Barbara Dominika Kurdej-Szatan[a] (born 22 August 1985; Polish: [ˈkur.dɛj ˈʂa.tan]) is a Polish stage, film, and television actress, singer, and television presenter.
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| Born | Barbara Dominika Kurdej 22 July 1985 Opole, Poland |
| Education | National Academy of Theatre Arts |
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Musical Background
editBarbara Kurdej-Szatan was born on 22 August 1985 in Opole, Poland,[1][2] to Janusz Kurdej and Eliza Wyszomirska-Kurdej. She has a sister, Katarzyna Kurdej, who is also an actress. Her maternal grandfather was the writer and poet Bogumił Wyszomirski.[1]
As a child, she sang for seven years in the choir Cantores Opolienses "Legenda", with which she performed in numerous national and international contests. She also attended Andrzej Głowacki's acting classes, as well as musical school for two years, where she played violin. Later, she performed in the Opelskien Studio Piosenki (Opole Song Studio) and in the Opole Gospel Choir, with which she took part in concerts such as the Opole National Festival of Polish Song.[3] In 2009, she graduated in acting from the National Academy of Theatre Arts in Kraków. While studying, she sang in the music group Marsels.[4][2]
Acting Career
editFrom 2008 to 2010, she performed in the New Theatre in Poznań, and since then, in the 6th Floor Theatre in Warsaw. In 2012, she begin performing in the Roma Musical Theatre.[5][6] Additionally she appeared in television series such as Plebania (2006), Two Sides of the Coin (2006), Na dobre i na złe (2011), The Clan (2011), Barwy szczęścia (2012–2013), and First Love (2014), as well as in feature films Enen (2009), and Ciacho (2010).[2] In 2012, she competed together with band Soul City in the TVN talent show X Factor.[7][8]
She achieved a nation-wide recognizability, though her appearances in series of commercials of Play cellular network company, aired from 2013 to 2022. There she portrayed a store salesperson together with Maciej Łagodziński.[9][10]
She portrayed the main role in a 2014 romantic comedy film Dzień dobry, kocham cię!, for which she also recorded the theme song together with Liber.[11] From 2014 to 2021, she also played Joanna Chodakowska, one of main characters in TVP2 soap opera television series L for Love.[12] In 2014, she also begun working with Polish Television, for which she hosted or co-hosted shows such as: Kocham cię, Polsko! (2016–2018), The Voice of Poland (2016–2018), The Voice Kids (2018–2019), and Dance Dance Dance (2019).[13][14][15][16] Additionally, in 2014, she co-hosted the 51st Opole National Festival of Polish Song and the concert Sabat Czarownic in Kielce.[17] In 2019, she stopped working with the Polish Television, which was unofficially speculated to be related to her participation in anti-government protests and her endorsement of Rafał Trzaskowski, an opposition candidate in the 2020 presidential election.[18][19]
Since 2015, she has performed in the Kraków Variété Theatre.[6][20] She portrayed Jadźka Zarówna in the 2015 film Wkręceni 2, and Andżela in the 2017 film Things That You Don't Know About Men.[21][22] Between 2017 and 2020, she played Maria Biernacka, one of the main characters in the Polsat television series W rytmie serca, and in 2018, she played a secondary character of Weronika in the film Being Unlucky Is Not a Sin, and Kasia in Narzeczonym na niby.[23][24][25] Additionally, she and her husband, Rafał Szatan, appeared in the Polsat talk show The Story of My Life. Historia naszego życia, and in 2019, she was a contestant in the talent show Dancing with the Stars. Taniec z gwiazdami, and co-hosted the concert Przebojowe Opole. Jedziemy na wakacje, which aired on Polsat.[26][27][28] During the COVID-19 pandemic, she took part in a series of online concerts streamed on Instagram, as well as an online campaign focused on reading fairy tales to children. She also formed the band MaKuSza with her family, including her husband and her sister.[29][30] In 2021, she participated in a Polsat talent show, Twoja twarz brzmi znajomo in 2021.[31]
