Jadwiga Jankowska-Cieślak (born 15 February 1951) is a Polish film actress. She has appeared in 33 films since 1972. She won the award for

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at the

1982 Cannes Film Festival The 35th Cannes Film Festival was held from 14 to 26 May 1982. The Palme d'Or was jointly awarded to ''Missing'' by Costa Gavras and '' Yol'' by Şerif Gören and Yılmaz Güney. The festival opened with the 1916 film '' Intolerance'', directed ...

for her role in the film '' Another Way''. On 4 December 2007, she was awarded the Knight's Cross of the

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for her outstanding contribution to the work for democratic change in Poland, for her commitment to the fight for freedom of expression and free media, for achievements undertaken for the benefit of the country and social work. The decoration ceremony was held on 10 December 2007 in the Concert Studio of Polish Radio. On 5 October 2009, she received the Gold Medal of

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Selected filmography

* '' Another Way'' (1982) * '' Scratch'' (2008) * '' Sweet Rush'' (2009)

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* 1951 births 20th-century Polish actresses 21st-century Polish actresses Living people Polish film actresses Polish stage actresses Actresses from Gdańsk Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress winners Knights of the Order of Polonia Restituta Recipients of the Gold Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis {{Poland-actor-stub