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Born in Pyskowice, Polish Shooting Star 2010 Agata Buzek made her acting debut in 1997 in Robert Gliński’s Love Me and Do Whatever You Want and went on to work in Poland, France, Italy and Germany, with directors including Peter Greenaway, Marleen Gorris, Krzysztof Zanussi and Andrzej Wajda. Nominated by the Polish Film Academy for an Eagle Award in 2003 for her performance as Klara in Wajda’s The Revenge, she made a name for herself abroad with lead roles in Alan Smithee’s Paparazzo and Birgit Moller’s Valerie.

Polish audiences have considered her a star since she played Sabina in Borys Lankosz’s The Reverse, which earned her Best Actress at last year’s 34th Gdynia Polish Film Festival.