Maja Ostaszewska

Maja Ostaszewska
Born	September 3, 1972(1972-09-03) (age 39) Kraków, Poland
Occupation	actress
Years active	1993–present
Religion	Buddhism

Maja Ostaszewska (born September 3, 1972) is a Polish actress.

She was born in Kraków, the daughter of Polish musician Jacek Ostaszewski of Ostoja coat of arms. She started her acting training in her native Kraków and later graduated from PWST, in 1996. She has since acted mostly on Teatr Rozmaitości in Warsaw, working with well-known Polish directors such as Krystian Lupa, Krzysztof Warlikowski and Grzegorz Jarzyna.

In 1993, during her acting training, she played a small role in Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List. Although her actual real film debut was in 1997, with the TV movie Przystań. For this role, she received the Best Actress Award at the Polish Film Festival held in Gdynia in 1998.

Ostaszewska recently played one of the main characters in Academy Award nominated Andrzej Wajda's Katyń.

External links

• Maja Ostaszewska at the Internet Movie Database
• Maja Ostaszewska at filmpolski.pl

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Name	Ostaszewska, Maja
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Date of birth	September 3, 1972
Place of birth	Kraków, Poland
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