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Grazyna Szapolowska

Grazyna Szapolowska

Actor · Born September 19, 1953 (73) · Bydgoszcz, Poland

Grażyna Szapołowska (Polish pronunciation: [ɡraˈʐɨna ʂapɔˈwɔfska]; born 19 September 1953) is a Polish film and theatre actress. After passing the baccalauréat she joined at Wroclaw Theatre of Pantomime. In 1977 she graduated from The Theatre Art School in Warsaw. From 1977 until 1984 she was in the theatrical company of the National Theatre, Warsaw. She is best known for starring in A Short Film About Love (1988) by Polish film director Krzysztof Kieślowski, and in its earlier and shorter form the sixth episode of Dekalog. It was she who suggested to Kieslowski the different ending of the full-length version. She had previously starred in another Kieslowski film, Bez końca.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
September 19, 1953 (73)
From
Bydgoszcz, Poland
Works as
Actor
Titles
14 on MovieCove · 69 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 38 days to Oct 27Down 14% in 30 days

What are Grazyna Szapolowska's films like?

Across their 10 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Survival.

Genres

Drama6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 53rd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Action3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 19th percentile
: browse their Action movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
29%
Survival
23%
Power
15%
Bonds
14%
Morality
13%
Society
6%
Survival3 titles, browse their movies with this themeObsession2 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love2 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity2 titles, browse their movies with this themeGrief2 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice2 titles, browse their movies with this themeOppression2 titles, browse their movies with this themeBetrayal2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 10 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 0 · Serious 2 · Dark 8

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 7 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 3

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 0 · Charged 5 · Intense 5

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 2 · Shifting 7 · Whiplash 1

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 9 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 5 · Even-paced 5 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 2 · Engaged 7 · Full focus 1

Heavy: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their heavy movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 0 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 7

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 7 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 2

Roles they play

4 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 2 of 4 analyzed roles.

Hero
2 of 4
Shapeshifter
1 of 4
Ally
1 of 4

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
8
Melancholic
6
Dread
3
Contemplative
3
Hopeful
2
Other
3

How their films linger

Unsettling5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy1
  • Bittersweet4
  • Tragic3
  • Ambiguous2

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Grazyna Szapolowska's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 7 of their 14 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on The Criterion Channel (3).

Subscription and free streaming for Grazyna Szapolowska's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

69 credits, 14 with a MovieCove page; 4 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • King of Dope(2026)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • Pan Mama (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Show 1 episode · as Znana aktorka

  • Zdrada (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Show 7 episodes · as Beata Karolczak

  • My Agent (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • The Green Glove Gang(2022)

    Show 2 episodes · as Gabriela Soplica

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all shows

  • Everyone Knows Better (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    as Ilona Dobrowolska

  • Asymmetry (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    as prosecutor Majewska

  • 365 Days(2020)

    as Mama Laury

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films

  • The Crown of the Kings (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Show 155 episodes · as Duchess Eufemia of Masovia

  • Botoks(2017)

    as Walentyna

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films

  • The Dogcatcher (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Owner of the Wilma Dog

  • Fanciful (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Pani Mąka

  • Run Boy Run(2013)

    as Mrs. Ewa Staniak

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Pokaż kotku, co masz w środku (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Ms. Zofia

  • Battle of Warsaw 1920 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Korwin-Piotrowska

  • Układ Warszawski (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Show 13 episodes · as Róża Jackowska

  • Polnische Ostern (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Irena Blaszczykowski

  • Battle of the Sexes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as 'Beba'

  • Little Rose (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as Roma Żarska

  • Trick(2010)

    as ekspertka Markiewiczowa

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Nie kłam kochanie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Marcin's Mother

  • Tomorrow, We're Going to the Movies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Matka Krysi

  • Just Love Me (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as Babcia

  • Karol, un uomo diventato Papa(2005)

    as Brigitte Frank

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Angel in Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as damski głos Pawła

  • Nachbarinnen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as Jola

  • Karol: A Man Who Became Pope (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Show 2 episodes · as Brigitte Frank

  • Warszawa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    as właścicielka samochodu

