The Aleksander Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw () is a public higher education institution in

Warsaw Warsaw, officially the Capital City of Warsaw, is the capital and List of cities and towns in Poland, largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the Vistula, River Vistula in east-central Poland. Its population is officially estimated at ...

, Poland. Its focus is on the

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arts. It is headquartered in the Collegium Nobilium, an eighteenth-century building which formerly housed an elite boarding

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run by

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monks.

History

It was founded in

Łódź Łódź is a city in central Poland and a former industrial centre. It is the capital of Łódź Voivodeship, and is located south-west of Warsaw. Łódź has a population of 655,279, making it the country's List of cities and towns in Polan ...

in 1946 and moved to Warsaw in 1949. It continues the tradition of the National Institute of Theatre Arts (''Państwowy Instytut Sztuki Teatralnej'') established in Łódź in 1932. It was founded as the ''National Higher School of Theatre'' (''Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Teatralna'') and received a patron (

Aleksander Zelwerowicz 200px, Zelwerowicz and Polish Radio, 1949 Aleksander Zelwerowicz (14 August 1877 in Lublin – 18 June 1955 in Warsaw) was a Polish actor, director, theatre president and a teacher. He received the Order of Polonia Restituta and is one of the Po ...

) in 1955. In 1962 it received certification as a

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institution. It received its current name in 1996. Faculty members at the National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw were or are predominantly working professionals in their fields, the most notable of these including: Leon Shiller,

Erwin Axer Erwin Axer (1 January 1917 – 5 August 2012) was a Polish theatre director, writer and university professor. A long-time head of Teatr Współczesny (Contemporary Theatre) in Warsaw, he also staged numerous plays abroad, notably in German-speak ...

Aleksander Bardini Aleksander Bardini (17 November 1913 – 30 July 1995) was a Polish theatre and opera director, actor, notable professor at the State Theatre School in Warsaw. He appeared in 30 films between 1937 and 1994. Selected filmography * '' Long Is the ...

Stanisława Wysocka Stanisława Wysocka (1877–1941) was a Polish actress and theatre director. Teacher of Państwowy Instytut Sztuki Teatralnej. Filmography * '' Ponad śnieg'' (1929) * '' A Strong Man'' (1929) * '' Jaśnie pan szofer'' (1935) * '' Trędowata'' ...

, Henryk Elzenberg,

Stanisław Ossowski Stanisław Ossowski (22 May 1897 – 7 November 1963) was a Polish sociologist. He held professorships at University of Łódź (1945–1947) and University of Warsaw (1947–1963). Life Ossowski was born on 22 May 1897 in Lipno, Poland. Oss ...

Zofia Lissa Zofia Lissa (19 October 1908 – 26 March 1980) was a Polish music educator and musicologist. Life Zofia Lissa was born in Lemberg and studied piano and music theory at the Polish Music Society in Lviv. She continued her studies in musicology wi ...

Edmund Wierciński Edmund Wierciński (1899-1955) was a Polish stage director, actor and educator. Married to actress Maria Wiercińska. ReferencesEdmund Wierciński 1899 births 1955 deaths Polish male actors Recipients of the State Award Badge (Poland) ...

Jan Kreczmar Jan Kreczmar (6 May 1908 in Warsaw Warsaw, officially the Capital City of Warsaw, is the capital and List of cities and towns in Poland, largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the Vistula, River Vistula in east-central Poland. Its ...

Stefan Jaracz Stefan Jaracz (24 December 1883 – 11 August 1945) was a Polish actor and theater producer. He served as the artistic director of Ateneum Theatre in Warsaw during the interwar period (1930–32), and within a short period raised its reputation ...

Maja Komorowska Maja Komorowska-Tyszkiewicz (born 23 December 1937) is a Polish film actress. She has appeared in over 35 films since 1970. Selected filmography * ''Family Life'' (1971) * ''A Woman's Decision'' (1975) * ''Budapest Tales'' (1976) * ''Spiral'' ...

, Bohdan Korzeniewski,

Andrzej Łapicki Andrzej Łapicki (11 November 1924 – 21 July 2012) was a Polish film actor, theater director and actor. He enjoyed a long career, appearing in 50 films between 1947 and 1999. Łapicki also served a term in the Sejm as a member of KO "Soli ...