On 4 November 2021, during the border crisis at the Belarus–Poland border, she posted a recording of uniformed officers, most likely of the Polish Border Guard, wrestling with mothers holding children in their arms. Kurdej-Szatan left an emotion-fueled comment, including vulgar language, criticising the officers. Her comments, such as calling the officers "machines without hearts and brains" or "murderers", stirred controversy. On 6 November 2021, she posted an apology for her "vulgar and inappropriate language" used in her statements.[32][33][34] On 9 November 2021, Jacek Kurski, chairperson of the Polish Television, informed the public of her firing from the network.[35] The public prosecutor's office began an investigation, charging her with insulting officers of the Border Guard in May 2022.[32][36] In December 2022, the regional court in Pruszków dismissed the case due to the lack of elements for a criminal offence.[37] Following this, the public prosecutor's office filed a complaint regarding the court proceedings, and in February 2023, the district court in Warsaw dismissed the case.[38]
In 2022, she participated in a Polsat talent show Mask Singer, co-hosted the TTV show Project Cupid, and hosted the Zoom TV show Poranny rogal.[39][40][41] She also took part in an advertising campaign for the online newspaper Wyborcza.pl, and played one of the main roles in the Polsat television series Domek na szczęście.[42][43]
In March 2022, she founded a charity foundation Z Porywu Serca, aimed at helping refugees of the Russo-Ukrainian War, and those crossing the Poland-Belarus border.[44] In 2023, she held main roles in two romantic comedy films, Miłość ma cztery łapy and Tips for Cheating 2. In 2024, she competed in a Polsat talent show Twoja twarz brzmi znajomo. Najlepsi!, and co-hosted a TVP2 entertainment show Cudowne lata.[45][46][47] On 26 October 2024, she co-hosted a TVP1 charity concert for the victims of the Central European floods.[48]
Private life
editIn 2011, she married actor and singer Rafał Szatan.[49] Together they have two children, Hanna (born 2012), and Henryk (born 2020).[50][51]
Stage credits
edit| Year | Title | Role | Director | Theatre |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | The Trial | Leni | Wojciech Kościelniak | National Academy of Theatre Arts (Kraków) |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | Helena | Wojciech Kościelniak | National Academy of Theatre Arts (Kraków) | |
| 2010 | The Lobotomobile | Mrs. Nash | Janusz Wiśniewski | New Theatre (Poznań) |
| W sobotę o ósmej | Zoe | Mariusz Puchalski | New Theatre (Poznań) | |
| Mary Stuart | Second voice | Waldemar Zawodziński | New Theatre (Poznań) | |
| 2012 | Singin' in the Rain | Lina Lamont | Wojciech Kępczyński | Roma Musical Theatre (Warsaw) |
| 2015 | Legally Blonde | Elle Wood | Janusz Józefowicz | Kraków Variété Theatre (Kraków) |
| 2016 | Miłość w Saybrook | Sandy | Eugeniusz Korin | 6th Floor Theatre (Warsaw) |
| 2017 | Chicago | Roxie Hart | Wojciech Kościelniak | Kraków Variété Theatre (Warsaw) |
Filmography
editFilms
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Iskra | Short film | |
| 2009 | Enen | Iwona | Feature film |
| 2010 | Ciacho | Receptionist | Feature film |
