Katarzyna Figura

Katarzyna Figura
Katarzyna Figura, 2014
Born (1962-03-22) 22 March 1962
Warsaw, Poland
Nationality  Poland
Other names Kasia Figura
Occupation Actress
Years active 1979–present
Spouse(s) Jan Chmielewski (?-?)
Kai Schoenhals (2000-)
Children 3

Katarzyna Figura (born 22 March 1962) is a Polish actress. She is sometimes billed as "Kasia Figura", as in Prêt-à-Porter (Ready to Wear), Robert Altman's 1994 film.

Career

Figura was born in Warsaw, Poland. She graduated from the National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw and continued her studies at the Parisian Conservatoire d'Art Dramatique. She is one of the most recognized and popular actresses in the contemporary Polish film industry. She often played blond bombshells, prostitutes, and wives of rich men. Recently, she has changed her image radically in favor of more mature characters, very often sorrowful and embittered.

Katarzyna Figura still appears in TV shows. For many years, she has been featured in single episodes of popular sitcoms, and has regularly appeared in the show Witches (since 2005). In 2004, she made her come-back to theater after a long-term absence. Her role in Alina to the West by Paweł Miśkiewicz in the Warsaw Drama Theater was highly regarded by the critics. She shaved her head for that role, consequently breaking from her sex symbol image. She played in Teatr Współczesny between 1985 and 1988. Branded a Polish Marilyn Monroe after her role in Pociąg do Hollywood (1987), her first big part. She lost out for roles in The Player (1992), Dracula (1992) and Goldeneye (1995).

Private life

She has one son, Aleksander (b. 1987), with former husband Jan Chmielewski. Her first daughter, Koko Claire Figura-Schoenhals, was born 24 October 2002 in New York, USA. Her second daughter, Kashmir Amber, was born 27 February 2005 in Warsaw, Poland.

Selected filmography


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