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Agata Buzek

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Agata Buzek
Agata Buzek, 2018
Born
Agata Bronisława Buzek

(1976-09-20) 20 September 1976 (age 48)
Pyskowice, Poland
Occupation(s)Actress, model
Years active1998–present
Spouse
Adam Mazan
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(m. 2006)​
Parent(s)Jerzy Buzek
Ludgarda Buzek

Agata Bronisława Buzek (born 20 September 1976)[1] is a Polish actress and model. She began her career appearing in films The Ballad of the Windshield Washers (1998), The Gateway of Europe (1999), The Hexer (2001) and The Revenge (2002), receiving Polish Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress nomination for latter.

Buzek received Polish Academy Award for Best Actress and Shooting Stars Award for her role in the 2009 comedy-drama film, Reverse. She won her second Polish Academy Award for Best Actress for performance in the 2021 comedy-drama film, My Wonderful Life. Buzek starred in a various internationally-produced films, such as Nightwatching (2007), Hummingbird (2013), The Innocents (2016), High Life (2018), After Blue (2021) and Dovbush (2023).

Early life

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Buzek, the daughter of Polish politician, former Prime Minister of Poland and President of the European Parliament Jerzy Buzek, was born in Pyskowice in Gliwice County, Poland. At an early age she had poliomyelitis and was treated in Germany.[2] After studying at a theatre academy in Warsaw, she went to Paris where she worked as a model.[3]

Career

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Buzek made her screen debut appearing in the 1998 Italian drama film The Ballad of the Windshield Washers and the following year co-starred opposite Kinga Preis and Alicja Bachleda-Curuś in the historical drama film, The Gateway of Europe. She appeared in the 2001 fantasy film The Hexer and reprised her role in the television series the following year. In 2002 she appeared in the comedy film The Revenge, directed by Andrzej Wajda. She guest-starred in the German television series Tatort and Polizeiruf 110, and co-starred in the drama film, Within the Whirlwind (2009).

In 2009, Buzek received Shooting Stars Award at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival for her performance in the comedy-drama film, Reverse.[1] The film and her performance was well-received by international critics.[4] She also received Gdynia Film Festival Award for Best Actress, and the Polish Academy Award for Best Actress.[1] In 2013 she made her American film debut starring opposite Jason Statham in the action crime drama Hummingbird.[5] She starred in Polish films Fotograf (2014), Performer (2015) and 11 Minutes (2015).

In 2016, Buzek starred alongside Lou de Laâge and Agata Kulesza in the drama film The Innocents receiving Polish Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.[1] She received another Best Supporting Actress nomination for performance in A Coach's Daughter (2018). In 2018 she co-starred in the science fiction horror film High Life directed by Claire Denis. She later appeared in the Polish crime drama Dark, Almost Night (2019), a French romantic comedy White as Snow (2019), the German thriller Sleep (2020), the Latvian drama The Pit (2020), the Polish Netflix drama Erotica 2022 (2020), and the French drama Dune Dreams (2021). In 2021 she won her second Polish Academy Award for Best Actress for performance in the comedy-drama film, My Wonderful Life.[1] In 2022 she starred in the psychological drama film Illusion for Netflix. In 2023 she starred in the action fantasy film She Is Conann and the historical adventure film, Dovbush.[6]

Filmography

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Buzek (2018)
Year Title Role Notes
1998 Love Me and Do Whatever You Want Larysa Kwitkowska
1998 The Ballad of the Windshield Washers Justyna
1999 The Gateway of Europe Henrietta
2001 The Hexer Pavetta
2002 The Supplement fashion model
2002 The Revenge Klara Raptusiewiczówna Nominated — Polish Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
2006 Valerie [de] Valerie Adamczyk
2007 Rys Rybik
2007 Nightwatching Titia Uylenburgh
2009 Within the Whirlwind Lena
2009 Reverse Sabina Jankowska Polish Academy Award for Best Actress
Shooting Stars Award at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival
Polish Film Festival Award for Best Actress
Złota Kaczka Award for Best Actress
2011 Father, Son & Holy Cow Anna
2011 Lena Danka
2012 In a Bedroom Klaudia
2013 Hummingbird Sister Cristina
2014 Foreign Body Katarzyna
2014 Fotograf Kasia Przybylska
2014 Jeziorak Wilhelmina
2015 11 Minutes Climber
2015 Performer Owner
2016 The Innocents Sister Maria Nominated — Polish Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
2017 The Man with the Magic Box Doctor
2018 A Coach's Daughter Kamila Nominated — Polish Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
2018 Pearl Serena
2018 High Life Nansen
2019 Dark, Almost Night Anna Lipiec
2019 White as Snow La femme slave
2019 I Am Lying Now Kai
2020 Sleep Trude
2020 The Pit Smaida
2020 Erotica 2022 Mrs B
2021 Dune Dreams Claudia
2021 After Blue Kate Bush
2021 My Wonderful Life Joanna Lisiecka Polish Academy Award for Best Actress
2022 Illusion Hanna
2023 Dovbush Yablonowska
2023 She Is Conann Conann 45
TBA Leaving Eden Nadi Post-production

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "FilmPolski.pl". FilmPolski.
  2. ^ "Deckname "Karol"". Rheinische Post (in German). 15 July 2009. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 2 August 2010.
  3. ^ Chmielewska-Szlajfer, Helena (August 2016). "Agata Buzek". Culture.pl. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  4. ^ Press, The Associated (14 October 2010). "Reverse — Film Review".
  5. ^ "Redemption (2013) | Rotten Tomatoes". www.rottentomatoes.com.
  6. ^ "Dovbush - Warrior of the Black Mountain | Rotten Tomatoes". www.rottentomatoes.com.
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