CIELECKA, MAGDALENA

(1972-)

   One of the most popular and accomplished actresses of her generation. Cielecka's award-winning debut performance as an imprisoned nun in Barbara Sass's Temptation (1995) was followed by several lead roles that showed her range and talent. She appeared in contemporary dramas such as Amok (1998, Natalia Koryncka-Gruz) and The Egoists (Egoiści, 2000, Mariusz Treliński), biopics such as Like a Drug (1999, Barbara Sass), the romantic comedy In Love (Zakochani, 2000, Piotr Wereśniak), and the reworking of Roman Polanski's Knife in the Water (1962), The Third (Trzeci, 2004, Jan Hryniak). In 2006, paired with Andrzej Chyra, she starred in Witold Adamek's Loneliness Online and Konrad Niewolski's Palimpsest.

   Historical Dictionary of Polish Cinema by Marek Haltof