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 Katarzyna Figura during the XXXV Polish Film Festival in Gdynia, 2010. 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). In 2019, she received the Zbigniew Cybulski Award for Lifetime Achievement.

Personal 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