Joanna Pacuła

Joanna Pacuła (born January 2, 1957 in Tomaszów Lubelski , Poland ) is a Polish - American actress .

Life and accomplishments

Pacuła graduated from the Akademia Teatralna Theater School . Aleksandra Zelwerowicza (then Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Teatralna ) in Warsaw . From 1979 to 1981 she appeared in the Warsaw Dramatic Theater .

Her first role in a movie played Pacuła in Camouflage (1977) by Krzysztof Zanussi . She was also featured in television series.

When martial law was proclaimed in Poland on December 13, 1981 , Pacuła was in Paris . There she made friends with Roman Polański , who got her some orders as a photo model . Pictures of her have been featured on the covers of magazines such as Cosmopolitan , Harper's Bazaar and Vogue .

In 1982 Pacuła traveled to the USA , where she stayed permanently. She was nominated for a Golden Globe Award in 1984 for her role in the thriller Gorky Park (1983), in which she played alongside William Hurt , Lee Marvin and Brian Dennehy . For her leading role in the horror film The Kiss (1988) she was nominated for the Saturn Award in 1990. In the film drama Men and Lovers (1992) she took on one of the leading roles alongside Julian Sands . In the family film No Place Like Home (2001) she can be seen alongside Judge Reinhold , in the action film The Cutter (2005) she played alongside Chuck Norris .

Filmography (selection)

• 1977: Camouflage colors (Barwy ochronne)
• 1978: You will not find peace (Nie zaznasz spokoju)
• 1979: Córka albo syn
• 1980: Last Night of Love
• 1983: Gorky Park
• 1985: Not Quite Paradise
• 1987: Death Before Dishonor
• 1987 escape from Sobibor (Escape from Sobibor)
• 1987: Sweet Lies
• 1988: The Kiss (The Kiss)
• 1989: Options
• 1989: Breaking Point
• 1990: Approved for killing
• 1991: Marked for Death
• 1991: Husbands and Lovers  (La villa del venerdì)

• 1992: Eyes of the Beholder
• 1992: Body Puzzle
• 1992: Men and Lovers (La Villa del venerdì)
• 1993: Warlock : The Armageddon
• 1993: Tombstone
• 1994: The Silence of the Hams (The Silence of the Hams / Il Silenzio dei prosciutti)
• 1995: The Bomber Boys (Captain Nuke and the Bomber Boys)
• 1995: Last Gasp (Last Gasp)
• 1995: Femme fatale from space (Not Like Us)
• 1995: Timemaster - Back from the future (Timemaster)
• 1997: Haunted Sea
• 1998: My Giant (My Giant)
• 1998: White Raven - Diamond of Death (The White Raven)
• 1998: Betrayed - A woman on the run (Sweet Deception)
• 1999: The Art of Murder
• 1999: Virus - Ship of No Return (Virus)
• 2001: The Hit
• 2001: No Place Like Home
• 2003: End of the world: Das Gewitter-Inferno (Lightning: Bolts of Destruction)
• 2004: DinoCroc
• 2004: El Padrino
• 2005: The Cutter
• 2006: Honor
• 2007: And Nietzsche Wept ( When Nietzsche Wept )
• 2008: Monk (TV series, 1 episode)
• 2012: Stolen Child (TV movie)
• 2013: Shannon's Rainbow
• 2013: Madoff: Made Off with America
• 2013: ICE agent
• 2013: Kill Her, Not Me
• 2014: Bones (TV series, 1 episode)

Web links

• Joanna Pacuła in the Internet Movie Database (English)