Maria Gładkowska


Maria Gładkowska is a Polish film, stage, and television actress. She gained critical acclaim in the 1980s that culminated in her Zbigniew Cybulski Award. Gładkowska portrayed Daisy, Princess of Pless, her breakthrough performance in Magnat, which was included in the list of 100 Best Polish Films of all time.

Career

Early life and education

Gładkowska started her film career in 1977 at the age of 20. In her senior year of high school, she won a national contest for a theatre review and appeard in Janusz Morgenstern's historical series Polish Roads. Later she attended the Aleksander Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Art's Faculty of Acting, where she studied between 1978 and 1982. Her first professional stage appearance was as Elwira in a production of Husband and wife '' by Aleksander Fredro.

Theatre

She was a guest troupe member of the Adequate Theatre in Warsaw, "Scena Prezentacje" Theatre in Warsaw, and a permanent troupe member of the Siren Theatre in Warsaw and the New Theatre in Łódź.
Her most notable stage appearances are as Mother in The Laments, as Mary Tyron in Long Day's Journey into Night, as Susie Cameron in The Spirit Level opposite Andrzej Szczytko, as Alice in Sexy Laundry opposite Wojciech Wysocki, and as Anne Hathaway in Shakespeare's Will.
Since 2017 Gładkowska performs at the New Theatre, Łódź and Izrael Poznański Palace, narrating the Łódź's edition of Anna Dymna's Cracow Poetry Salon.

Film and television

Gładkowska had great success in films such as ', The Hostage of Europe, Faustina opposite Dorota Sega, Argument About Basia opposite Piotr Fronczewski, Historia kina w Popielawach, ' and King Arthur. She reclaimed her stardom in the late 1990s and early 2000s with supporting roles in soap opera Mothers, Wives and Lovers and medical drama For better and for worse.
Gładkowska was the Polish voice of Shmi Skywalker in ' and '.
Additionally, Gładkowska has appeared in many Television Theatre plays including Irydion as Elsionoe, The Misanthrope as Éliante, The Mousetrap as Jennifer Brice and Pygmalion as an Ambassador's wife.

Personal life

Gładkowska has been married three times, with each marriage ending in divorce. Later, Gładkowska began a relationship with a cinematographer and an Academy Award nominee Slawomir Idziak. She has three children, including Adam Wróblewski, known for his role in the Janusz Majewski's autobiographical film Mała matura 1947.

Filmography

Films