Carolina Bartczak

Carolina Bartczak (born October 5, 1985 in Gehrden, Germany) is a Canadian/Polish actress. She is known for her role as Magda Lehnsherr,[1] the wife of Erik Lehnsherr/Magneto in X-Men: Apocalypse and as Maura Mackenzie in the CBC film An Audience of Chairs.[2]

Carolina Bartczak
Born
Carolina Anna Bartczak

(1985-10-05) 5 October 1985
Gehrden, Germany
Alma materUniversity of Toronto
Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre
OccupationActress
Years active2010–present

Early life

Carolina Bartczak was born in Germany after her parents escaped the Martial law in Poland. She eventually immigrated to Canada with her family and grew up in Kitchener, Ontario. She studied biochemistry at the University of Toronto[3] and worked as a travel writer/photographer in southern Croatia.[4] She turned to acting in 2009 and attended the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre in New York City.[5] Carolina Bartczak has dual citizenship between Canada and Poland.

Career

Bartczak's first role was playing the voice of Alfred Hedgehog in the cartoon The Mysteries of Alfred Hedgehog.[6] Her first on screen role was playing a high maintenance mother opposite Brendan Gleeson, and Neil Patrick Harris in The Smurfs 2. Bartczak also played Nurse Clara in the action film Brick Mansions opposite Paul Walker and as Amanda Dean in the film Business Ethics opposite Larenz Tate.[7] Her most famous role has been playing Magda Lehnsherr, the wife of Erik Lehnsherr in the Marvel comic series X-Men.[8] In X-Men: Apocalypse, Erik Lehnsherr, played by Michael Fassbender, becomes Magneto after he is enraged by Magda's murder. In 2018, she was cast as the lead in a film by the CBC, An Audience of Chairs written by Rosemary House. Carolina Bartczak plays Maura, a beautiful woman suffering from mental illness based on a novel of the same name written by Joan Clark. The film was released in Canada on March 22nd, 2019.

Filmography
YEARTITLEROLENOTES
2020Most Dangerous GameWifeTV Series
2019CarterAbigailTV Series
2019HallValFeature
2019White Lie (film)MagdaFeature
2018The Bold TypeEdenTV Series
2018Far Cry 5Cult LeaderVideo Game
2017 Rainbow Six Siege Zofia Bosak Video Game
2017An Audience of ChairsMaura MackenzieFeature
2016Business EthicsAmanda DeanFeature
2016Cleverly DisguisedDanaShort
2015X-Men: ApocalypseMagdaFeature
2015Gray AreaNinaShort
2015The Secret Life of Marilyn MonroePhyllisTV Series
2015MaydayLauren BessetteTV Series
2014Brick MansionsNurse ClaraFeature
2014Femme BruleeColleen ZimmermanShort Film
2013Karma's a BitchKairaTV Series
2013The ListenerSarah WembleyTV Series
2013The Smurfs 2Peanut MomFeature
2013Plato's Reality MachineMaggieFeature
2012Covert AffairsDebraTV Series
2011RoomBudsCarlyShortfilm
2011ScrewedMirabelTV Series
2011Crazy PhotographerIvanka TrovovichFeature
2011WiltRed Dress GirlFeature
2010The Mysteries of Alfred HedgehogAlfred Hedgehog (voice)TV series
gollark: Lambda calculus?
gollark: IKR, right?
gollark: I need to know if someone randomly mentioned me or actually is saying a longer thing.
gollark: To avoid having to actually jump?
gollark: I want to know whether it's worth doing so!

References
  1. "James McAvoy, 'X-Men: Apocalypse' Cast Talk Future Franchise Films".
  2. "'Unflinching look' at mental illness: An Audience of Chairs comes to the silver screen".
  3. "Carolina Bartczak...Got the Part".
  4. "Interview with actress Carolina Bartczak - The GCE". 2 June 2016.
  5. "Bold and Brave: BRICK MANSIONS' Carolina Bartczak". 25 April 2014.
  6. "Mysteries of Alfred Hedgehog, The". www.muse.ca.
  7. N'Duka, Amanda (6 October 2016). "'Business Ethics' Adds Carolina Bartczak; Erica Ash Gets 'A Little Something For You Birthday'".
  8. "X-Men: Apocalypse star Carolina Bartczak on working with Michael Fassbender - Watch News Videos Online". Global News.
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