| 2014 | Dzień dobry, kocham cię! | Basia Mazurek | Feature film |
| 2015 | Wkręceni 2 | Jadźka Zarówna | Feature film |
| 2017 | Things That You Don't Know About Men | Andżela | Feature film |
| 2018 | Narzeczony na niby | Kasia | Feature film |
| Unlucky Is Not a Sin | Weronika | Feature film | |
| 2020 | Swingers | Sylwia | Feature film |
| 2022 | Love on the Front Page | Herself | Feature film |
| 2023 | Miłość ma cztery łapy | Jowita | Feature film |
| Tips for Cheating 2 | Gosia | Feature film | |
Television series
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Plebania | Iwona | 2 episodes |
| Two Sides of the Coin | Nurse | Episode no. 14 | |
| 2007 | I kto tu rządzi? | Natasza | Episode: "Czerwony smok" (no. 12) |
| 2011 | The Clan | Anita Sochacka | 3 episodes |
| Na dobre i na złe | Halinka | Episode: "Śmiertelnie zakochani" (no. 451) | |
| Usta usta | Woman in a hotel | Episode no. 33 | |
| 2012–2013 | Barwy szczęścia | Hairdresser's clinet | 2 episodes |
| 2014 | First Love | Agnieszka Sikorska | |
| 2014–2021 | L for Love | Joanna Chodakowska | 62 episodes |
| 2016 | Wielkie teorie Darwina | Herself | Episode no. 3 |
| Wmiksowani.pl | Sabina Piorun-Drągalska | 3 episodes | |
| 2017–2020 | W rytmie serca | Maria Biernacka-Żmuda | 61 episodes |
| 2019 | Father Matthew | Sylwia Lehman | Episode: "Nieboszczyk na plebanii" (no. 273) |
| Mały Grand Hotel | Hotel guest | Episode no. 4 | |
| 2021 | Świat pełen niespodzianek | Basia | Television special |
| 2022 | Domek na szczęście | Marianna Bondarek | 20 episodes |
| Mecenas Porada | Berenika Gajda | Episode: "Super szewc" | |
Television programmes
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–2018 | Kocham cię, Polsko! | Host | Game show |
| The Voice of Poland | Host | Talent show | |
| 2018 | The Story of My Life. Historia naszego życia | Guest | Talk show |
| 2018–2019 | The Voice Kids | Host | Talent show |
| 2019 | Dance Dance Dance | Host | Talent show |
| Dancing with the Stars. Taniec z gwiazdami | Contestant | Talent show | |
| 2021, 2023 | Twoja twarz brzmi znajomo | Contestant | Talent show |
| 2022 | Mask Singer | Contestant | Talent show |
| Poranny rogal | Host | Talk show | |
| Project Cupid | Host | Game show | |
| 2023 | Cudowne lata | Host | Game show |
Polish-language dubbing
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Maleficent | Thistlewit | Feature film |
| 2016 | Barbie: Star Light Adventure | Barbie (singing voice) | Feature film |
| Zootopia | Dawn Bellwethe | Feature film | |
| 2017 | My Little Pony: The Movie | Captain Celaeno | Feature film |
| 2019 | Maleficent: Mistress of Evil | Thistlewit | Feature film |
| 2021 | Space Jam: A New Legacy | Lola Bunny | Feature film |
Awards
edit| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | TVN Turbo Plebiscite | Woman of the Year | N/a | Nominated | [52] |
| 2015 | Snake Award | Worst Actress | Dzień dobry, kocham cię! | Won | [53] |
| Telekamery | Best Actress | N/a | Won | [54] | |
| 2016 | Snake Award | Worst Actress | Wkręceni 2 | Nominated | [55] |
| Telekamery | Best Actress | N/a | Won | [56] | |
| 2017 | Telekamery | Best Actress | N/a | Won | [57] |
| 2018 | Telekamery | Złota Telekamera | N/a | Won | [58] |
| 2019 | Snake Award | Worst Actress | Unlucky Is Not a Sin | Nominated | [59] |
| Gwiazdy Plejady | Best Style | N/a | Won | [60] | |
Notes
edit- ↑ Polish pronunciation: [barˈba.ra dɔ.miˈɲi.ka ˈkur.dɛj ˈʂa.tan]
References
edit- 1 2 Barbara Kurdej-Szatan, Magdalena Bober: Jak to się stało? …i ile było w tym przypadku. Basia Kurdej-Szatan w rozmowie z Magdaleną Bober. Warsaw: Magdalena Tacik, 2021, pp. 11–14. ISBN 978-83-96-1010-2-0. (in Polish)
- 1 2 3 "Barbara Kurdej-Szatan". filmpolski.pl (in Polish).
