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Marzena Kipiel-Sztuka
Marzena Kipiel-Sztuka in 2016.
Born
Marzena Kipiel

19 October 1965
Died9 June 2024 (aged 58)
OccupationActress
Years active1989–2024

Marzena Kipiel-Sztuka (19 October 1965 – 9 June 2024) was a Polish stage and television actress. She was best known for her role as Halina Kiepska, one of the main characters in the sitcom television series The Lousy World (1999–2022).

Biography

Marzena Kipiel-Sztuka was born on 19 October 1965 in Legnica, Poland.[1] She graduated from the Construction Vocational School in Legnica.[2] From 1987 to 1989, she worked as a prompter in the Aleksander Fredro Theatre in Gniezno, and from 1989 to 2000 she was an actress in the Helena Modrzejewska Theatre in Legnica. In 1991, she passed an extramural exam, and in 1993, she received the Złota Iglica award for acting.[1] In the 1990s, she also briefly worked as a singer in Oman for half the year, and as a maid in Munich, Germany.[3][4]

In 1997, she had a minor role in the Belgian–Dutch film Character. From 1999 to 2022, she portrayed Halina Kiepska, one of the main characters in the Polish sitcom television series The Lousy World. She became recognisable nation-wide, and it remains her most famous role.[1][5] She also had small roles in television series Crime Wave (2004, 2006), and First Love (2004), as well as in feature films Tricks (2007), Byzuch 2: Rewizyta (2010), and Kop głębiej (2012).[1]

In 2007, she has participated in the Polsat talent show Jak oni śpiewają.[6] In 2014, she received Kryształowy Granat award for the best comedy performance at the 18th All-Poland Comedy Film Festival in Lubomierz.[7]

She had small roles in the feature films Figher (2019), 1:11 (2021), and Love is Nearby (2022), and in the television series Sprawiedliwi – Wydział Kryminalny (2019), and The Behaviorist (2022).[1] In 2023 she appeared in the music film video of the song "Maradona" by SMKKPM.[8]

She toured with her music show titled Życie nie jest kiepskie (Life is not so bad).[9] She is also a long-time supporter of the charity events of the Independent Self-Governing Trade Union of the Police Officers. In 2019, for her efforts, she was awarded the first-class Cross of Independence with Star.[10]

Private life

He first husband was film director and producer Konrad Sztuka. They divorced, and he died in 2015. She later was in a relationship Mariusze Piesiewicz, member of the film crew on The Lousy World, until his sudden death in 2005. She married her second husband, Przemysław Buksakowski in 2007, and was with him until his death in 2009. She did not have any children.[5]

She had chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and major depressive disorder.[11] She died on June 9th 2024 at the age of 58.

Filmography

Feature films

Year Title Role Notes
1997 Character
2007 Tricks Viola's mother
2010 Byzuch 2: Rewizyta Marzena
2012 Kop głębiej Daria Nowak
2016 Jak uratować mamę Witch Voice only
2019 Fighter Nurse
2021 1:11 Janina
2022 Love is Nearby Grażyna Kulikowska

Television series

Year Title Role Notes
1999–2022 The Lousy World Halina Kiepska Main role
2004 Crime Wave Restaurant owner Episode: "Decyzja" (no. 8)
2006 Danczewska Episode: "Krwawa szkoła" (no. 52)
2004 First Love Nurse Jola Episode no. 52
2007 Jak oni śpiewają Herself (contestant) Talent show
2012 Galeria Housekeeper
2019 Sprawiedliwi – Wydział Kryminalny Genowefa Kopczyk
2021 Kabaret na żywo Krystyna Pawłowicz 1 episode
2022 The Behaviorist Horst's aunt 2 episodes

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Marzena Kipiel-Sztuka". filmpolski.pl (in Polish).
  2. ^ "Marzena Kipiel-Sztuka". czateria.interia.pl (in Polish).
  3. ^ "Marzena Kipiel-Sztuka mogła zostać milionerką! Teraz jest już za późno!". pomponik.pl (in Polish). 20 May 2018.
  4. ^ "Polska aktorka: Latałam na szmacie w Monachium". fakt.pl (in Polish). 11 October 2016.
  5. ^ a b Damian Brillowski (18 March 2023). "Złamane życie Marzeny Kipiel-Sztuki. Przeżyła dramat na planie "Świata według Kiepskich", zmagała się z depresją... Los nie oszczędzał aktorki, każdy jej związek kończył się tragicznie". viva.pl.
  6. ^ "Edyta Górniak jurorem w nowym show Polsatu". wirtualnemedia.pl (in Polish). 16 February 2007.
  7. ^ "Kryształowy Granat dla Marzeny Sztuki". kultura.lca.pl (in Polish).
  8. ^ "Halinka Kiepska jakiej nie znacie w nowym klipie! SMKKPM prezentuje 'Maradonę'". muzyka.interia.pl (in Polish). 22 May 2023.
  9. ^ Oliwia Wałecka (5 August 2019). "Pokaże, że życie nie jest kiepskie. Recital Marzeny Kipiel-Sztuki w amfiteatrze". zielonagora.wyborcza.pl (in Polish).
  10. ^ Hanna Szczesiak (8 August 2019). "Marzena Kipiel-Sztuka to nie tylko Halinka. Mało kto wie, czym się zajmuje". kobieta.wp.pl (in Polish).
  11. ^ "Gwiazda 'Świata według Kiepskich' zmaga się z chorobą. Święta spędziła samotnie". kultura.onet.pl (in Polish). 8 April 2021.