Joanna Pacuła

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Joanna Pacuła
Born (1957-12-30) 30 December 1957 (age 66)
Aleksander Zelwerowicz State Theatre Academy
Occupations
  • Actress
  • model
Years active1977–present
Known forGorky Park
Height175 cm (5 ft 9 in)

Joanna Pacuła (Polish:

Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture. In the years since, she established herself as a character actress
, appearing in numerous high-profile films and television series.

Life and career

Pacuła was born in Tomaszów Lubelski, Poland, to a pharmacist mother and an engineer father.[2] She has a sister, Ewa Pacuła, a model and TV personality who has also worked in the United States.

In 1979, Pacuła graduated from the

Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Othello, and As You Like It. She also found work in a few films, including Krzysztof Zanussi's Camouflage (Barwy ochronne, 1977) and Sergiu Nicolaescu's Last Night of Love (Ultima noapte de dragoste, 1980) in Romania.[3]

In 1981, Pacuła was in Paris when the communist authorities in Poland

Escape From Sobibor (CBS, 1987),[4] The Kiss (1988),[5] E.A.R.T.H. Force (CBS, 1990), and the TV series, The Colony (ABC, 1996). She also starred in Lewis Gilbert's Not Quite Paradise released in 1985.[1]

She was featured in Marked for Death (1990) as an expert on Jamaican voodoo and gangs;[6] in the Italian erotic thriller Husband and Lovers (1992) as a free-spirited adultress; Tombstone (1993) as Doc Holliday's lover, Kate; in The Haunted Sea (1997); and in the film Virus (1999), playing a Russian scientist.[7] She currently resides in Southern California.

Milestones

  • Pacula was chosen by People as one of its 50 Most Beautiful People in the world (1990).
  • She was listed as one of 12 "Promising New Actors of 1984" in John Willis' Screen World, volume 36.

Filmography

Film

Television

  • Deep Red
    (1994, television film) - Monica Quik
  • Business for Pleasure (1997, television film) - Anna
  • Sweet Deception (1998, television film) - Risa Gallagher
  • Dead Man's Gun (1999, 1 episode) - Yvotte Ballinger
  • Brutally Normal (2000, 7 episodes) - Gogi
  • Night Visions (2001, 1 episode) - Head Immigrant
  • Robbery Homicide Division (2002, 1 episode) - Trisha Sandifer
  • Lightning Bolts of Destruction (2003, television film) - Dr. Valery Landis
  • Dinocroc (2004, television film)
  • Jake in Progress (2005, 1 episode) - Elsa Winters
  • Monk (2008, 1 episode) - Leyla Zlatavich
  • Stolen Child (2012, television film) - Tatiana
  • Bones (2014, 1 episode) - Drina Mirga

Awards and nominations

Awards
Year Award Category Production Result
1983 Golden Globe Awards
Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture
Gorky Park Nominated

References

  1. ^
    Montreal Gazette
    , 4 December 1984, p. E1
  2. ^ a b "Joanna Pacuła zrobiła zbyt małą karierę, by zasłużyć na honorowe obywatelstwo Tomaszowa Lubelskiego?", pomorska.pl, 11 October 2010, retrieved 2011-07-30
  3. ^ "Ultima noapte de dragoste (1979)". IMDb. 13 January 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
  4. ^ Rosenberg, Howard (1987) "In the Spotlight", Los Angeles Times, 12 April 1987, p. 3 (TV section)
  5. Dallas Morning News
    , 14 October 1988
  6. ^ Harris, Mark (1990) "Marked For Death starring Steven Seagal And Joanna Pacula Archived 20 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine", straight.com, 18 October 1990, retrieved 2011-07-30
  7. ^ "'Virus' is piece of garbage – even its big names stink", Deseret News, 17 January 1999

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