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Kinga Preis
Born	(1971-08-31) 31 August 1971 (age 53) Wrocław, Poland
Nationality	Polish
Occupation	actress
Years active	1996-present
Partner	Piotr Borowiec

Kinga Anna Preis (born 31 August 1971) is a Polish actress. She is six-time Polish Film Awards–winner: four times for Best Supporting Actress in Tuesday (2001), In Darkness (2011), The Mighty Angel (2014), and I Never Cry (2020), and two times for Best Actress in Silence (2001) and The Collector (2005). She also four-time Gdynia Film Festival-winner.

Life and career

Preis was born in Wrocław and graduated from Ludwik Solski Academy for the Dramatic Arts in 1996. Her father was Austrian. In 1995 she joined Wrocław Polish Theatre and since then appeared in many stage productions. In 1997 she made her television debut starring in the comedy series, Room 107 and later big screen debut in the drama film Farba. In 1998, Preis received Gdynia Film Festival Award for Best Supporting Actress and Polish Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress nomination for Monday. In 1999 she starred in the historical drama film The Gateway of Europe receiving another Polish Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.

In 2000, Pries starred in the comedy-drama film, Tuesday, winning her first Polish Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. The following year she won her first Polish Academy Award for Best Actress and Gdynia Film Festival Award for Best Actress for Silence. She won her second Polish Academy Award for Best Actress for starring in the 2005 drama film, The Collector. In 2006, she received the Zbigniew Cybulski Award for best young actress. She later starred in Four Nights with Anna (2008) and The Dark House (2009). Preis later received Best Supporting Actress Awards for performances in In Darkness (2011), The Mighty Angel (2014), and I Never Cry (2020).

On television, Preis was regular cast member in Removals (2000–01), Boza podszewka. Czesc druga (2005–06), Ja to mam szczęście! (2012), Blood for the Blood (2015), Pakt (2016), The Trap (2018), Our Century (2019–2020), Rysa (2021), and most notable long-running drama series, Father Matthew (as of 2008). In 2020, she received Telekamery Award for Best Actress.

In 2010, Preis was decorated with Golden Cross of Merit. In 2011, she was awarded the Silver Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis.

Filmography

References

1. ^ "Kinga Preis | Polish Film Festival in Los Angeles".
2. "Kinga Preis i Piotr Borowiec: Wspólne łóżko i konto".
3. "Kinga Preis" (in Polish). Filmpolski.pl. Retrieved 21 June 2012.
4. "27 ciekawostek o Kindze Preis". ciekawostki.online.
5. "Kinga Preis | Teatr Polski we Wrocławiu". Archived from the original on 2012-08-28.
6. "Polish Film Festival (1998)". IMDb.
7. "Orły | Nominacje wg roku – 2003". pnf.pl.
8. "Nagrody - Cisza (2001)". Filmweb.
9. ^ "Kinga Preis". Filmweb.
10. "Nagroda im. Zbyszka Cybulskiego - laureaci". Retrieved 14 April 2020.
11. "Kinga Preis ulubioną aktorką Polaków. Kim jest laureatka Telekamery 2020?". Plejada. February 3, 2020.
12. "M.P. z 2011 r. Nr 2, poz. 18" (in Polish). sejm.gov.pl. Retrieved 21 June 2012.
13. "Medal Zasłużony Kulturze - Gloria Artis". Archived from the original on 18 September 2020. Retrieved 14 April 2020.

External links

• Kinga Preis at IMDb

• 1971 births
• 20th-century Polish actresses
• 21st-century Polish actresses
• Polish stage actresses
• Actresses from Wrocław
• Polish people of Austrian descent
• Living people
• Polish film actresses
• Polish television actresses
• Recipients of the Silver Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis
• Recipients of the Bronze Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis
• Recipients of the Meritorious Activist of Culture badge