Actress Joanna Pakula: selected filmography

Joanna Pakula is an American film and television actress of Polish descent. The most famous projects with her participation - horror "Warlock 2", science fiction film "Virus", the thriller "The Black Widow". The filmography of Joanna Pakula includes more than forty films and television series.

Biography

The future actress was born in the Polish town of Tomaszów-Lubelski in 1957. Her mother was a pharmacist, her father an engineer. In 1971, Joanna had a sister, Eve.

In 1975, Pakula graduated from the school and moved to Warsaw, where she entered the Alexander Zelverovich Theatrical Academy. After receiving a diploma in 1979, the next two years she worked in the Warsaw Theater. Pacula played in such plays as "Romeo and Juliet", "Othello" and "How you like it".

Work in the cinema

While still a student, Joanna performed small roles in several films, the best known of which is the comedy Krzysztof Zanussi "Protective colors".

In 1981, a martial law was declared in Poland, at which time the actress was in Paris and could not return home. In 1982, she emigrated to the United States and a year later she performed the leading female role in the detective story of Michael Epted's Gorky Park. The film deserved the approval of critics and was called "tense, intelligent thriller."

In 1989, Joanna Pakula played the leading female role in the thriller "The starting point" of Peter Markle.

A year later, the actress got a role in the first in his filmography action movie - "Marked by death." Together with her, Steven Seagal worked on the painting. Film critics rated the film average, but box office fees pleased - with a budget of 12 million films collected at the box office 58 million dollars.

In 1991, the actress played Alina in the erotic drama "Husbands and Lovers", based on the book by Alberto Moravia.

The next interesting project in the filmography of Pakula was the horror "Warlock: Armageddon", released in 1993. The film received mixed reviews from critics and spectators, who noted that the sequel was much worse than the original. "Warlock 2" almost fell through at the box office, collecting only $ 4 million.

In 1999, Joanna Pakula took samples and got a role in the sci-fi horror "Virus". Directed by John Bruno picked up for the picture a strong cast. The main roles were performed by such famous actors as Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Sutherland, William Baldwin and Joanna Pakula. The films with John Bruno as a director of special effects before that were deafeningly popular, it was he who worked on the paintings "Ghostbusters" and "Poltergeist", but his directorial experience proved unsuccessful - even the star cast did not save the movie from a cash register.

TV

In 1987, Joanna Pakula first played in a television movie - in the drama of Jack Gold "Escape from Sobibor." The plot is inspired by real events - the uprising of prisoners in the Sobibor concentration camp in October 1943. Pakula performed the role of Luke, one of the camp prisoners who took part in the uprising.

In 1994, the actress was selected for one of the main roles in the science fiction television movie "Red Cages." The picture tells of an unknown virus that can change the normal composition of the blood and make the infected immortal. That's what happened to the little girl Gracie Rickman. However, immortality has its price - a scientist Thomas Newmayer is ready for anything, just to find out the secret of the virus, including the murder of Gracie.

In 1999, the actress played a small role in the series-western "Dead Man's Pistol". Due to low ratings, the television series was closed after the second season.

Personal life

Joanna Pakula was married to American producer Hawke Vinchel Koch Jr., who is 12 years older than her. After several years of marriage, the spouses divorced, the reason for their separation is unknown.

Thanks to her connections in Hollywood, Joanna helped her younger sister Eve to start a modeling career.