Zofia Mrozowska Zofia Mrozowska (24 August 1922 – 19 August 1983) was a Polish film actress. She appeared in 20 films between 1947 and 1983. Selected filmography * ''The Last Stage'' (1948) * ''Unvanquished City'' (1950) * ''A Woman's Decision'' (1975) * ...

, Janina Mieczyńska,

Marian Wyrzykowski Marian Wyrzykowski (1904-1970) was a Polish Polish may refer to: * Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe * Polish language * Polish people, people from Poland or of Polish descent * Polish chicken * Polish brothers (Mark Polis ...

Ludwik Sempoliński Ludwik Sempoliński (18 August 1899 – 17 April 1981) was a Polish film actor. He appeared in twenty films between 1935 and 1966. Selected filmography * '' Jaśnie pan szofer'' (1935) * '' Barbara Radziwiłłówna'' (1936) * '' Róża'' ( ...

Kazimierz Rudzki Kazimierz Rudzki (6 January 1911, in Warsaw, Poland – 2 February 1976, in Warsaw) was a Polish stage and film actor, theatre director. Studied directing at Państwowy Instytut Sztuki Teatralnej. Actor of Syrena Theatre (also director), Nat ...

Hanka Bielicka Anna Weronika Bielicka (9 November 1915 – 9 March 2006) was a Polish singer and actress, known by the name Hanna and its affectionate diminutive, Hanka. Life Hanka Bielicka was born in 1915 in Konovka near Poltava (''then part of the Russian ...

, Ignacy Gogolewski,

Zbigniew Zapasiewicz Zbigniew Jan Zapasiewicz (13 September 1934 – 14 July 2009) was one of the most prominent post-war Polish actors, as well as a theatre director and pedagogue. In 2001, he received the Polish Academy Award for Best Actor. Biography Zbigniew ...

Jan Englert Jan Aleksander Englert (born 11 May 1943) is a Polish film actor. He has appeared in more than 60 films since 1957. Since 2003 he has served as Artistic Director of the National Theatre in Warsaw. Biography Jan was born on 11 May 1943. In ...

, Wiesław Komasa,

Tadeusz Łomnicki Tadeusz Łomnicki (; 18 July 1927 – 22 February 1992) was a Polish actor, one of the most notable stage and film artists of his time in Poland. He is remembered mostly for his roles in comedies and dramas, as well as for the role of Kordian in ...

Gustaw Holoubek Gustaw Teofil Holoubek (21 April 1923 – 6 March 2008) was a Polish actor, director, member of the Polish Sejm, and a senator. Holoubek participated in the September Campaign and was a prisoner of war during the Nazi German Occupation of Pol ...

, Zygmunt Hűbner,

Anna Seniuk Anna Seniuk (born 17 November 1942, in Stanisławów) is a Polish actress. After World War II, together with other Poles from Stanisławów, she was forced by the Soviet government to leave her hometown, settling in the town of Zator, near Ośw ...

Rectors

* 1946–1949:

Leon Schiller Leon Schiller or Leon Schiller de Schildenfeld (14 March 1887 – 25 March 1954) was a Polish theatre and film director, as well as critic and theatre theoretician. He also wrote theatre and radio screenplays and composed music. He was born in Kr ...

* 1949–1967:

* 1967–1970: Władysław Krasnowiecki * 1970–1981:

* 1981–1987 and 1993–1996:

* 1987–1993 and 1996–2002:

* 2002–2008: Lech Śliwonik * 2008–2016:

Andrzej Strzelecki Andrzej Tadeusz Strzelecki (4 February 1952 – 17 July 2020), was a Polish actor, satirist, theatre director, screenplay writer and rector of the Aleksander Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw in the years 2008–2016. In 197 ...

* 2016–present: Wojciech Malajkat

Notable alumni

Vanessa Aleksander Vanessa Aleksander (born 16 September 1996) is a Polish actress. Biography Aleksander was born to a Polish father and a Slovak mother; her parents are both figure skaters. Her maternal grandparents live in Zohor, a small village near Bratislava ...

Piotr Adamczyk Piotr Aleksander Adamczyk (; born March 21, 1972) is a Polish film, television, voice and theatre actor. He is known for portraying pianist and composer Frédéric Chopin in the biographical film '' Chopin: Desire for Love'' (2002), Pope John Paul ...

Michał Bajor Michał Bajor (born 13 June 1957 in Głuchołazy, Poland) is a Polish actor and musician. Bajor’s songs are based on texts by Wojciech Młynarski, Jonasz Kofta, Andrzej Ozga, Marcin Sosnowski, and Julian Tuwim. He is a member of the Academy of t ...

* Joanna Brodzik *

Agata Buzek Agata Bronisława Buzek (born 20 September 1976) 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 (film), The Hexer'' (2001) and ...

Martyna Byczkowska Martyna Byczkowska (born 26 November 1995) is a Polish actress. Biography Byczkowska was born in Gdynia and grew up in Gdańsk and Kartuzy. She was a swimmer in her youth. At the age of 18, she moved to Warsaw Warsaw, officially the Capita ...

Stanisława Celińska Stanisława Maria Celińska-Mrowiec (born 29 April 1947 in Warsaw, Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the ...

Andrzej Chyra Andrzej Chyra (, born 27 August 1964) is a Polish actor and theatre director. He is a member of the Polish Film Academy and the European Film Academy. In 2006, he received the Polish Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in Feliks Fal ...

Mateusz Damięcki Mateusz Damięcki (born 19 May 1981) is a Polish actor. He has appeared in more than 30 films and television shows since 1993. Selected filmography *'' Karol: A Man Who Became Pope'' (2005) *''Jutro idziemy do kina'' (2007) *'' Remembrance'' (2 ...

Paweł Domagała Paweł Domagała (born 19 January 1984) is a Polish actor in theater, film and television, and singer since 2016. In 2014, Paweł Domagała appeared in the comedy film ''Wkręceni'' with Piotr Adamczyk and Bartosz Opania. He and Opania reprised ...

Bożena Dykiel Bożena Dykiel (; born 26 August 1948) is a Polish theater and film actress. References External links * 1948 births Living people Polish stage actresses Polish film actresses Polish television actresses 20th-century Polish actresses ...

Adam Ferency Adam Ferency (born 5 October 1951) is a Polish actor. He has appeared in more than 70 films and television shows since 1976. He starred in the 1990 film '' Burial of a Potato'', which was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1991 Ca ...

Katarzyna Figura Katarzyna Małgorzata Figura (Polish pronunciation: ; born 22 March 1962) is a Polish film, theatre and television actress. She is sometimes billed as "Kasia Figura", as in ''Prêt-à-Porter (film), Prêt-à-Porter'', Robert Altman, Robert Altman' ...

Piotr Fronczewski Piotr Fronczewski (born 8 June 1946) is a Polish actor and a cabaret and theatre singer. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most popular actors of his generation. Life and career He was born in Łódź to a Polish mother, Bogna Duszyńsk ...

Krystyna Janda Krystyna Jolanta Janda (; born 18 December 1952) is a Polish film and theatre actress, director, and singer. She is best known internationally for playing leading roles in several films by Polish film director Andrzej Wajda, including '' Man of ...

Janusz Józefowicz Janusz Józefowicz (born 3 July 1959, Świecie) is a Polish people, Polish director, choreographer, actor and dancer. He is the director and choreographer of the musical ''Metro (musical), Metro''. Education Józefowicz is a graduate of the ...

Krzysztof Kolberger Krzysztof Marek Kolberger (13 August 1950 – 7 January 2011) a Polish actor and theatre director. His father's surname was changed from Kohlberger in the 1950s. He had daughter, actress Julia Kolberger, with Anna Romantowska. Life and care ...

Marek Kondrat Marek Tadeusz Kondrat (born 18 October 1950) is a Polish film, television and theatre actor, film director, screenwriter and entrepreneur. He is regarded as one of the most popular and successful Polish actors of his generation. He gained nation ...

Małgorzata Kożuchowska Małgorzata Dorota Kożuchowska (born April 27, 1971) is a Polish actress and TV presenter. She is best known as Hanna Mostowiak in the very popular Polish television series, ''M jak miłość'', Ewa Szańska in the movies '' Kiler'' and '' Kile ...

Emilia Krakowska Emilia Krakowska (born 20 February 1940 in Poznań) is a Polish entertainer, film and theater actress. Biography She graduated from the high school in Drezdenko and the The Aleksander Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw, The ...