- ↑ Barbara Kurdej-Szatan, Magdalena Bober: Jak to się stało? …i ile było w tym przypadku. Basia Kurdej-Szatan w rozmowie z Magdaleną Bober. Warsaw: Magdalena Tacik, 2021, pp. 46–57, ISBN 978-83-96-1010-2-0. (in Polish)
- ↑ Barbara Kurdej-Szatan, Magdalena Bober: Jak to się stało? …i ile było w tym przypadku. Basia Kurdej-Szatan w rozmowie z Magdaleną Bober. Warsaw: Magdalena Tacik, 2021, pp. 69–79, ISBN 978-83-96-1010-2-0. (in Polish)
- ↑ Barbara Kurdej-Szatan, Magdalena Bober: Jak to się stało? …i ile było w tym przypadku. Basia Kurdej-Szatan w rozmowie z Magdaleną Bober. Warsaw: Magdalena Tacik, 2021, pp. 78, 85. ISBN 978-83-96-1010-2-0. (in Polish)
- 1 2 "Barbara Kurdej". encyklopediateatru.pl (in Polish).
- ↑ Barbara Kurdej-Szatan, Magdalena Bober: Jak to się stało? …i ile było w tym przypadku. Basia Kurdej-Szatan w rozmowie z Magdaleną Bober. Warsaw: Magdalena Tacik, 2021, pp. 91. ISBN 978-83-96-1010-2-0. (in Polish)
- ↑ Michał Boroń (14 November 2024). "Mało kto pamięta ten epizod z TVN-u. Tak wyglądała Barbara Kurdej-Szatan w 'X Factor'". muzyka.interia.pl.
- ↑ Daria Różańska (26 November 2021). "Blondynka z reklamy. Tak Barbara Kurdej-Szatan zaczynała w Play". press.pl (in Polish).
- ↑ Beata Goczał (27 May 2022). "Z reklam Play znikają Barbara Kurdej-Szatan i Maciej Łagodziński. 'Nowe podejście do komunikacji z klientami'" (in Polish).
- ↑ "'Dzień dobry, kocham cię': Basia Kurdej-Szatan w duecie z Liberem". kultura.onet.pl (in Polish). 30 October 2014.
- ↑ "Jacek Kurski wyrzuca Barbarę Kurdej-Szatan z obsady 'M jak miłość', powodem jej wpis o Straży Granicznej". wirtualnemedia.pl (in Polish). 10 November 2021.
- ↑ "Barbara Kurdej-Szatan poprowadzi 'Kocham cię, Polsko!' w TVP2". wirtualnemedia.pl (in Polish). 10 February 2016.
- ↑ Sergiusz Królak (11 July 2016). "'The Voice of Poland': Barbara Kurdej-Szatan nową prowadzącą? Mamy komentarz gwiazdy". plejada.pl (in Polish).
- ↑ "The Voice Kids: premiera, trenerzy, prowadzący". radiozet.pl (in Polish). 21 August 2017. Archived from the original on 31 August 2017. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
- ↑ "Dance, dance, dance – jury i prowadzący. Kto jest gospodarzem tanecznego show?". eska.pl. 13 June 2019.
- ↑ Barbara Kurdej-Szatan, Magdalena Bober: Jak to się stało? …i ile było w tym przypadku. Basia Kurdej-Szatan w rozmowie z Magdaleną Bober. Warsaw: Magdalena Tacik, 2021, p. 143. ISBN 978-83-96-1010-2-0. (in Polish)
- ↑ Barbara Kurdej-Szatan, Magdalena Bober: Jak to się stało? …i ile było w tym przypadku. Basia Kurdej-Szatan w rozmowie z Magdaleną Bober. Warsaw: Magdalena Tacik, 2021, pp. 153–154. ISBN 978-83-96-1010-2-0. (in Polish)
- ↑ Oskar Netkowski (17 June 2019). "Barbara Kurdej-Szatan odchodzi z dwóch programów w TVP". teleshow.wp.pl.
- ↑ Barbara Kurdej-Szatan, Magdalena Bober: Jak to się stało? …i ile było w tym przypadku. Basia Kurdej-Szatan w rozmowie z Magdaleną Bober. Warsaw: Magdalena Tacik, 2021, pp. 150, 173. ISBN 978-83-96-1010-2-0. (in Polish)
- ↑ "Wkręceni 2: Barbara Kurdej-Szatan w nowej roli". kultura.onet.pl (in Polish). 12 January 2015.
- ↑ "'7 rzeczy, których nie wiecie o facetach': Czy widzowie się śmieją?". film.interia.pl (in Polish). 31 July 2016.
- ↑ "'W rytmie serca' to nowy serial Polsatu, w którym Barbara Kurdej-Szatan gra jedną z głównych ról. Wciela się w postać Marii Biernackiej. Zobaczcie zdjęcia aktorki w serialu!". kultura.onet.pl (in Polish). 23 August 2017.
- ↑ "'Pech to nie grzech': Maria Dębska, Barbara Kurdej-Szatan i Anna Dereszowska w nowej komedii romantycznej". kultura.onet.pl (in Polish). 16 August 2018.
- ↑ "Gwiazdy na premierze Narzeczony na niby. To będzie HIT [GALERIA]". se.pl (in Polish). 12 January 2018.
- ↑ Kamila Gulbicka (22 March 2018). "The Story Of My Life. Historia naszego życia. Basia Kurdej-Szatan i Rafał Szatan". teleshow.wp.pl.
- ↑ Kamila Glińska (23 November 2019). "'Taniec z gwiazdami 10'. Barbara Kurdej-Szatan była pewna, że wygra? Zdradziła, co zrobiłaby z nagrodą po zwycięstwie w 'Dancing with the stars'!" (in Polish).
- ↑ Grzegorz Dobek (24 June 2019). "Barbara Kurdej-Szatan poprowadzi koncert w Polsacie. Odcina się od TVP?". plejada.pl (in Polish).
- ↑ Barbara Kurdej-Szatan, Magdalena Bober: Jak to się stało? …i ile było w tym przypadku. Basia Kurdej-Szatan w rozmowie z Magdaleną Bober. Warsaw: Magdalena Tacik, 2021, pp. 201–202. ISBN 978-83-96-1010-2-0. (in Polish)
- ↑ Mateusz Groen (26 July 2022). "Kasia Kurdej śpiewa w języku elfów. W klipie nago Basia Kurdej Szatan z mężem". trojmiasto.pl (in Polish).
- ↑ "Twoja Twarz Brzmi Znajomo 15 – uczestnicy Adam Zdrójkowski, Basia Kurdej-Szatan i kto jeszcze?". naekranie.pl (in Polish). 27 August 2021.
- 1 2 "Jest dochodzenie prokuratury po skandalicznych słowach Kurdej-Szatan". tvp.info (in Polish). 9 November 2021.
- ↑ "Barbara Kurdej-Szatan w ostrych słowach krytykuje Straż Graniczną. 'Maszyny bez serca i mózgu'". polsatnews.pl (in Polish). 6 November 2021.
- ↑ "Barbara Kurdej-Szatan żałuje jednego słowa. Ludzie piszą do niej: napluję ci w twarz". spidersweb.pl (in Polish). 24 November 2021.
- ↑ Maksymilian Kluziewicz (10 November 2021). "Barbara Kurdej-Szatan zwolniona z TVP. W sieci rozpętała się prawdziwa burza! Internauci podzieleni". eska.pl (in Polish).
- ↑ Adam Barabasz (13 May 2022). "Barbara Kurdej-Szatan usłyszała zarzuty prokuratorskie". dziendobry.tvn.pl.
- ↑ Grażyna Zawadka (6 December 2022). "Barbara Kurdej-Szatan nie znieważyła pograniczników". rp.pl (in Polish).
