Joanna Kulig

Acting

Joanna Kulig

Born June 24, 1982 · Krynica-Zdrój, Poland (age 44)

Joanna Kulig-Bochniak (born June 24, 1982) is a Polish actress and singer. Noted for performing in different languages, she has worked in film, television and radio as well as on stage. She is the recipient of a European Film Award and two Polish Film Awards, and her work has been recognised at various film festivals. In 2018, Polish magazine Wprost included her among the 50 most influential Poles…

Known For

Hansel & Gretel: Witch HuntersHansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters · 2013
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters
6.12013
MovieFantasyHorror
After getting a taste for blood as children, Hansel and Gretel have become the ultimate vigilantes, hell-bent on retribution. Now, unbeknownst to them, Hansel and Gretel have become the hunted, and must face an evil far greater than witches... their past.
FatherlandFatherland · 2026
Fatherland
6.22026
MovieDramaHistory
In 1949, German writer Thomas Mann and his daughter Erika embark on a road trip across a Germany in ruins, from US-dominated Frankfurt to Soviet-controlled Weimar.
Knox Goes AwayKnox Goes Away · 2024
Knox Goes Away
7.02024
MovieActionCrime
A contract killer, after being diagnosed with a fast-moving form of dementia, is presented with the opportunity to redeem himself by saving the life of his estranged adult son. But to do so, he must race against the police closing in on him as well as the ticking clock of his own rapidly deteriorating mind.
She Came to MeShe Came to Me · 2023
She Came to Me
6.12023
MovieRomanceComedy
Composer Steven Lauddem is plagued by a creative block which leaves him unable to finish the score for his big comeback opera. When his former therapist-turned-wife Patricia suggests he rekindle his creativity by getting lost in the city, Steven sets out in search of inspiration. His epiphany comes after he meets a spirited woman named Katrina and discovers his life has much more potential than he bargained for, or ever could have imagined.
Cold WarCold War · 2018
Cold War
7.42018
MovieRomanceMusic
A man and a woman meet in the ruins of post-war Poland. With vastly different backgrounds and temperaments, they are fatally mismatched and yet drawn to each other.
The InnocentsThe Innocents · 2016
The Innocents
7.12016
MovieDramaHistory
Poland, 1945. Mathilde, a young French Red Cross doctor, is on a mission to help the war survivors. When a nun seeks for her help, she is brought to a convent where several pregnant sisters are hiding, unable to reconcile their faith with their pregnancy. Mathilde becomes their only hope.
IdaIda · 2013
Ida
7.22013
MovieDrama
In 1960s Poland, young novitiate Anna is on the verge of taking her vows when she discovers a family secret dating back to the years of the German occupation.
Woman of...Woman of... · 2024
Woman of...
6.22024
MovieDramaHistory
Aniela has lived the first half of her life as a man: with an office job, a wife, and two children. But neither her family's opposition nor repression by the government in Poland can stop her from finally becoming the person she's always been.

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The Spider's WebThe Spider's Web · 2021
The Spider's Web
6.92021
SeriesDramaCrime
Tells the story of Cornelia Titko, a brave scientist with remarkable memory, whose childhood was destroyed by the premature death of her parents and older sister. Cornelia's mother, Teresa Titko, was an outstanding nuclear physicist; in the Gierek nuclear program, she played the role of the right hand of its creator, general-professor Grzegorz Giedrowicz. Years later, a mysterious man appears in Cornelia's life, claiming that he was once accused of murdering her sister. The heroine begins a private investigation. Who is the mysterious man and what really connects him with the death of Cornelia's two closest women? What price will she be charged for trespassing into forbidden territories? What role in this history were played by the officers of the PRL counterintelligence - Captain Ewa Wolańska and Second Lieutenant Tadeusz Mróz? Who wanted Poland not to join the small group of countries that counted in the nuclear race?

Kornelia Titko