Aleksandra Konieczna

Aleksandra Konieczna
Aleksandra Konieczna
	Aleksandra Konieczna (2016)
Born	Aleksandra Konieczna; 13 October 1965; Prudnik, Poland
Alma mater	Aleksander Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw
Occupation	Actor;
Years active	1986–present
Spouse(s)	Andrzej Maj
Children	1

Aleksandra Konieczna (born 13 October 1965) is a Polish film and stage actress. She is a three-time Polish Film Award winner for her roles in The Last Family (2016), A Cat with a Dog (2018) and Corpus Christi (2019). Her television credits include Na Wspólnej (2008–present), Diagnosis (2017–2018) and Belfer (2017).

Biography

She graduated from the Adam Mickiewicz High School No. 1 in Prudnik. In 1988, she graduated from the Aleksander Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw.

She was an actress at the Teatr Współczesny in Warsaw (Modern Theatre; 1988–1990) and at the Dramatic Theatre in Warsaw (1990–2000), and later performed at the Variety Theatre in Warsaw. In 2000, during the Polish Radio Festival in Rzeszów, she was awarded for her role in the radio play titled Dorra directed by Andrzej Piszczatowski. In 2006, she received an acting award at the Polish Radio and Polish Television Theatre Festival "Two Theatres" in Sopot for her role in the television play Skaza directed by Marcin Wrona, based on the Marzena Broda's drama of the same name.

Her role as Honorata in the soap opera Na Wspólnej (since 2008) brought her popularity. For the role of Zofia Beksińska in the film The Last Family (2016) she was awarded Polish Academy Award for Best Actress and an award for the leading female role at the 41st Gdynia Film Festival. She played the head of the hospital Dr Maria Kaleta in the series Diagnosis between 2017 and 2018. In 2017, she won the Grand Prix of the Polish Radio and Polish Television Theatre Festival "Two Theatres" in Sopot for her role in the television play Clean Up.

In 2018, she played Polish actress and singer Iga Cembrzyńska in Janusz Kondratiuk's autobiographical film Like a Dog with a Cat, which depicts his last year spent together with his brother Andrzej (Iga's husband) before his death. For her performance, Konieczna was awarded Polish Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and the award for supporting female role at the 43rd Gdynia Film Festival. She then played Lidia in Jan Komasa's Academy Award-nominated film Corpus Christi (2019) which earned Koniczna her second Polish Academy Award for Best Actress.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Director
1986	Maskarada	Girl	Janusz Kijowski
1988	Spadek	Ryfka	Mirosław Gronowski
1991	Life for Life: Maximilian Kolbe	Zofia Banasikówna	Krzysztof Zanussi
1999	Operacja Koza	Gynecologist	Olaf Lubaszenko
2009	Generał Nil	Stanisława Wierzbicka-Hryckowian	Ryszard Bugajski
2013	In the Name Of	Adam's sister	Małgorzata Szumowska
2016	The Last Family	Zofia Beksińska	Jan P. Matuszyński
2018	Jak pies z kotem	Iga Cembrzyńska	Janusz Kondratiuk
2019	Corpus Christi	Lidia	Jan Komasa
2020	Sweat	Basia	Magnus von Horn

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2008–present	Na Wspólnej	Honorata Hoffer	Soap opera, main cast
2017–2018	Diagnosis	Maria Kaleta	Main cast

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External links

Aleksandra Konieczna on IMDb

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