- ↑ "Barbara Kurdej-Szatan nazwała pograniczników 'maszynami bez mózgu i serca'. Jest prawomocne orzeczenie sądu". rp.pl (in Polish). 13 February 2023.
- ↑ "'Mask Singer'. Barbara Kurdej-Szatan zdemaskowana. 'Czułam się jak tajna agentka'". dziendobry.tvn.pl (in Polish). 10 April 2022.
- ↑ "Niepełnosprawni poszukają miłości w nowym programie 'Project Cupid'". wirtualnemedia.pl (in Polish). 13 October 2022.
- ↑ Michał Kurdupski (14 December 2022). "Koniec 'Porannego rogala' w Zoom TV. Program oglądało 5,7 tys. widzów". wirtualnemedia.pl (in Polish).
- ↑ "Barbara Kurdej-Szatan w świątecznej kampanii subskrypcji Wyborcza.pl". wirtualnemedia.pl (in Polish). 10 December 2022.
- ↑ "'Domek na szczęście', czyli podróż na polską wieś, która nie istnieje. Recenzja nowego serialu Polsat Box Go". wirtualnemedia.pl (in Polish). 15 January 2023.
- ↑ "Barbara Kurdej-Szatan założyła Fundację 'Z Porywu Serca'. Rusza z pomocą dla ludzi granicy". wirtualnemedia.pl (in Polish). 29 March 2022.
- ↑ ""Miłość ma cztery łapy": Nowa kinowa produkcja Polsatu". film.interia.pl (in Polish). 14 October 2021.
- ↑ Łukasz Knapik (20 October 2023). "'Porady na zdrady 2' z Kurdej-Szatan w VOD". satkurier.pl (in Polish).
- ↑ "Piotr Gąsowski jurorem 'Twoja twarz brzmi znajomo. Najlepsi'". wirtualnemedia.pl. 22 January 2024.
- ↑ "TVP 1 pokaże koncert charytatywny dla powodzian". press.pl (in Polish). 18 October 2024.
- ↑ "Rafał Szatan oświadczył się Basi po 5 miesiącach! Dlaczego tak szybko?". party.pl (in Polish). 21 August 2018.
- ↑ "'Blondynka z reklamy Play' – kim jest Barbara Kurdej-Szatan? Odkrywamy jej sekrety". kultura.onet.pl (in Polish). 17 October 2013.
- ↑ Sabina Obajtek (6 December 2024). "Barbara Kurdej-Szatan pokazała zdjęcie z synem. Henio patrzył prosto w obiektyw!". rmf.fm.
- ↑ "Agnieszka Chylińska została Kobietą Roku". fakt.pl. 16 December 2013.
- ↑ Przemysław Dobrzyński (2 April 2015). "Węże 2015: Pełna lista nagrodzonych. Zanussi triumfuje". film.wp.pl (in Polish).
- ↑ "Laureaci 2015". telekamery.pl (in Polish).
- ↑ "Węże 2016: Nominacje do "nagród" dla najgorszych polskich filmów". wyborcza.pl (in Polish). 3 March 2016.
- ↑ "Laureaci 2016". telekamery.pl (in Polish).
- ↑ "Laureaci 2017". telekamery.pl (in Polish).
- ↑ "Złote Telekamery Tele Tygodnia". telekamery.pl (in Polish).
- ↑ "Nominacje do Węży 2019: 'Pech to nie grzech', 'Serce nie sługa' i... Daniel Olbrychski". pudelek.pl (in Polish). 28 February 2019.
- ↑ "Gwiazdy Plejady rozdane! Kto triumfował w tym roku?". fakt.pl (in Polish). 20 May 2019.
External links
edit- Barbara Kurdej-Szatan at IMDb
- Barbara Kurdej-Szatan at FilmPolski (in Polish)
- Barbara Kurdej-Szatan at Filmweb (in Polish)
- Barbara Kurdej-Szatan at Encyklopedia teatru polskiego (in Polish)