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Agata Kulesza

Agata Kulesza

Actor · Born September 27, 1971 (55) · Szczecin, Poland

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Agata Kulesza (Polish pronunciation: [aˈgata kuˈlɛʂa]; born 27 September 1971) is a Polish film, television and stage actress, and a member of the Polish Film Academy. In 2013 she appeared in the critically acclaimed Ida. She was a contestant in season eight of Taniec z gwiazdami (English: Dancing with Stars) in 2008. She gained wide popularity in mass media after winning the competition. Kulesza was also the first winner of the show who donated the prize to charity.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
September 27, 1971 (55)
From
Szczecin, Poland
Works as
Actor
Titles
19 on MovieCove · 66 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Up 11% in 30 days

What are Agata Kulesza's films like?

Across their 16 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Survival.

Genres

Drama9 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 88th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Crime2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 45th percentile
: browse their Crime movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
21%
Survival
20%
Self
19%
Society
16%
Bonds
12%
Power
9%
Ideas
4%
Identity4 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice3 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love2 titles, browse their movies with this themeIsolation2 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival2 titles, browse their movies with this themeViolence2 titles, browse their movies with this themeClass2 titles, browse their movies with this themeTrauma2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 13 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 1 · Serious 0 · Dark 12

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 6 · Stylized 7 · Heightened 0

Intense: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their intense movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 1 · Charged 3 · Intense 9

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

A split, not a type: Steady 6 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 3

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 11 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

A split, not a type: Slow burn 8 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 1

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 0 · Engaged 8 · Full focus 5

Heavy: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their heavy movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 0 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 10

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 3 · Open-ended 5 · Ambiguous 5

Roles they play

6 analyzed roles

Usually the Mentor: 3 of 6 analyzed roles.

Mentor
3 of 6
Threshold guardian
2 of 6
Hero
1 of 6

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
11
Melancholic
10
Dread
5
Contemplative
4
Bittersweet
3
Other
9

How their films linger

Thought-provoking9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteDevastating3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteWistful2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy1
  • Bittersweet4
  • Tragic3
  • Ambiguous8

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Agata Kulesza's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 14 of their 19 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Prime Video (5).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Agata Kulesza's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

66 credits, 19 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • The Time That Never Came (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    as Sara

  • Lalka(2026)

    as Ms. Meliton

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • Lead Children(2026)

    Show 6 episodes · as Professor Berger

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows

  • Good Home(2025)

    as Gośka's Mother

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • The Partisan(2024)

    as Stefania Skarbek

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • The Breslau Murders(2025)

    Show 9 episodes · as Gerda Holtz

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all shows

  • Where Do We Begin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    as Mother

  • Simona Kossak (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    as Elżbieta Kossak

  • Green Border(2023)

    as Basia

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Pati(2023)

    Show 1 episode · as Alicja Mazur

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all shows

  • My Agent (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Show 1 episode · as Agata Kulesza

  • Wolf (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Show 5 episodes · as Mother of Ada

  • Wesele(2021)

    as Ela Wilk

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • The Convict(2021)

    Show 27 episodes · as Alicja Mazur

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all shows

  • Magnesium (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    as Stanisława Kochaj

  • Parquet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    as Elisabeth

  • Never Gonna Snow Again(2020)

    as Ewa

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Kayko and Kokosh(2021)

    Show 8 episodes · as Jaga (voice)

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all shows

  • Królestwo kobiet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Show 1 episode · as Mrs. Szpak

  • 25 Years of Innocence (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    as Teresa Klemańska

  • The Hater(2020)

    as Beata Santorska

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • World on Fire(2019)

    Show 2 episodes · as Maria Tomaszeski

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all shows

  • Playing Hard (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as Dorota

  • The Trap (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Show 13 episodes · as Olga Sawicka

  • Cold War(2018)

    as Irena Bielecka

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • Once Upon a Time in November (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    as Mamusia

  • Ultraviolet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Show 10 episodes · as Anna Serafin

  • Joy in the World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    as Gertruda

  • I'm a Killer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    as Lidia Kalicka

