Magdalena Lucyna Cielecka (born 20 February 1972) is a Polish actress. A five-time Polish Film Award nominee, Cielecka won the Polish Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in the 2023 historical drama film Anxiety.
Life and career Cielecka spent her childhood in the small town of Żarki-Letnisko. In 1995, she graduated from Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Teatralna in Kraków. Soon after, she joined the Teatr Stary Theatre Company in Kraków, where she stayed until 2001, when she moved to Warsaw and joined the Teatr Rozmaitości Theatre Company.
Although she made her first cinema appearance quite early in a film by Barbara Sass called Pokuszenie (1995), she initially was known mainly for her work in theatre. A few years later she became widely recognized as an actress and she gained popularity with her cinematic roles such as Samotność w sieci or the TV series Magda M.
At the 2008 Edinburgh International Festival she played the leading role in a critically acclaimed adaptation of Kane's 4.48 Psychosis by the Polish theatre company Teatr Rozmaitości.McMillian, Joyce. Theatre review: 4.48 Psychosis. The Scotsman, 16 August 2008.
On television, she starred in Hotel 52 (2010-13), Days of Honor (2012-13), Pact (2015), Belfer (2016), The Defence (2018-2022), and A Girl and an Astronaut (2023).
Filmography Year Title Role Notes1995 Temptation AnnaPolish Film Festival Award for Best Actress1996L'Élève Jeune fille polonaise1998Amok JuliaNominated — Polish Academy Award for Best Actress1999 Like a Drug Anna Piwowska2000 Zakochani (2000) Zosia KarskaNominated — Polish Academy Award for Best Actress2000 Egoiści AnkaNominated — Polish Academy Award for Best Actress2001 Weiser Clerk2001 Listy miłosne Teresa Lenart2002 Faithful ElisaShort film2003 Powiedz to, Gabi Baska2004 Trzeci Ewa2005 Po sezonie Emilia Orlowska2006Palimpsest Hanna2006Chaos Hanna von Bronheim2006 S@motność w sieci Ewa2007 Katyń Agnieszka Baszkowska2009 Mniejsze zloActress2009Demakijaz Anita2010 Wenecja JoannaNominated — Polish Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress2012Byl sobie dzieciak Irena2015 The LureDivine Furs2016 United States of Love Iza2016 Blind LoveHerself2016Pitbull. Niebezpieczne kobiety Lieutenant Izabela Zych2017Heart of Love Curator2017Gwiazdy Anna Banas2017 Breaking the LimitsJerzy's mother20187 Emotions Alek's mother2019Ciemno, prawie noc Alicja Tabor2019The Song of NamesAnna Wozniak2020Kill It and Leave This Town Girl's Mother on the TramVoice2023You Were Not Supposed to Be Here Joanna2023Anxiety MalgorzataPolish Academy Award for Best Actress2024Unpredictable Alicja 2024Drużyna A(A) Klementyna 'Celniczka'
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Interview with Magdalena Cielecka, Scotland on Sunday, 3 August 2008 Magdalena Cielecka at culture.pl