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Agnieszka
Agnieszka is the Polish equivalent of the female given name Agnes. Notable people with this name include: * Agnieszka Arnold, Polish documentary filmmaker *Agnieszka Baranowska (1819–1890), Polish playwright and poet * Agnieszka Bednarek (born 1986), international Polish volleyball player *Agnieszka Brustman (born 1962), female Polish chess master *Agnieszka Brzezańska (born 1972), Polish artist *Agnieszka Brugger (born 1985), German politician * Agnieszka Chylińska (born 1976), Polish rock singer and columnist *Agnieszka Cyl (born 1984), Polish biathlete * Agnieszka Czopek (born 1964), Polish swimmer *Agnieszka Domańska (born 1970), Polish ice dancer *Agnieszka Dowbor-Muśnicka (1919–1940), Polish WWII resistance fighter * Agnieszka Duczmal (born 1946), Polish conductor * Agnieszka Dulej (born 1983), Polish ice dancer * Agnieszka Dygant (born 1973), Polish actress *Agnieszka Gąsienica-Daniel (born 1987), Polish skier *Agnieszka Graff (born 1970), Polish writer, translat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agnieszka Holland
Agnieszka Holland (; born 28 November 1948) is a Polish film and television director and screenwriter, best known for her cultural and political contributions to Polish cinema. She began her career as an assistant to directors Krzysztof Zanussi and Andrzej Wajda, and emigrated to France shortly before the 1981 imposition of the martial law in Poland. Holland is best known for her films '' Europa Europa'' (1990), for which she received a Golden Globe Award as well as an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay nomination, ''The Secret Garden'' (1993), '' Angry Harvest'' and the Holocaust drama '' In Darkness'', the last two of which were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. In 2017, she received the Alfred Bauer Prize (Silver Bear) for her film '' Spoor'' at the Berlin International Film Festival. She is also a four-time winner of the Grand Prix at the Gdynia Film Festival. In 2020, she was elected President of the European Film Academy. In 2023, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agnieszka Osiecka
Agnieszka Osiecka (Polish pronunciation: ; 9 October 1936 – 7 March 1997) was a Polish poet, writer, author of theatre and television screenplays, film director and journalist. She was a prominent Polish songwriter, having authored the lyrics to more than 2000 songs, and is considered an icon of Polish culture. Life and career Osiecka was born in Warsaw, the only child of Wiktor Osiecki, a pianist and composer of Serbian, Romanian-Vlachs, Vlach and Hungarian descent, and a scholar Maria Sztechman. She spent her early years in Zakopane where her father played the piano at the Watra Restaurant. After World War II the Osiecki family moved to Warsaw and settled in the Saska Kępa borough. The small flat soon became Osiecka’s favourite place to work. She lived there almost her entire life. After her death, the ''Okularnicy'' Foundation placed a commemorative plaque on the building. Agnieszka was exceptionally gifted. She completed her coursework much more quickly than other student ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agnieszka Chylińska
Agnieszka Chylińska is a Polish singer. From 1994 to 2003, she was the vocalist for the Polish rock band O.N.A. Since 2003 she has performed as Chylińska and in 2004 she released an album titled ''Winna''. Since 2008 she has been a judge on the Polish version of the '' Got Talent'' franchise called ''Mam talent! ''Mam talent!'' () is the Polish version of the '' Got Talent'' series. The aim of the program is to choose the most talented person from people showing their talents. The winner of the show in the first series got €100,000, in the second a ...''. In 2009, she released a studio album '' Modern Rocking'', then ''Forever Child'' (2016), ''Pink Punk'' (2018) and ''Never Ending Sorry'' (2022). Discography Studio albums Live albums Singles Music videos References External links * Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) Living people Musicians from Gdańsk Polish pop singers Polish rock singers Polish wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agnieszka Dowbor-Muśnicka
