Katarzyna Figura

Katarzyna Figura
Katarzyna Małgorzata Figura (Polish pronunciation: ; born 22 March 1962) is a Polish film, theatre and television actress. She is sometimes billed as "Kasia Figura", as in Prêt-à-Porter, Robert Altman's 1994 film.
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. 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, who are very often sorrowful and embittered.
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.
She played at 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).
Private life
She has one son, Aleksander (b. 1987), with her former husband Jan Chmielewski. Her first daughter, Koko Claire Figura-Schoenhals, was born 24 October 2002 in New York, USA. Her second daughter, Kaszmir Amber, was born 27 February 2005 in Warsaw, Poland.
Selected filmography
Zginął pies (1976, Short)
Mysz (1980, TV Movie)
Bez końca (1985) - Asystentka hipnotyzera (uncredited)
Przeznaczenie (1985) - Laura
Rośliny trujące (1985, TV Movie) - Goga 'Saganka'
Osobisty pamiętnik grzesznika przez niego samego spisany (1986) - Cyntia
Ga. Ga. Chwała bohaterom (1986) - Once
Zkrocení zlého muže (1986)
Pierścień i róża (1987) - Rózia
Komediantka (1987) - Mimi Zarzycka
Pociąg do Hollywood (1987) - Marilyn
Season of Monsters (1987) - Annabella
Kingsajz (1988) - Ala
W klatce (1988) - Marta
Nebojsa (1989) - Cerná paní
Estación Central (1989) - Elena
Rififi po sześćdziesiątce (1989, TV Movie) - Eliza
Porno (1990) - Superblondyna
Swinka (1990) - Dolores Mendoza
Mleczna droga (1991, TV Movie) - The Death
Panny i wdowy (1991) - Karolina Lechicka
Obywatel świata (1991)
L'ambassade en folie (1992) - Sasha Moliniva
The Player (1992) - Kasia Figura
Screen Two (1992, TV Series) - Leni
Wesoła noc smutnego biznesmena (1993, TV Movie)
Vortice Mortale (1993) - Vida Kolba
Fatal Past (1994) - Jennifer Lawrence
Ready to Wear (1994) - Sissy's Assistant
Wrzeciono czasu (1995) - Matylda
Too Fast Too Young (1996) - Kaddy Havel
Germans (1996) - Maritza
Autoportret z kochanka (1996) - Diana
Bieg do drzewa (1996)
Słoneczny zegar (1997)
Historie miłosne (1997) - Kryska, zona Filipa
Szcześliwego Nowego Jorku (1997) - Teriza
Kiler (1997) - Rysia
Prostytutki (1998) - Grazia
Złoto dezerterów (1998) - Basia
Kiler-ów 2-óch (1999) - Rysia, Siara's Wife
Ajlawju (1999) - Gosia
Zakochani (2000) - Edyta Bobicka
Stacja (2001) - Wolanski's wife
Career of Nikos Dyzma (2002) - Nurse
The Pianist (2002) - Neighbour
Zemsta (2002) - Podstolina Hanna
Żurek (2003) - Halina
Ubu Król (2003) - Ubica
We're All Christs (2006) - Registry Office Clerk
Summer Love (2006) - The Woman
Aria Diva (2007, Short) - Diva Joanna
To nie tak, jak myślisz, kotku (2008) - Maria
Kochaj i tańcz (2008) - Basia - Hania's mother
The Magic Stone (2009)
Cudowne lato (2010) - Matka - Aurelia
Och, Karol (2011) - Judge
Wyjazd integracyjny (2011) - Mrs. Jadzia
Yuma (2012) - Halinka
Komisarz Blond i Oko Sprawiedliwosci (2012) - Lolek Orchiestra
Bejbi blues (2012) - Neighbour
Podejrzani zakochani (2013) - 'Fourty'
Panie Dulskie (2015) - Melania 'Mela'
Słaba płeć? (2015) - Mother
Papierowe gody (2017) - Agata's mother
Ah śpij kochanie (2017) - Ruda
7 uczuć (2018) - Gosia
Diablo (2019) - Feliksa
Nerd (2019) - Norbert's Mom
Never Gonna Snow Again (2020) - Owner of bulldogs
Raz, jeszcze raz (2020) - Mother
Dziewczyny z Dubaju'' (2021) - Dorota
See also
Polish cinema
List of Poles
References
External links
1962 births
Living people
Polish film actresses
Polish television actresses
Aleksander Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw alumni
Actresses from Warsaw