Agata Kulesza

Agata Kulesza (born 27 September 1971) is a Polish actress who has appeared on film, television, and stage. She has won four Polish Film Awards; three for her leading roles in the films Rose (2011), Ida (2013), and 25 lat niewinności. Sprawa Tomka Komendy (2020); and for her supporting role in I'm a Killer (2016). Early life Kulesza was born on 27 September 1971 and raised in Szczecin, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, the daughter of a sailor. While she was in high school, she decided she wanted to be an actress; in 1994, she graduated from the Aleksander Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw. Career Following her graduation, Kulesza worked as an actress at the Teatr Dramatyczny in Warsaw. Since 2011, she has regularly performed at the Ateneum Theatre, also in Warsaw. Kulesza is a member of the Polish Film Academy. In 2008 Kulesza, alongside her professional partner Stefano Terrazzino, won the eighth series of Dancing with the Stars: Taniec z gwiazdami. She donated her winnings, a Porsche car, to an auction to benefit the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity.