Jolanta Fraszyńska


Jolanta Fraszyńska – Polish actress in film and theater.

Biography

Fraszyńska spent her childhood in Mysłowice, Poland. As a six year old she began performing in the singing and dancing program of the local cultural center WSS "Społem", and later in the church-affiliated arts organization Oaza. She matriculated at the State Higher Theater School in Wrocław upon completing her studies at the pre-school academy Studium Wychowania Przedszkolnego. In 1990 she completed further schooling in Kraków at the Państwowa Szkoła Teatralna im. Ludwika Solskiego. During 1991–1998 she worked as actress in the theater Teatr Polski in Wrocław. In 1998 she moved to Warsaw at the leading Teatr Dramatyczny. She took part in twenty-five productions of the television-broadcast Teatr Telewizji.
She debuted in cinematic work in 1991, playing Ania in In flagranti, a film by Wojciech Biedroń.
From 6 September 2008 she had participated in the 4th edition of the television program Jak oni śpiewają, but 28 September 2008 she was forced to cancel owing to health problems, ultimately taking 13th place in the overall competition. In 2011 she joined the jury panel of the 13th edition of Polish Dancing with the Stars, thereby replacing actress Beata Tyszkiewicz.

Private life

Fraszyńska has two daughters: Nastazja, from her first marriage with fellow actor Robert Gonera and Aniela, with her second husband Grzegorz Kuczeriszka, a film cameraman, whom she divorced in the spring of 2010.
For two years she was an ambassador for a social charity campaign Ogólnopolska Kampania Społeczna Forum Against Depression.
Jolanta Fraszyńska decided to participate in a Playboy Polska pictorial, featured in the May 1999 issue.
She has also authored one of the fables in the anthology Bajki gwiazd, available in print and as a recording.

Filmography

Film roles