Agnieszka Dowbor-Muśnicka (7 September 1919 – 20 or 21 June 1940) was active in the Polish resistance against Nazi occupiers in World War II and was murdered in the Palmiry massacre. Life Agnieszka (known by her friends as Gusia) was born on 7 September 1919 in Lusowo, Poland. Her father was Józef Dowbor-Muśnicki (1867–1937), a well-known Polish military general; her mother died when she was a very young child. With her sister and two brothers, she was taught at home and then attended local schools. She especially enjoyed looking after farm matters on the family estate so she decided to attend the State School of Horticulture in Poznań, Poland. When she was 21, German forces occupied Poland and Agnieszka fled to Warsaw becoming an active member of the Polish resistance and joining an organization called "the Wolves." While underground, she used her nickname Gusia to hide her real identity because the Gestapo was already looking for her because she was the daughter of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agnieszka Brugger
Agnieszka Brugger (née Malczak, born 8 February 1985) is a German politician (Alliance 90/The Greens) who has been serving as a member of the German Bundestag since 2009. Since 2018 she serves as Vice-Chair of Alliance ‘90/The Greens in the Bundestag. Early life and education Born in Legnica, Poland, Brugger moved to West Germany with her parents in 1989. She grew up in Dortmund, where she graduated from the Mallinckrodt-Gymnasium, a private highschool operated by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Paderborn. She studied political science at the University of Tübingen, so far without graduation, as she interrupted her academic studies for her political career. Political career From 2005 until 2007, Brugger was a member of the AStA, General Students' Committee (AStA) of the University of Tübingen. She later led the Green Youth (Germany), Green Youth in Baden-Württemberg between 2007 and 2009. Brugger has been a member of the German Bundestag since the 2009 German federal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agnieszka Gąsienica-Daniel
Agnieszka Anna Gąsienica-Daniel (born 22 December 1987) is a female skier from Poland. She took part in the Alpine skiing events at the 2010 Winter Olympics, and at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships in 2007. She is from a winter sports family: her grandfather Franciszek Gąsienica Daniel was a competitive skier. Although he did not compete at the Winter Olympics, Agnieszka is one of seven members of her family to represent Poland at the Winter Games: the others include Franciszek's siblings Helena Gąsienica Daniel (cross-country skiing), Andrzej Gąsienica Daniel (ski jumping), Maria Gąsienica Daniel-Szatkowska (alpine skiing) and Józef Gąsienica Daniel (nordic combined), as well as one of her maternal great-grandfathers, cross-country skier Andrzej Krzeptowski, and Agnieszka's sister, fellow alpine skier Maryna Gąsienica-Daniel. ;Results FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2007: Women's Slalom–DNFLadies Giant Slalom–DNF2010 Winter Olympics The 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agnieszka Grochowska
Agnieszka Grochowska (, born 31 December 1979) is a Polish film and theatre actress. She is a two-time recipient of Polish Film Awards having won the Polish Academy Award for Best Actress in 2013 and the Polish Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2024. 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 Studio Theatre in Warsaw. She is the recipient of the 2007 Shooting Stars Award. For her role in '' Shameless'' (2012), she received the Polish Academy Award for Best Actress, while her performances in '' The Welts'' (2004), '' In Darkness'' (2011) and '' Walesa. Man of Hope'' (2013) earned her three additional nominations. Grochowska was also recognised as the Best Actress for her role in the Norwegian comedy film '' Upperdog'' (2009) at the Amanda Awards, and received Polish Film Festival Awards for ''Trzy minuty. 21:37'' (2011) and ''Obce niebo'' (2015). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agnieszka Dygant
Agnieszka Urszula Dygant (born 27 March 1973) is a Polish actress. She is a two-time Telekamery Award winner for Best Actress. Biography Dygant has a sister 17 years younger named Natalia. She attended high school at the in Warsaw. In her teenage years, she sang in the punk band ''Dekolt''. On 23 November 1997, Dygant made her theater debut. In 1998, she graduated from Łódź Film School and received the Łódź Voivode's award for the role of Julia in the play ''Letnica'' at the 16th Theater School Festival in Łódź, and won second prize at the 19th Stage Song Review in Wrocław, performing Agnieszka Osiecka's song "Sing-Sing" with Maciej Pawłowski's band. That same year, she made her television debut in Polsat's comedy mini-serial . She gained national fame for her roles as Maria "Mariola" Weiss-Korzycka in the TVP2 medical drama series ''Na dobre i na złe'' (2001–2009) and as Franciszka Zofia "Frania Maj" Skalska in TVN's comedy series ''Niania'' (2005–2009; Po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agnieszka Duczmal
