Beata Pozniak
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| Born | April 30, 1960 (age 51) Gdańsk, Poland |
| Education | Master's Degree (High Honors) |
| Alma mater | National Film School in Łódź PWSFTViT - Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Filmowa, Telewizyjna i Teatralna |
| Occupation | Actress, director, producer, writer, artist, activist |
Beata Poźniak (born April 30, 1960) is a Polish-American actress, film director, painter, fashion model and activist who is now based out of the United States.
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[edit] Biography
Pozniak was born in Gdańsk, Poland, the daughter of Krystyna Durbakiewicz Marson and Roger Zbigniew Taylor.[1] She is best known for her roles in 1990s television series such as Melrose Place, The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, and Mad About You. Pozniak played Earth Alliance President Susanna Luchenko in Babylon 5. She played Marina Oswald in the Oliver Stone film, JFK. She also starred in the groundbreaking video game, (video game) Psychic Detective. Her very first film role was as an extra in The Tin Drum which happened to be filming near her home. She later made other film appearances and worked as a fashion model and was the calendar girl for Poland's national soccer team.
Beginning in the late 1980s, soon after her arrival in America, Pozniak began a campaign to get the US Government to recognize International Women's Day. She was successful, and the first American recognition of International Women's Day occurred on March 8, 1994.[2]
Pozniak is also an accomplished painter, and continues to work in film, often appearing in experimental and independent productions, several of which she has also directed. She has been a U.S. citizen since 1991[1] and lives in Beverly Hills, California in a home once owned by Errol Flynn. She also goes by the name Beata Pozniak Daniels. She has a husband (Jeff Daniels but he is not the American actor of the same name) and a child.
[edit] Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2010 | "The Officer's Wife" | Officer's Wife - Cecylia | Prod. Jan A. P. Kaczmarek |
| 2010 | "Ojciec Mateusz" | Ewa Pol - Hollywood Star | TV Series based on Italian Don Matteo |
| 2009 | "On Profiles in Courage" | Host | Also director - Documentary |
| 2007 | "Zlotopolscy" | Helena | TV series (46 episodes) |
| 2006 | "Miriam" | Margitas | Dir. Matt Cimber |
| 2006 | "Cyxork 7" | Jacey Anderson | Dir. John Huff |
| 2004 | "Freedom From Despair" | Narrator | Award winning documentary |
| 2002 | "The Drew Carey Show" | Raisa | TV series |
| 2002 | "Philly" | TV series | |
| 2002 | "Mnemosyne" | Mnemosyne | Also director |
| 2001 | "Family Law" | Mary Kobish | TV series Dir. Oz Scott |
| 2001 | "Mixed Signals" | Erica Chamberlain | |
| 1999 | "Enemy Action" | Fatima | Prod. Roger Corman |
| 1999 | "Klasa na obcasach" | Betty | TV series |
| 1998 | "Women's Day: The Making of a Bill" | Host | Also director |
| 1997 | "Pensacola: Wings of Gold" | Eva Terenco | TV series Dir. James A. Contner |
| 1997 | "Babylon 5" | President Susanna Luchenko | Dir. Tony Dow trading cards are made based on her character |
| 1997 | "Dark Skies" | Ludmila | TV series |
| 1997 | "JAG" | Malka Dayan | TV series Dir. Ray Austin |
| 1995 | "War & Love" aka "Heaven's Tears" | Ingrid Steiner | |
| 1995 | "A Mother's Gift" | Kristine Reinmuller | MOW based on "A Lantern in Your Hand" |
| 1994 | "Psychic Detective" | Laina Pozok | video game - screened at Sundance Film Festival |
| 1993 | "Melrose Place" | Dr. Katya Petrova Fielding | TV series prod. Aaron Spelling |
| 1993 | "Wild Palms" | Tambor | Ex. Prod. Oliver Stone, Bruce Wagner |
| 1993 | "The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles" | Irene | Prod. George Lucas |
| 1993 | "Mad About You" | Masha | TV series |
| 1993 | "Ramona" | Ms. White | |
| 1992 | "At Night the Sun Shines" | Anabelle | |
| 1991 | Ferdydurke | Flora Gente | Dir. Jerzy Skolimowski |
| 1991 | JFK | Marina Oswald | Dir. Oliver Stone |
| 1989 | "Stan wewnetrzny" | Kobieta w czerni | |
| 1989 | "White in Bad Light" | Narrator | |
| 1987 | "Vie en images" | Alice Eber | |
| 1986 | "A Chronicle of Amorous Accidents" | Zosia | Dir. Andrzej Wajda |
| 1985 | "Hamlet in the Middle of Nowhere" | Ophelia | based on a play by Ivo Brešan |
| 1985 | "Rozrywka po staropolsku" | MOW | |
| 1984 | "I Died to Live" | ||
| 1984 | "Deszcz" | TV Musical | |
| 1983 | "Krolowa Sniegu" | Princess | TV Musical |
| 1983 | "Lucky Edge" aka "Szczesliwy Brzeg" | Pola | MOW |
| 1982 | "Klamczucha" | Uczennica | |
| 1981 | "Man of Iron" | Dir. Andrzej Wajda | |
| 1981 | "Zycie Kamila Kuranta" | Todzia | TV series |
| 1979 | "The Tin Drum" | Dir. Volker Schlöndorff |
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Beata Pozniak at the Internet Movie Database
- Official website
- [Beata Pozniak's] [official Zamadunga Miedfara Page] Miedfara.com/pages/Beata-Pozniak/165141746848437?v=wall
- [Beata Pozniak], Activist, [1]
- Polish website
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