Maja Ostaszewska

Maja Ostaszewska

Actor

Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland
September 3, 1972

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Maja Ostaszewska  (born September 3, 1972) is a Polish actress. She was born in Kraków, the daughter of Polish musician Jacek Ostaszewski. She started her acting training in her native Kraków and later graduated from PWST, in 1996. She has since acted mostly on Teatr Rozmaitości in Warsaw, working with well-known Polish directors such as Krystian Lupa, Krzysztof Warlikowski and Grzegorz Jarzyna. In 1993, during her acting training, she played a small role in Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List. Although her actual real film debut was in 1997, with the TV movie Przystań. For this role, she received the Best Actress Award at the Polish Film Festival held in Gdynia in 1998. Ostaszewska recently played one of the main characters in Academy Award nominated Andrzej Wajda's Katyń. Description above from the Wikipedia article Maja Ostaszewska (b. 10 April 1966 in Radzymin) is a Polish movie and stage actor., licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Photo

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Representative Works

Schindler's List
Schindler's List
8.6
/ English
The Pianist
The Pianist
8.4
/ English
The Doll
The Doll
No Rating Yet
/ Polish
Katyn
Katyn
6.7
/ Polish
Green Border
Green Border
7.3
/ Polish
Jack Strong
Jack Strong
6.5
/ Polish
In the Name of...
In the Name of...
6.9
/ Polish
Damaged
Damaged
5.1
/ Polish

Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

Schindler's List
1993Winner

Best Performance

Schindler's List

The Pianist
2002Winner

Best Performance

The Pianist

Colors of Evil: Red
2024Nominee

Best Performance

Colors of Evil: Red

Career Highlights

The Doll
2026Highlight

Best Performance

The Doll

Katyn
2007Highlight

Best Performance

Katyn

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