The Zbigniew Cybulski Award (Polish: ''Nagroda im. Zbyszka Cybulskiego'') is a Polish annual

film award Film award is a cinematic award which can be awarded in several categories. Unlike the film festival, the film award is not accompanied by a public screening of competitive films. Film awards are usually awarded based on the results of a secret vot ...

given to best young Polish

actors An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), lite ...

. It was established in 1969 on the initiative of Wiesława Czapińska and named to commemorate

Zbigniew Cybulski Zbigniew Hubert Cybulski (; 3 November 1927 – 8 January 1967) was a Polish actor, one of the best-known and most popular personalities of the post-World War II history of Poland. Life Zbigniew Cybulski was born 3 November 1927 in a small v ...

who is widely considered one of the greatest Polish actors of the second half of the 20th century. It is among the most prominent awards in Polish cinema and the past winners include some of the most popular and critically acclaimed Polish actors. It was continuously awarded by the

film magazine Film periodicals combine discussion of individual films, genres and directors with in-depth considerations of the medium and the conditions of its production and reception. Their articles contrast with film reviewing in newspapers and magazines whi ...

''Ekran'' from 1969 to 1995 and after a ten-year hiatus it was reactivated in 2005 by the Kino Foundation. In 2008, the foundation published a book ''Być jak Cybulski?'', which is devoted to all the past recipients of the award.

List of winners

*2020/2021 - Magdalena Koleśnik *2019 -

Bartosz Bielenia Bartosz Bielenia (born 15 May 1992) is a Polish film and stage actor. Education In 2016, Bielenia graduated from AST National Academy of Theatre Arts in Kraków. Career He made his debut in 1999 at the Aleksander Wegierko Dramatic Theat ...

*2017 -

Dawid Ogrodnik Dawid Ogrodnik (born 28 May 1986, Wągrowiec) is a Polish actor. He has appeared in more than ten films since 2010. Filmography References External links * 1986 births Living people Polish film actors Polish male film actors Po ...

; Special Award: Julia Kijowska *2016 - Marta Nieradkiewicz *2014/2015 - Agnieszka Żulewska *2013 -

Piotr Głowacki Piotr Głowacki (born 29 March 1980) is a Polish actor. He appeared in more than sixty films since 2004. Awarded with the most prestigious prize for a young actor of his generation in 2014, Głowacki has since played in major Polish and internatio ...

; Special Award:

Agnieszka Grochowska Agnieszka Grochowska (born 31 December 1979) is a Polish film and theatre actress. Life She was born on 31 December 1979 in Warsaw. She graduated from the National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw in 2002. In 2003, she started working at the ...

*2012 - Marcin Kowalczyk *2011 - Magdalena Popławska; Audience Award: Jakub Gierszał *2010 -

Mateusz Kościukiewicz Mateusz Kościukiewicz (; born 1 May 1986 in Nowy Tomyśl) is a Polish film actor. Life and career He grew up in Nowy Tomyśl, where he attended the General and Post-Secondary Schools. He studied at the Kraków State Higher Theater School. In ...

; Audience Award: Wojciech Zieliński *2009 - Eryk Lubos; Audience Award: Agata Buzek; Special Award: Bogusław Linda, Joanna Szczepkowska *2008 -

Maciej Stuhr Maciej Jerzy Stuhr (born 23 June 1975) is a Polish actor, comedian and occasional film director. Life and career In 1999, he majored in psychology from the Jagiellonian University before moving on to study acting at Kraków's National Academy ...

*2007 -

Sonia Bohosiewicz Sonia Bohosiewicz (born 9 December 1975) is a Polish actress, cabaret artist and singer. She has appeared in such films as '' Rezerwat'', '' Obława'' and '' Polish-Russian War'' and the television series '' Czas honoru''. Early life She was ...

; Audience Award: Marcin Brzozowski *2006 -

Kinga Preis Kinga Anna Preis (born 31 August 1971, in Wrocław) is a Polish film and theatre actress. Life and career She graduated from Ludwik Solski Academy for the Dramatic Arts in 1996. In 2006, she received the Zbigniew Cybulski Award for best young ...

; Audience Award:

Tomasz Kot Tomasz Kot (born 21 April 1977) is a Polish actor. He has appeared in more than 30 films and 26 plays as well as dozens of television series. Education and career He graduated from the Tadeusz Kościuszko High School No. 1 in Legnica. On 17 Nove ...

*2005 -

Marcin Dorociński Marcin Grzegorz Dorociński (born 22 June 1973) is a Polish film, television and stage actor. Early life Dorociński was born in Milanówek near Warsaw and grew up in a small village Kłudzienko. His father is a blacksmith and his mother is a ...

