Joanna Drozda

Joanna Agnieszka Drozda^[a] (born 8 November 1980; Polish: [ˈdrɔz.da]) is a Polish television, film, and stage actress, and theatre director and playwright. Drozda starred as Rosa, a main character in the 2020 drama film Hurrah, We Are Still Alive!, and Zofia Nałkowska, a secondary character in the 2022 thriller crime comedy film Dangerous Men. Drozda also portrayed Elwira Parchuć, a recurring character in the drama series Dom nad rozlewiskiem (2009), and its continuations, Miłość nad rozlewiskiem (2010), Życie nad rozlewiskiem (2011), Nad rozlewiskiem (2012), Cisza nad rozlewiskiem (2013–2014), and Pensjonat nad rozlewiskiem (2017–2018). She also stared and directed numerous stage plays, and directed the 2020 mockumentary film Hallo Syrena, czyli premiera się odbędzie.

Biography

Joanna Drozda was born on 8 November 1980 in Warsaw, Poland. Her father is actor and comedian Tadeusz Drozda. In 1998, she graduated from the Paseo Academy in Kansas City, Missouri, United States, in 2004, and from the Faculty of Acting of the National Academy of Theatre Arts in Kraków, Poland.^[1] From 2004 to 2008, she performed at the Helena Modrzejewska National Old Theatre in Kraków, since then performing at the Gustaw Holobek Dramatic Theatre in Warsaw.^[2]

In 2006, Drozda wrote and directed a television play, titled Brzeg-Opole, in which she starred together with Marta Ojrzyńska for the Polish Television. She received an award for the best leading female actress for her performance in the play, at the Talia All-Polish Comedy Festival in Tarnów, and the first place award at the All-Polish Contest at the Polish Contemporary Art Exhibition, for the play and her performance.^[1][2] In 2009, she portrayed as Jola, a secondary character in the biographical drama film Popieluszko: Freedom Is Within Us.^[1][3] Drozda also portrayed Elwira Parchuć, a recurring character in the drama series Dom nad rozlewiskiem (2009), and its continuations, Miłość nad rozlewiskiem (2010), Życie nad rozlewiskiem (2011), Nad rozlewiskiem (2012), Cisza nad rozlewiskiem (2013–2014), and Pensjonat nad rozlewiskiem (2017–2018).^[1][3][4] She also starred as Joanna, a recurring character in the TVN drama series Na noże (2016), and appeared in television series such as Hotel 52 (2011), Recipe For Life (2013), Father Matthew (2013, 2015), Komisarz Alex (2017), Na dobre i na złe (2017), Our Century (2019), and Barwy szczęścia (2021).^[1][3] Drozda also starred as Rosa, a main character in the 2020 drama film Hurrah, We Are Still Alive!, and Zofia Nałkowska, a secondary character in the 2022 thriller crime comedy film Dangerous Men.^[5][6] She directed the 2020 mockumentary film Hallo Syrena, czyli premiera się odbędzie.^[1]

Drozda directed and wrote numerous plays, including Extravaganza o miłości (2015), Extravaganza o władzy (2017), and Extravaganza o religii (2022) at the Polish Theatre in Poznań, Nogi Syreny (2019), Morderca jest wśród nas (2019), Urodzony 22 lipca (2020), and Legendy warszawskie (2021) at the Syrena Theatre in Warsaw, Hotel Ritz. Musical (2022), and Serial Killer Story (2025) at the Białystok Puppet Theatre, and 40-latek (2023) at the Rampa Theatre in Tarnów.^[2]

Private life

In 2008, Joanna Drozda married actor Piotr Polak, with whom she has a son, born in 2012. The couple has since separated.^[4][7][8] She is pansexual, and came out in 2022.^[9]

Filmography

Notes

References

External links

• Joanna Drozda at IMDb
• Joanna Drozda at FilmPolski.pl (in Polish)
• Joanna Drozda at Filmweb (in Polish)
• Joanna Drozda at Encyklopedia teatru polskiego (in Polish)