Maria Sadowska (born 27 June 1976 in

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Career

Early life

Sadowska was born in the capital of

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, to her father, a composer, and her mother, a

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singer.'' Dancemania 7'', CD booklet p.9 : "8. Marysia / Crazy" She debuted as a singer at the age of 14, and produced a musical, at the age of 17, where she wrote and composed its theme music and played the main role.'' Dancemania 8'', CD booklet p.15 : "14. Marysia / Mayble Baby"

1990s

Sadowska released her first album ''Jutro'' in 1995. Two years later, in 1997, she released her second and third albums, ''Lucky Star'' and ''Crazy'', exclusively in Japan. The latter's title track was featured on

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's seventh issue, and two songs from ''Lucky Star'', "Maybe Baby" and "Lucky Star", were featured respectively on '' Dancemania 8'' and '' Dancemania 9''.

2000s

In 2004, Sadowska released her fourth, jazz-dance-orientated album, ''Marysia Sadowska'', which reached number 38 on the Polish

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chart. Her fifth album, ''Tribute to Komeda'', was literally a

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. In its release year of 2006, the album reached No. 11 on OLiS' chart and was certified

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. The next year, 2007, she appeared on the British TV show ''

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'', and released her sixth album ''Gwiazda dla każdego''. The 2009 album ''Spis treści'' featured her tenth single "Jest dobrze". ''Spis treści'' was her first completely self-produced album.

2010s

Her debut feature film ''Women's Day'' (''Dzień kobiet'') was released in 2013 and received the main award at the 22nd Film Festival Cottbus. Sadowska was the judge of the

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and fourth season of Polish TV show ''

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'', with participants from her team winning twice. She returned to judging for the show's sixth season, and won again. In 2019, Maria Sadowska took part in TVN's reality show ''Agent – Gwiazdy'' and she played the role of the title character – the Mole (pol. ''Agent'').

Personal life

Sadowska is the daughter of composer Krzysztof Sadowski and singer Liliana Urbańska. She earned a second degree in piano at the Fryderyk Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw soon after the releases of ''Lucky Star'' and ''Crazy''. She also graduated from the Lodz Film School in 2002.

Discography

Albums

Cover albums

Soundtrack albums

Extended plays

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sadowska, Maria Musicians from Warsaw Chopin University of Music alumni 1976 births Living people Polish jazz singers Polish women jazz singers Polish pop singers English-language singers from Poland 21st-century Polish singers 21st-century Polish women singers Polish women screenwriters Polish women record producers Polish women film producers