  • The Last Days (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as Telimena

  • Home Chronicles (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    as Matka

  • Our God's Brother (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    as Helena Modrzejewska

  • Three Colors: White(1994)

    as Woman at the Funeral (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Beautiful Stranger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    as Nieznajoma

  • Abissinia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    as Francesca

  • Piazza di Spagna (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Show 1 episode · as Armida De Tolle

  • Goodbye Stranger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    as Karin

  • Seychelles (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    as pani Grażyna

  • The Conviction (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    as Monica

  • Kill Cruise(1990)

    as Mona

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films

  • Dekalog (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Show 1 episode · as Magda

  • Lawa. Opowiesc o 'Dziadach' Adama Mickiewicza(1989)

    as Guardian Angel / Archangel

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Decalogue VI (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    as Magda

  • Biała wizytówka (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Show 6 episodes · as Marisca, żona Hanza Heinricha, potem Bolka

  • Tabu(1988)

    as Milka's Mother

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • A Short Film About Love(1988)

    as Magda

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Hanussen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    as Valery de la Meer

  • Enclosure (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Actor

  • The Magnate (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    as Marisca von Teuss

  • The Young Magician(1987)

    as Michał's Mother

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • First Encounter - Last Encounter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    as Wanda

  • Komediantka (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    as Nicoletta

  • Przez dotyk (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    as Anna

  • Visiting Van Gogh (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    as Marie Grafenstein

  • Medium (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    as Teacher Luiza

  • No End(1985)

    as Urszula Zyro

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • In an Old Manor House or The Independence of Triangles (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    as Aneta

  • Przyśpieszenie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    as Grażyna / Script Girl

  • Custody (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Actor

  • Flowers of Reverie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    as Mária, Majláth felesége

  • Fort 13 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    as Wife

  • Ivy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    as Ewa

  • The Twenties, the Thirties (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    as Liza

  • Big Shar (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    as Żona "Wielkiego Szu"

  • Another Way (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    as Livia Horváth

  • The Big Picnic (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    as Prostitute

  • Hotel klasy lux (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    as Wojtan's Friend

  • The Scent of Earth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    as Jagoda

  • Con Artist Parade (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    Show 4 episodes · Actor

  • Calling 07 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    Show 1 episode · as prostytutka Lidia Dorecka, wspólniczka Ławreckich

Career shape

Star power in the 96th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 69 titles from 1976 to 2026; peak year 1988.

Biggest box office

Botoks (2017)

$14M worldwide

Highest rated

A Short Film About Love (1988)

Midcredits 99th

Most popular right now

365 Days (2020)

Film career

MilestoneBreakout
19762026

Peak 1988 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Top draw in 2 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

  • 1983Screen debut· Big Shar
  • 1985First top-billed film· No End
  • 1988Breakout· A Short Film About Love

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting69 of 69: 69 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score37th

By decade

1970s4 · acting1980s26 · acting1990s11 · acting2000s8 · acting2010s12 · acting2020s8 · acting

Billing

usually 5th · top billed in 14% of 14 roles
8398

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Grazyna Szapolowska's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 37th percentile, the median of all 13; across their 10 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 40th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

40thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 10

Approval · how many liked their films

29thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 10

Reach · how many have seen their films

64thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 10

Midcredits score across 14 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up5
  • 50th to 74th1
  • 25th to 49th4
  • Below 25th4

Shape of the crowd

4 of their 14 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Divisive1
  • Crowd Pleaser4
  • Broadly Agreed3
  • Mixed4

Most divisive · actor

365 Days (2020)

90th percentile spread · 61% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

A Short Film About Love (1988)

Midcredits 99th · 90% liked

Reviewers score the acting 69/100 in their films, across 6 reviewed titles; fans 85, detractors 40. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Grazyna Szapolowska's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 4 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Sex & Nudity4 titlesmedian 59 · moderateMedian of all films: 32

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Grazyna Szapolowska work with?

People who share at least 2 of Grazyna Szapolowska's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Krzysztof Kieślowski shares the most, 2.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers

Producers