Ewa Kasprzyk (actress)

Ewa Kasprzyk (born 1 January 1957 in Stargard, Poland) is a Polish actress, who appeared in more than 80 films and television series.^[1]

Ewa Kasprzyk
Kasprzyk in 2019
Born	(1957-01-01) January 1, 1957 (age 67) Stargard West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1980–present
Spouse	Jerzy Bernatowicz (1986–2019)
Children	1

Life and career

Kasprzyk was born in Stargard West Pomeranian Voivodeship. She graduated from the AST National Academy of Theatre Arts in Kraków in 1983 and later began performing on stage. Since 2000, Kasprzyk perform on Kwadrat Theatre.^[2][3] She worked with directors such as Kazimierz Kutz, Stanisław Różewicz and Barbara Sass. She made her big screen debut appearing in the 1985 horror-thriller film Medium and later starred in the drama film The Girls of Nowolipki (1985) and its sequel, The Apple Tree of Paradise (1986). She later starred in the comedy films Kogel-mogel (1988) and Galimatias, czyli kogel-mogel II (1989). During the 1990s, Kasprzyk focused on stage career, rather than film.

In 1996, Kasprzyk was awarded with Silver Cross of Merit.^[4] In 1998, she joined the cast of soap opera, Zlotopolscy as Ilona Clark-Kowalska. She left the soap in 2006. In 2000, she starred as a toxic mother in the drama film Bellissima, for which she received Polish Film Festival Award for Best Actress.^[5] She later was regular cast member in a number of series, include Magda M., Na dobre i na złe, Prosto w serce, Friends and L for Love. In 2022, she played Klara Biel in the Netflix films 365 Days: This Day and The Next 365 Days, replacing Grażyna Szapołowska from the first part.^[6]

In 1986, Kasprzyk married Jerzy Bernatowicz, and lived in open relationship until their divorce in 2019.^[7] Kasprzyk supports the LGBT rights in Poland.^[8][9]

Selected filmography

Kasprzyk in 2012

• An Epitaph for Barbara Radziwill (1982)
• Medium (1985)
• The Girls of Nowolipki (1985)
• The Apple Tree of Paradise (1986)
• Kogel-mogel (1988)
• Galimatias, czyli kogel-mogel II (1989)
• Zlotopolscy (1998–2006)
• Career of Nikos Dyzma (2003)
• Magda M. (55 episodes, 2005–2007)
• Na dobre i na złe (63 episodes, 2008–2012)
• Polish-Russian War (2009)
• Prosto w serce (196 episodes, 2011)
• Friends (2012–present)
• L for Love (2018–2021)
• The Plagues of Breslau (2018)
• 365 Days: This Day (2022)
• The Next 365 Days (2022)
• The Peasants (2023)

References

1. "Ewa Kasprzyk rozbierze się bez kompleksów". Dziennik (in Polish). 30 December 2009. Retrieved 2 March 2011.
2. "AFISZ TEATRALNY: Słodka zemsta. Wywiad z Ewą Kasprzyk".
3. "Seattle Polish Film Festival". www.polishfilms.org.
4. "Postanowienie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 11 października 1996 r. o nadaniu odznaczeń". isap.sejm.gov.pl.
5. "Polish Film Festival (2001)". IMDb.
6. Robinson, Rowena (July 7, 2022). "Ewa Kasperzyk: The storm after the actress spoke about the movie "365 Days: This Day"".
7. "Byli razem 30 lat, tworzyli otwarty związek. Przyznała, że doszło do zdrady". Viva.pl.
8. "EWA KASPRZYK Kobiety często zakochują się we mnie - Kobieta.pl".
9. "Ewa Kasprzyk o 15 latach grania „Berka", o reżyserach gejach i o listach miłosnych od lesbijek". March 31, 2023.

External links

• Ewa Kasprzyk at IMDb