Marianna Palka

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Marianna Palka (2019)

Marianna Bronislawa Barbara Palka (born September 7, 1981 in Glasgow , Scotland ) is an American actress , screenwriter , film producer and director of Polish descent.

Life

Marianna Palka was born to Barbara and Tadeusz Palka, who ran a business in Scotland in the 1980s. She moved to New York City at the age of 17 , where she studied acting with the Atlantic Theater Company . Together with Jason Ritter , she founded the production company Morning Knight Inc .

Palka helped produce the drama The Big Kahuna (1999) starring Kevin Spacey and Danny DeVito, and the comedy film Sam the Man (2000) starring Annabella Sciorra . In the years 1999 to 2001 she also worked as a director of plays. In the film Earth Day (2001), her voice was heard alongside that of Mark Hamill and Jason Ritter. In the film drama Good Dick (2008) Palka worked as a director, screenwriter, producer and actress in the lead role. The film premiered on January 18, 2008 at the Sundance Film Festival as a competition entry.

Palka lives in Los Angeles .

Filmography (selection)

  • 1997: By My Very Self (short film, director)
  • 2001: Earth Day (voice only)
  • 2008: Good Dick (Director, Writer, Producer, Actress)
  • 2011: Restive (actress)
  • 2013: Autumn Wanderer (actress)
  • 2015: Contracted: Phase II (actress)
  • 2015: Forever (actress)
  • 2017: Bitch (Director, Screenplay, Actress)
  • since 2017: GLOW (TV series, actress)
  • 2018: Mississippi Requiem (actress)
  • 2018: Egg (Director)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Biography in the IMDb , accessed on January 21, 2008
  2. ↑ a b c www.sundance.org/Filmmaker Bio ( Memento of the original from January 15, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed January 21, 2008 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.sundance.org
personal data
SURNAME Palka, Marianna
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Palka, Marianna Bronislawa Barbara (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American actress, screenwriter, film producer and director of Polish descent
DATE OF BIRTH 7th September 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH Glasgow , Scotland