  • Dark Crimes(2016)

    as Marta

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • The Innocents(2016)

    as Mother Superior

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • These Daughters of Mine (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Marta

  • Web Therapy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Show 10 episodes · as Lucyna Kole-Bojarska

  • Secret Wars (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Show 5 episodes · as Anna Czerwonko

  • Warsaw by Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Ola (segment "Iga")

  • All About My Parents (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    as Mom

  • Secret Wars (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    as Anna Czerwonko

  • The Mighty Angel(2014)

    as Mama małego Jerzego

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • In Hiding (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as Wanda

  • Ida(2013)

    as Wanda

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • Traffic Department (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as Jadzia

  • Miłość (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as Kostrzewska, Adam's Wife

  • Women's Day (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as Psycholog

  • Blood for Blood (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Show 28 episodes · as Carmen Rota-Majewska

  • Rose (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as Róża Kwiatkowska

  • In Treatment (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Show 4 episodes · as Iwona, znajoma Andrzeja z Wiednia

  • My Name Is Ki (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Miriam

  • Into Deep Water (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Show 1 episode · as Hanna Wrzesińska, żona Jacka

  • Suicide Room(2011)

    as Beata Santorska

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • A Polish Family (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Show 314 episodes · as Maria

  • Prosto w serce (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Show 196 episodes · as Aneta Sienkiewicz

  • Flying Pigs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as Karina Klaus

  • Real (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as Anna

  • Expecting Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Doctor

  • Kilka prostych słów (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Krystyna

  • Journey (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as Jola

  • Solidarność, Solidarność... (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as Filip's Wife

  • Saved by a Miracle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Actor

  • Seven Stops on the Way to the Paradise (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    as Głucha

  • My Roasted Chicken (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    as Agata, żona Wojtka

  • Przedwiośnie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    as Woman at a Communist Meeting

  • Poznań 56 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    as Zośka, nauczycielka bohaterów

  • Die Straßen von Berlin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Show 1 episode · as Katharina Stefanescu

  • Człowiek z... (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    as Anna

  • Goodbye Rockefeller (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    as Bartek "Bączek" Malinowski (voice)

  • Liebling Kreuzberg (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

Career shape

Star power in the 98th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 66 titles from 1986 to 2026; peak year 2012.

Biggest box office

Cold War (2018)

$20M worldwide

Highest rated

Lalka (2026)

Midcredits 95th

Most popular right now

Dark Crimes (2016)

Film career

MilestoneBreakout
19862026

Peak 2012 · steadily prominent in film for years. Top draw in 6 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

  • 2010Screen debut· Flying Pigs
  • 2013Breakout· Ida
  • 2013Career best· Ida
  • 2015First top-billed film· These Daughters of Mine
  • 2021Career best· The Convict

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting66 of 66: 66 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score72nd

By decade

1980s1 · acting1990s4 · acting2000s9 · acting2010s31 · acting2020s21 · acting

Billing

usually 4th · top billed in 5% of 21 roles
101520

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Agata Kulesza's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 76th percentile, the median of all 13; across their 13 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 80th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

80thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 13

Approval · how many liked their films

76thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 13

Reach · how many have seen their films

90thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 13

Midcredits score across 19 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up8
  • 50th to 74th7
  • 25th to 49th1
  • Below 25th3

Shape of the crowd

11 of their 19 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Divisive1
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser11
  • Broadly Agreed2
  • Mixed2

Most divisive · actor

Green Border (2023)

97th percentile spread · 40% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Lalka (2026)

Midcredits 95th · 85% liked

Reviewers score the acting 78/100 in their films, across 13 reviewed titles; fans 84, detractors 49. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Agata Kulesza's work okay for kids?

Across up to 8 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, sex & nudity, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore5 titles11–82 · median 70 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity8 titles31–76 · median 53 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity5 titles26–69 · median 57 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs4 titlesmedian 58 · moderateMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense5 titles18–81 · median 62 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Agata Kulesza work with?

People who share at least 2 of Agata Kulesza's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Tomasz Schuchardt shares the most, 4.

Directors

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers