika przez niego samego spisany (1985)
  • Zkrocení zlého muže (1986)
  • Pierścień i róża (1986)
  • Komediantka (1986)
  • Season of Monsters (1987)
  • Szornyek Evadya (1987)
  • W klatce (1987)
  • Pociąg do Hollywood (1987)
  • Kingsajz (1988)
  • Nebojsa (1988)
  • Rififi po sześćdziesiątce (1989)
  • Porno (1989)
  • L'ambassade en folie (1990)
  • Piggate (1990)
  • Mleczna droga (1990)
  • Panny i wdowy (1991)
  • Obywatel świata (1991)
  • Vortice mortale (1992)
  • Voices in the Garden (1992)
  • Fatal Past (1993)
  • Wesoła noc smutnego biznesmena (1993)
  • Ready to Wear (1994)
  • Too Fast Too Young (1995)
  • Wrzeciono czasu (1995)
  • Niemcy (1996)
  • Kiler (1997)
  • Historie miłosne (1997)
  • Szcześliwego Nowego Jorku (1997)
  • Słoneczny zegar (1997)
  • Prostytutki (1997)
  • Złoto dezerterów (1998)
  • Kiler-ów 2-óch (1999)
  • Ajlawju (1999)
  • Zakochani (2000)
  • Zemsta (2002)
  • The Pianist (2002)
  • Career of Nikos Dyzma (2002)
  • Ubu Król (2003)
  • Żurek (2003)
  • Summer Love (2006)
  • We're All Christs (2006)
  • Aria Diva (2007)
  • Kochaj i tańcz (2008)
  • To nie tak, jak myślisz, kotku (2008)
  • Cudowne lato (2010)
  • Och, Karol (2011)
  • Wyjazd integracyjny (2011)
  • Bejbi blues (2012)
  • Yuma (2012)
  • Podejrzani zakochani (2013)
  • Panie Dulskie (2015)
  • Słaba płeć? (2016)
  • Ah śpij kochanie (2017)
  • 7 uczuć (2018)
  • Diablo (2019)
  • Raz, jeszcze raz (2019)
  • Never Gonna Snow Again (2020)

See also

References
  1. "Katarzyna Figura". Retrieved 29 September 2019.
  2. "Katarzyna Figura's film roles – Image Gallery". Retrieved 29 September 2019.
  3. "Katarzyna Figura – Biografia". Retrieved 29 September 2019.
  4. "Katarzyna Figura – Nagrody". Retrieved 29 September 2019.
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