Kinga Preis

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Kinga Preis
Born (1971-08-31) 31 August 1971 (age 52)[1]
Wrocław, Poland
NationalityPolish
Occupationactress
Years active1996-present
PartnerPiotr Borowiec[2]

Kinga Anna Preis (born 31 August 1971) is a Polish actress. She is six-time Polish Film Awards–winner: four times for Best Supporting Actress in Tuesday (2001), In Darkness (2011), The Mighty Angel (2014), and I Never Cry (2020), and two times for Best Actress in Silence (2001) and The Collector (2005). She also four-time Gdynia Film Festival-winner.[1]

Life and career[edit]

Preis was born in Wrocław and graduated from Ludwik Solski Academy for the Dramatic Arts in 1996.[3] Her father was Austrian.[4] In 1995 she joined Wrocław Polish Theatre and since then appeared in many stage productions.[5] In 1997 she made her television debut starring in the comedy series, Room 107 and later big screen debut in the drama film Farba. In 1998, Preis received Gdynia Film Festival Award for Best Supporting Actress and Polish Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress nomination for Monday.[6] In 1999 she starred in the historical drama film The Gateway of Europe receiving another Polish Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.

In 2000, Pries starred in the comedy-drama film, Tuesday, winning her first Polish Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.[7] The following year she won her first Polish Academy Award for Best Actress and Gdynia Film Festival Award for Best Actress for Silence.[8] She won her second Polish Academy Award for Best Actress for starring in the 2005 drama film, The Collector.[9] In 2006, she received the Zbigniew Cybulski Award for best young actress.[10] She later starred in Four Nights with Anna (2008) and The Dark House (2009). Preis later received Best Supporting Actress Awards for performances in In Darkness (2011), The Mighty Angel (2014), and I Never Cry (2020).[9]

On television, Preis was regular cast member in Removals (2000–01), Boza podszewka. Czesc druga (2005–06), Ja to mam szczęście! (2012), Blood for the Blood (2015), Pakt (2016), The Trap (2018), Our Century (2019–2020), Rysa (2021), and most notable long-running drama series, Father Matthew (as of 2008). In 2020, she received Telekamery Award for Best Actress.[11]

In 2010, Preis was decorated with Golden Cross of Merit.[12] In 2011, she was awarded the Silver Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis.[13]

Filmography[edit]

Preis Międzyzdroje Hall of Fame
Year Title Role Notes
1997 Farba Majka
1998 Monday Renata Gdynia Film Festival Award for Best Supporting Actress
Nominated — Polish Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
1999 The Gateway of Europe Hala Nominated — Polish Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
2000 Dom Pirków Pirks' mother
2000 Tuesday Renata Polish Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
2001 Silence Magdalena "Mimi" Polish Academy Award for Best Actress
Gdynia Film Festival Award for Best Actress
2003 Symmetry Dawid's Wife Nominated — Polish Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
2004 Nigdy w zyciu! Kinga
2005 The Collector Gosia Bednarek Polish Academy Award for Best Actress
Gdynia Film Festival Award for Best Supporting Actress
2006 Fundacja Kazia
2006 Samotność w sieci Iwona
2006 Statycsi Bożena Popławska-Ochman Nominated — Polish Academy Award for Best Actress
2006 Co słonko widziało Brunette
2007 Louise's Garden Anna Swiatek
2008 Jeszcze raz Grazyna
2008 Four Nights with Anna Anna Nominated — Polish Academy Award for Best Actress
2008 Scratch Zosia
2009 Idealny facet dla mojej dziewczyny Plesicowa
2009 Włatcy móch: Ćmoki, czopki i mondzioły Jowita Voice
2009 The Dark House Bożena Dziabasowa Nominated — Polish Academy Award for Best Actress
2010 Joanna Staszka Kopeć Nominated — Polish Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
2011 Suicide Room Psychiatrist
2011 Milion dolarów Bożenka
2011 Rose Amelia Nominated — Polish Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
2011 In Darkness Wanda Socha Polish Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
2014 The Mighty Angel Mania Polish Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
2014 Gods Ewka's Mother Nominated — Polish Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
2015 The Lure the nightclub singer Nominated — Polish Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
2016 Wszystko gra Roma
2016 Prosta historia o morderstwie Teresa
2018 Plan B Natalia
2018 53 Wars Krystyna
2020 I Never Cry Ola's Mother Polish Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
2021 Back Then Elzbieta Makowska
2022 The Silent Twins Sister Nowak
2022 Na chwile, na zawsze Mother of Candy
2022 Prawdziwe zycie aniolów Agnieszka
2023 Swieto ognia Józefina Gdynia Film Festival Award for Best Supporting Actress
2024 Wiecej Joanna

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Kinga Preis | Polish Film Festival in Los Angeles".
  2. ^ "Kinga Preis i Piotr Borowiec: Wspólne łóżko i konto".
  3. ^ "Kinga Preis" (in Polish). Filmpolski.pl. Retrieved 21 June 2012.
  4. ^ "27 ciekawostek o Kindze Preis". ciekawostki.online.
  5. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20120828005747/http://www.teatrpolski.wroc.pl/zespol/aktorzy/kinga-preis
  6. ^ "Polish Film Festival (1998)". IMDb.
  7. ^ "Orły | Nominacje wg roku – 2003". pnf.pl.
  8. ^ "Nagrody - Cisza (2001)". Filmweb.
  9. ^ a b "Kinga Preis". Filmweb.
  10. ^ "Nagroda im. Zbyszka Cybulskiego - laureaci". Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  11. ^ "Kinga Preis ulubioną aktorką Polaków. Kim jest laureatka Telekamery 2020?". Plejada. February 3, 2020.
  12. ^ "M.P. z 2011 r. Nr 2, poz. 18" (in Polish). sejm.gov.pl. Retrieved 21 June 2012.
  13. ^ "Medal Zasłużony Kulturze - Gloria Artis". Archived from the original on 18 September 2020. Retrieved 14 April 2020.

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