Piotr Kraśko Piotr Kraśko (born 11 July 1971, Warsaw) is a Polish journalist, theatrologist and television presenter. Between 1991 and 2016 he worked for the Telewizja Polska and since 2016 for the TVN channel. Life and career He graduated from the Klementy ...

Agata Kulesza Agata Kulesza (born 27 September 1971) is a Polish actress who has appeared on film, television, and stage. She made her film debut playing the leading role in the 1993 comedy-drama ''Czlowiek z...'' and later appeared in films '' Poznań '56'' ...

Olga Lipińska Olga Lipińska (born 6 April 1939 in Piotrków Trybunalski) is a Polish theatre director, screenwriter, and TV comedy producer, best known for her TV cabaret called the Kabaret Olgi Lipińskiej (Cabaret of Olga Lipińska). Biography She gradua ...

Daniel Olbrychski Daniel Marcel Olbrychski (; born 27 February 1945) is a Polish people, Polish film actor, 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 bes ...

* Bartosz Opania *

Dominika Ostałowska Dominika Ostałowska (born 18 February 1971, Warsaw) is a Polish film, television and theatre actress. She is a two-time winner of Polish Film Awards for Best Actress for her performance in a 2000 film '' Keep Away from the Window'' and for Best ...

Jan Machulski Jan Henryk Machulski (3 July 1928 – 20 November 2008) was a Polish theater director, as well as a film and theatrical actor. He appeared in more than 45 film roles and 70 theater roles throughout his career. Personal life Machulski was born in ...

Joanna Pacuła Joanna Pacuła (; born 30 December 1957) is a Polish actress and model. Born in Tomaszów Lubelski and immigrating to the United States in the early 1980s, she first gained prominence through her modeling work for '' Vogue''. Her breakthrough pe ...

Franciszek Pieczka Franciszek Maksymilian Pieczka (18 January 1928 – 23 September 2022) was a Polish actor. A graduate of the National Higher School of Theatre in Warsaw (1954), he first made his debut in the theatre in Jelenia Góra. He won the award for Best ...

Andrzej Seweryn Andrzej Teodor Seweryn (Polish pronunciation: ; born 25 April 1946) is a Polish actor and Theatre director, director. Regarded as one of the most successful Polish theatre actors, he starred in over 50 films, mostly in Poland, France, and Germa ...

Małgorzata Socha Małgorzata Socha (born 23 April 1980) is a Polish actress. Mostly known from TV series '' BrzydUla'', ''Na Wspólnej'' and '' Przyjaciółki''. Personal life She was born in Warsaw, Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a ...

Joanna Szczepkowska Joanna Szczepkowska (Polish pronunciation: ; born 1 May 1953) is a Polish film and theatre actress and writer. She appeared in more than thirty films since 1975. Life and career She made her debut on television in 1975 by appearing in episode 1 o ...

Borys Szyc Borys Michał Szyc-Michalak (Polish: ; born Borys Michalak; 4 September 1978) is a Polish film and theatre actor and musician. In 2010, he received the Polish Academy Award for Best Actor. Life and career He was born in Łódź, Poland. He grad ...

Hubert Urbański Hubert Kirił Urbański (born March 23, 1966, in Warsaw) is a Polish actor, journalist and presenter of Warner Bros. Discovery's TVN of Bulgarian origin. Urbański studied at Warsaw XIX lyceum of Warsaw Insurgents (), and then at the University ...

Roman Wilhelmi Roman Zdzisław Wilhelmi (June 6, 1936 in Poznań – November 3, 1991 in Warsaw) was a Polish theatre and film actor, notable for his roles in two of the most popular Polish television series of the 1980s. In 1958, he graduated from the Natio ...

* Rafał Zawierucha *

Michał Żebrowski Michał Jan Żebrowski (born 17 June 1972) is a Polish actor and singer. He was the first actor to portray Geralt of Rivia, in the movie '' The Hexer''. Filmography Film Television Video games Discography Studio albums Other Music vi ...

* Artur Żmijewski *

Marta Żmuda Trzebiatowska Marta Żmuda Trzebiatowska (born 26 July 1984, in Człuchów) is a Polish film, television and theater actress. She is best known for playing the role of Marta Orkisz in Polish TV series ''Teraz albo nigdy!'' and Monika Miller in ''Julia (Polish ...

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