Dominika Ostałowska


Dominika Ostałowska 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 Supporting Actress for her role in a 2003 film Warsaw.

Life and career

She was born on 21 February 1971 in Warsaw to father Ryszard Ostałowski and mother Irena. She graduated from the Adam Mickiewicz High School No. 4 in Warsaw. In 1994, she graduated from the National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw.
Between 1994–2000, she worked at the Warsaw's Ateneum Theatre and between 2000–2012 at the Powszechny Theatre. Since 2012, she has been working at the Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz Studio Theatre.
Her most critically acclaimed roles come from Mariusz Treliński's 1995 film Łagodna based on a short story by Fyodor Dostoyevsky; Jerzy Stuhr's 1997 film Love Stories, Lech Majewski's 1999 biopic Wojaczek and Jan Jakub Kolski's 2000 war film Keep Away from the Window based on Hanna Krall's short story Ta z Hamburga. She also achieved great popularity by playing the character of Marta in a TV soap opera M jak miłość. In 2009, she was a member of jury at the 34th Gdynia Film Festival. In 2012, she hosted the Tajemnice Rezydencji TV programme.

Personal life

She was married to actor Hubert Zduniak with whom she has a son Hubert. She was also married to film director Mariusz Malec. She is known for her involvement in social campaigns against stalking. In 2013, she became an ambassador of the campaign Stop Stalking.

Appearances in film and television