Anna Nehrebecka-Byczewska (born 16 December 1947 in

Bytom Bytom (Polish pronunciation: ; Silesian language, Silesian: ''Bytōm, Bytōń'', ) is a city in Upper Silesia, in southern Poland. Located in the Silesian Voivodeship, the city is 7 km northwest of Katowice, the regional capital. It is one ...

) is a Polish film actress and politician.

Life and career

She was born Anna Wojciechowska. Her married surnames are Nehrebecka and Byczewska. In 1969 she graduated from the Theatre Academy in

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, her film debut took place in 1967. In 1969 she became an actress of the

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. She acted in many

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and TV productions, classic as well as contemporary. She created poetry recitation programmes in

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and television. The series started in the 1970s, and included mainly poetry of

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, Zofia Bohdanowicz, Ryszard Kiersnowski and

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. During the

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in 1981-1983 she acted in churches and private apartments. She performed poetic concerts in

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and in the

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. She starred in movies produced in

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and

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. She also appeared in an

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n movie by

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, " Kolonel Bunker" where she played one of the main roles - the Polish wife of an Albanian officer.

Private life

Anna Nehrebecka is married to the Polish diplomat

Iwo Byczewski Iwo Byczewski (born 29 February 1948, in Poznań) is a Polish diplomat. He served as Deputy Foreign Minister (1991–1995), Ambassador to Belgium and Permanent Representative to the European Union. Life He is a law graduate from the Adam Mick ...

Selected filmography

* (1967, directed by

Ewa Petelska Ewa Petelska (24 December 1920 – 20 August 2013) was a Polish film director and screenwriter. She directed 26 films between 1951 and 1985. Her 1963 film '' Black Wings'' (''Czarne skrzydła'') was entered into the 3rd Moscow International ...

) * (1969, directed by

Wojciech Marczewski Wojciech Szczęsny Marczewski (born 28 February 1944) is a Polish film director and screenwriter. He directed twelve films between 1968 and 2001. His 1981 film ''Dreszcze'' won the Jury Grand Prix, Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize at the 32nd B ...

) * (1970, directed by Julian Dziedzina) * ''

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'' (1971, directed by

Krzysztof Zanussi Krzysztof Pius Zanussi (born 17 June 1939) is a Polish film and theatre director, producer and screenwriter. He is a professor of European film at the European Graduate School in Saas-Fee, Switzerland where he conducts a summer workshop. He ...

) * ''

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'' (1972, directed by Ewa i

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Petelscy) * TV series (1973, directed by

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) * '' The Promised Land'' (1974, directed by

Andrzej Wajda Andrzej Witold Wajda (; 6 March 1926 – 9 October 2016) was a Polish film and theatre director. Recipient of an Honorary Oscar, the Palme d'Or, as well as Honorary Golden Lion and Honorary Golden Bear Awards, he was a prominent member of the "P ...

) * ''

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'' (1975, directed by

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) * ''

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'' (1975, directed by

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) * (1976, directed by Roman Rydzewski) * (1976, directed by Jan Budkiewicz) * TV series '' Polskie drogi'' (1976, directed by

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) * (1977, directed by Zbigniew Kamiński) * '' Kísértés'' (1977, directed by Károly Esztergályos) * TV series (1978, directed by

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) * (1978, directed by Ignacy Gogolewski) * (1980, directed by

Piotr Andrejew Piotr Andrejew (27 October 1947 – 12 June 2017) was a Polish film director and screenwriter sometimes credited as Piotr Andreyev or Piotr Andreev. Andrejew was born 27 October 1947 in Szczecin, Poland. His films include features ''Theft '' (197 ...

) * TV series ''

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'' (1981, directed by

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) * (1981, directed by Andrzej Piotrowski) * TV series (1982, directed by Jerzy Sztwiertnia) * (1983, directed by Jan Rybkowski) * (1983, directed by Franciszek Trzeciak) * (1984, directed by

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) * (1987, directed by Jerzy Sztwiertnia) * (1990, directed by Andrzej Trzos-Rastawiecki) * (1994, directed by Kazimierz Tarnas) * ''

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'' (1995, directed by

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) * (1996, directed by

) * (1997, directed by Maciej Dutkiewicz,

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, Ireneusz Engler, Radosław Piwowarski,

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) * '' Kolonel Bunker'' (1998, directed by

) * ''

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'' (2012) * ''

Life Feels Good ''Life Feels Good'' () is a 2013 Polish drama film directed by Maciej Pieprzyca. It won the jury, audience and ecumenical prizes at the Montreal World Film Festival. Plot It tells the story of Mateusz Rosiński who has cerebral palsy in Poland ...

'' (2013) * ''

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'' (2018)

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