Agnieszka Duczmal (Polish pronunciation: ; born 7 January 1946 in Krotoszyn, Poland) is a Polish conductor and founder of the Poznań Amadeus Orchestra. Early life and education She was born in 1946 in Krotoszyn where she spent the first nine years of her life. She started to play the piano at the age of five. After having heard Richard Strauss's ''Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks'' when she was in second grade of elementary school, she decided she wanted to become a conductor. She started to study conducting at the Academy of Music in Poznań in 1966 under Witold Krzemieński and graduated in 1971. Still as a student, she founded a chamber orchestra in 1968. Career Between 1971 and 1972 she was hired as assistant to the conductor at the Poznań Philharmonic. The chamber orchestra conducted by her was taken over by the Polish Radio in 1977, renamed the "Amadeus Chamber Orchestra" in 1988. Since 1972, she worked at the Poznań Grand Theatre where she was involved in staging the P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agnieszka Graff
Agnieszka Graff-Osser (born 1970 in Warsaw) is a Polish writer, translator, commentator, feminist and women's and human rights activist. She studied at Oxford University and Amherst College (Massachusetts, United States), and graduated from the School of Social Sciences at the Polish Academy of Sciences. She completed her PhD in English literature in 1999. In 2001, she published ''World without women'', which was nominated to Nike Award in 2002. She works at the Warsaw University's Institute of the Americas and Europe and gives lectures on gender studies. Her essays and features have been published in "Gazeta Wyborcza" (mass circulation liberal newspaper), "Literatura na Świecie" ("World Literature") and " Zadra" ("The Thorn", a feminist magazine). She is a co-founder of women's organisation Porozumienie Kobiet 8 Marca (8 March Women's Coalition) with which she organises the annual Manifa Warsaw women's march. From 2007 to 2010, Graff was a member of the Precedent Cases Progra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agnieszka Niedźwiedź
Agnieszka Niedźwiedź () is a Polish former mixed martial artist who last competed in the Flyweight division in Invicta FC. She fought for organizations like MMA Attack, Cage Warriors and Fighters Arena. In 2017, the year of her last recorded fight to date, she was ranked #2 in the world in the women's flyweight category. Early life Niedźwiedź was sent to a Judo class by her mother at the age of seven. She continued to train for ten years, acquiring competition experience, until her brother convinced her to try Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. After only two or three classes, Niedźwiedź was offered an MMA fight. Her next fight a month later would start her MMA career. Mixed martial arts career Early career Niedźwiedź began her professional MMA career in October 2012 in her native Poland. Over the next year and a half, she amassed a record of 7 wins against no losses before joining Invicta FC. Invicta FC Niedźwiedź made her American debut at Invicta FC 18: Grasso vs. Esquibel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agnieszka Bednarek
Agnieszka Bednarek-Kasza (born 20 February 1986) is a Polish volleyball player, a member of Poland women's national volleyball team and Polish club KPS Chemik Police, a participant of the Olympic Games Beijing 2008, bronze medalist of the European Championship 2009, Polish Champion (2011, 2014). Personal life On 20 June 2010 she married Wojciech Kasza. Career In 2013 moved to KPS Chemik Police. On 9 March 2014 Bednarek-Kasza and her teammates achieved Polish Cup 2014. In the same season she won her second title of Polish Champion. On 28 September 2014 KPS Chemik Police, including Bednarek-Kasza, beat Polski Cukier Muszynianka Fakro Bank BPS Muszyna and won first trophy in season 2014/2015 - Polish SuperCup 2014. She took part in 1st edition of European Games. In semi final her national team beat Serbia and qualified to final match. On 27 June 2015 Poland was beaten by Turkey and Bednarek-Kasza with her teammates achieved silver medal. - baku2015.com - 27-06-2015 Sporting ach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