; Kino Magazine Award: Maja Ostaszewska; Audience Award:

Borys Szyc Borys Michał Szyc-Michalak (; born Borys Michalak; 4 September 1978) is a Polish film and theatre actor and musician. Life and career He was born in Łódź, Poland. He graduated from High School No. 26 in Łódź. In 2001, he graduated from W ...

*1995 -

Dorota Segda Dorota Segda (born 12 February 1966) in Kraków, Poland, is a Polish theatre, film and television actress. Besides acting, she is also a Professor of Theatre Arts, and the Rector since 2016, at the AST National Academy of Theatre Arts in Krakó ...

, Marek Bukowski *1994 - Maria Seweryn, Rafał Olbrychski *1993 -

Katarzyna Skrzynecka Katarzyna Barbara Skrzynecka (born 3 December 1970 in Warsaw) is a Polish actress and singer. She appeared in the comedy television series '' Bao-Bab, czyli zielono mi'' in 2003. Skrzynecka won the first season of Polsat's show '' Twoja Twarz Br ...

, Rafał Królikowski *1992 - Anna Majcher, Artur Żmijewski *1990 -

Zbigniew Zamachowski Zbigniew Zamachowski (; born 17 July 1961) is a Polish actor. Life and career He was born on 17 July 1961 in Brzeziny near Łódź. Zamachowski graduated from the actor's faculty of the National Film School in Łódź. He began his acting caree ...

*1989 - Adrianna Biedrzyńska *1988 -

Maria Gładkowska Maria Gładkowska (born 16 September 1957) is a Polish film, stage, and television actress. She gained critical acclaim in the 1980s that culminated in her Zbigniew Cybulski Award (1988). Gładkowska portrayed Daisy, Princess of Pless, her brea ...

, Piotr Siwkiewicz *1987 -

Maria Pakulnis Maria may refer to: People * Mary, mother of Jesus * Maria (given name), a popular given name in many languages Place names Extraterrestrial * 170 Maria, a Main belt S-type asteroid discovered in 1877 * Lunar maria (plural of ''mare''), large, ...

, Edward Żentara *1986 -

Małgorzata Pieczyńska Małgorzata Pieczyńska (born 4 May 1960) is a Polish film and television actress. Personal life Pieczyńska was born in Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the ...

, Jan Jankowski *1985 - Marek Wysocki *1984 - Hanna Mikuć, Michał Juszczakiewicz *1983 - Laura Łącz, Piotr Bajor *1982 - no award ( Martial law in Poland) *1981 - no award ( Martial law in Poland) *1980 - Krzysztof Majchrzak *1979 -

Marek Kondrat Marek Tadeusz Kondrat (born 18 October 1950) is a former Polish TV, film and theatrical actor, director. Career He is a graduate of the Jan Śniadecki High School No. 30 in Warsaw. In 1972, he graduated from the National Academy of Dramatic ...

*1978 -

Krystyna Janda Krystyna Jolanta Janda (born 18 December 1952) is a Polish film and theater actress best known internationally for playing leading roles in several films by Polish director Andrzej Wajda, including ''Man of Marble'' (''Człowiek z marmuru'', 197 ...

*1977 -

Gabriela Kownacka Gabriela Anna Kownacka (née Kwasz) (25 May 1952, Wrocław – 30 November 2010, Warsaw) was a Polish film and stage actress, best known for playing in the Polish TV series '' Rodzina zastępcza''. Kownacka was a Lutheran. She has starred in ove ...

*1976 - Małgorzata Potocka *1975 - Maciej Góraj *1974 - Franciszek Trzeciak *1973 -

Jadwiga Jankowska-Cieślak 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 Best Actress at the 1982 Cannes Film Festival for her role in the film '' Another Way''. On 4 December ...

*1972 - Maja Komorowska *1971 -

Olgierd Łukaszewicz Olgierd Łukaszewicz (born 7 September 1946) is a Polish film actor. He has appeared in more than 60 films since his 1969 graduation from the Ludwik Solski Academy for the Dramatic Arts in Kraków. Between 2002 and 2005, he was the President of ...

*1970 -

Marian Opania Marian Opania (, born 1 February 1943) is a Polish film actor and singer. He has appeared in more than 50 films since 1965. Biography He was born on 1 February 1943 in Puławy as the second son of Julian and Jadwiga. His father was a forester ...

*1969 -

Daniel Olbrychski Daniel Marcel Olbrychski (; born 27 February 1945) is a Polish film and theatre actor who is widely considered one of the greatest Polish actors of his generation. He appeared in 180 films and TV productions and is best known for leading roles ...

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{{Reflist Polish film awards 1969 establishments in Poland Awards established in 1969

List of winners

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