Dorota Segda (born 12 February 1966) in

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, is a Polish

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and

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. Besides acting, she is also a

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of Theatre Arts, and the Rector since 2016, at the

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. In 2015, she was awarded Poland's Silver

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. Segda graduated from the Jan III Sobieski High School and the Ludwik Solski Academy for the Dramatic Arts, both in Kraków. She has been an actress of Kraków's Old Theatre, the Helena Modrzejewska National Stary Theater, since 1987. Her theatrical career at the Stary Theater includes Albertine's role in the ''Operetka'' by

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(1988),

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in ''Sen srebrny Salomei'' (1993), and Marguerite in ''

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'' by

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(1997). She twice won the Zelwerowicz Award for best actress or actor awarded by the editors of the Polish theatre magazine, ''Teatr'', first in the 1992/1993 season, for the role of Salome, and then in the 1996/1997 season, for the role of Margaret in Faust. Between 1997 and 2000, she also worked at the

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and played Rachela in

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's ''Wesele'' (2000). To date, she has performed over fifty roles on the theatre stage. Segda's film and television roles include her debut film role as the identical twins in Ildikó Enyedi's ''

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'' (Hungarian: ''Az én XX. századom'' 1989), the title role in the film '' Faustina'' (Polish: ''Faustyna'' 1995) as well as roles in the film, ''Tato'' (1995) and the television show, ''

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'' (''For Better And For Worse'' 1999–present). In the Polish dub of the films ''

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'' (2007) and ''

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'' (2009), Segda voiced the character of Bellatrix Lestrange, played by

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. Since 2010, she has mostly worked on television, such as in the long running series, ''Dziewczyny ze Lwowa'' (2015-2019) and ''Echo serca'' (2019–present). In 2012 Segda was made a Member of the Polish Film Academy.http://www.filmpolski.pl/fp/index.php?osoba=1114605 Polish Filmography Segda is the granddaughter of

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, double Olympic bronze medallist in

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. Since 2001, she has been married to the Polish composer, Stanisław Radwan.

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* 1966 births Living people Polish film actresses Polish stage actresses Polish television actresses Actresses from Kraków Recipients of the Bronze Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis Recipients of the Meritorious Activist of Culture badge {{Poland-actor-stub