Grażyna Szapołowska
An image from A Short Film About Love, one of the productions that also features Grażyna Szapołowska.
Grażyna Szapołowska

Grażyna Szapołowska

September 19, 1953 — Bydgoszcz, Poland

Grażyna Szapołowska (Polish pronunciation: [ɡraˈʐɨna ʂapɔˈwɔfska]; born 19 September 1953) is a Polish film and theatre actress.

After passing the baccalauréat she joined at Wroclaw Theatre of Pantomime. In 1977 she graduated from The Theatre Art School in Warsaw. From 1977 until 1984 she was in the theatrical company of the National Theatre, Warsaw.

She is best known for starring in A Short Film About Love (1988) by Polish film director Krzysztof Kieślowski, and in its earlier and shorter form the sixth episode of Dekalog. It was she who suggested to Kieslowski the different ending of the full-length version. She had previously starred in another Kieslowski film, Bez końca.

365 Days

365 Days

2020

A Short Film About Love

A Short Film About Love

1988

Run Boy Run

Run Boy Run

2013

Decalogue VI

Decalogue VI

1989

No End

No End

1985

Botoxx

Botoxx

2017

Just Love Me

Just Love Me

2006

Pan Tadeusz

Pan Tadeusz

1999