Agnieszka Dygant

Agnieszka Urszula Dygant (born 27 March 1973) is a Polish actress.[1] She is a two-time Telekamery Award winner for Best Actress.

Agnieszka Dygant
in October 2017
Born
Agnieszka Urszula Dygant

(1973-03-27) 27 March 1973
Piaseczno, Poland
OccupationActress
Years active1997–present
SpouseMarcin Władyniak (divorced)
PartnerPatrick Yoka
Children1

Biography
in 2008

Dygant has a sister 17 years younger named Natalia. She attended high school at the LVI Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. Rotmistrza Witolda Pileckiego in Warsaw. In her teenage years, she sang in the punk band Dekolt.

On 23 November 1997, Dygant made her theater debut. In 1998, she graduated from Łódź Film School and received the Łódź Voivode's award for the role of Julia in the play Letnica at the 16th Theater School Festival in Łódź, and won second prize at the 19th Stage Song Review in Wrocław, performing Agnieszka Osiecka's song "Sing-Sing" with Maciej Pawłowski's band. That same year, she made her television debut in Polsat's comedy mini-serial Gosia i Małgosia. She gained national fame for her roles as Maria "Mariola" Weiss-Korzycka in the TVP2 medical drama series Na dobre i na złe (2001–2009) and as Franciszka Zofia "Frania Maj" Skalska in TVN's comedy series Niania (2005–2009; Polish adaptation of CBS's The Nanny). She also has a minor role as Toruviel in the 2002 Polish television adaptation of The Witcher.

In 2000, she starred in the music video of the band Myslovitz, awarded with Fryderyk, "For You". In 2007, she became the second Polish star to advertise L'Oréal's Garnier brand products.

She won nine Telekamery nominations in the actress category, winning twice (2006,[2] 2008) and taking second place four times (2005,[3] 2007,[4] 2009,[5] 2015[6]).[7]

In 2007, she received the Star of Smile at the VIII Festival of Good Humor in Gdańsk and two Golden Horseshoes at the Cieszyn Festival "Wakacyjne Kadry" for the best female role in a comedy series (Niania) and the best female role in a sensational series (Fala zbrodni).

Personal life

Dygant was married to Marcin Władyniak. She currently cohabits with the director and screenwriter Patrick Yoka, with whom she has a son, Xawery (born 2010).

In an interview with Gazeta Wyborcza in October 2022, Dygant declared herself to be a feminist and a supporter of the right to abortion.[8]

Selected filmography
Year Title Role Notes
1998 Farba Ola
2001–2009 Na dobre i na złe Mariola Regular role
2003–2007 Fala zbrodni Daria "Czarna" Westman Regular role
2005–2009 Niania Frania Maj Main character
2006 Just Love Me Agata
2011 Letters to Santa Karina Lisiecka
2012–2015 True Law Agata Przybysz Main character
2015 Letters to Santa 2 Karina Lisiecka
2016 Pitbull. New Orders "Kura"
2017 Botoks Dr Beata Winkler
Letters to Santa 3 Karina Lisiecka
2018 Botoks Dr Beata Winkler TV series based on the film of the same name
Women of Mafia Daria "Nanny" Wawrzyniak
Women of Mafia Daria "Nanny" Wawrzyniak TV series based on the film of the same name
2019 Women of Mafia 2 Daria "Nanny" Wawrzyniak

Dubbing

References
  1. "Telekamery 2021".
  2. "Telekamery 2022". telekamery.pl. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
  3. "Rozdano TeleKamery 2005". www.wirtualnemedia.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2022-03-21.
  4. "Telekamery 2007: Wielki sukces TVN". www.wirtualnemedia.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2022-03-21.
  5. "Media, Reklama, Internet, PR, Telewizja, Radio - najnowsze wiadomości tylko na WirtualneMedia.pl". www.wirtualnemedia.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2022-03-21.
  6. "Telekamery 2015: Oto laureaci, czyli najlepsi w telewizji!". film.interia.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2022-03-21.
  7. "Agnieszka Dygant - Nagrody - Filmweb". 2017-10-08. Archived from the original on 8 October 2017. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
  8. https://www.wysokieobcasy.pl/wysokie-obcasy/7,178360,29000675,nie-chce-miec-smutnego-zycia.html?disableRedirects=true


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