Katarzyna Figura
Katarzyna Małgorzata Figura 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. 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, her first big part. She lost out for roles in The Player, Dracula and Goldeneye.
She was awarded two Golden Lions Awards for Best Actress at the Gdynia Film Festival as well as the Eagle Award. In 2019, she received the Zbigniew Cybulski Award for Lifetime Achievement.
Personal life
She has one son, Aleksander, 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 Mysz Bez końca - Asystentka hipnotyzera Przeznaczenie - LauraRośliny trujące - Goga 'Saganka'Osobisty pamiętnik grzesznika przez niego samego spisany - CyntiaGa. Ga. Chwała bohaterom - OnceZkrocení zlého muže Pierścień i róża - RóziaKomediantka - Mimi ZarzyckaPociąg do Hollywood - MarilynSeason of Monsters - AnnabellaKingsajz - AlaW klatce - MartaNebojsa - Cerná paníEstación Central - ElenaRififi po sześćdziesiątce - ElizaPorno - SuperblondynaSwinka - Dolores MendozaMleczna droga - The DeathPanny i wdowy - Karolina LechickaObywatel świata L'ambassade en folie - Sasha MolinivaThe Player - Kasia FiguraScreen Two - LeniWesoła noc smutnego biznesmena Vortice Mortale - Vida KolbaFatal Past - Jennifer LawrenceReady to Wear - Sissy's AssistantWrzeciono czasu - MatyldaToo Fast Too Young - Kaddy HavelGermans - MaritzaAutoportret z kochanka - DianaBieg do drzewa Słoneczny zegar Historie miłosne - Kryska, zona FilipaSzcześliwego Nowego Jorku - TerizaKiler - RysiaProstytutki - GraziaZłoto dezerterów - BasiaKiler-ów 2-óch - Rysia, Siara's WifeAjlawju - GosiaZakochani - Edyta BobickaStacja - Wolanski's wifeCareer of Nikos Dyzma - NurseThe Pianist - NeighbourZemsta - Podstolina HannaŻurek - HalinaUbu Król - UbicaWe're All Christs - Registry Office ClerkSummer Love - The WomanAria Diva - Diva JoannaTo nie tak, jak myślisz, kotku - MariaKochaj i tańcz - Basia - Hania's motherThe Magic Stone Cudowne lato - Matka - AureliaOch, Karol - JudgeWyjazd integracyjny - Mrs. JadziaYuma - HalinkaKomisarz Blond i Oko Sprawiedliwosci - Lolek OrchiestraBejbi blues - NeighbourPodejrzani zakochani - 'Fourty'Panie Dulskie - Melania 'Mela'Słaba płeć? - MotherPapierowe gody - Agata's motherAh śpij kochanie - Ruda7 uczuć - GosiaDiablo - FeliksaNerd - Norbert's MomNever Gonna Snow Again - Owner of bulldogsRaz, jeszcze raz - MotherDziewczyny z Dubaju - Dorota