Get Movie Showtimes & Tickets

Go
Go
Celebs
Photos
Fan Sites
Apply
Directory
Support
MyHollywood
Sign In
Sign Up
Forums
Hot List

Home Celebs Joanna Pacula
Bullet Arrow Photos
Bullet Arrow News
Bullet Arrow Interviews
Bullet Arrow Premieres
Bullet Arrow Forums
Bullet Arrow Meet Fans
Bullet Arrow Fan Sites
Bullet Arrow Get a Poster at AllPosters.com
Advertisement
This dark-haired beauty honed her craft on stage in her native Poland. Graduating from drama school at age 17, Joanna Pacula joined the Polish Repertory Company of Warsaw and distinguished herself in productions of Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet", "Othello" and "As You Like It". She also found work in a handful of films, including Krzysztof Zanussi's "Barwy Ochronne/Camouflage" (1977). Pacula was caught in Paris when Poland declared martial law in late 1981 and she eventually landed in the USA where she has specialized in playing European temptresses since her feature debut opposite William Hurt in Michael Apted's "Gorky Park" (1983)....

Filmography

El Padrino - ( Jessica Lancaster / / Lensing/Awaiting Release / )
Forget About It - ( / 2006 / Released / )
The Cutter - ( Elizabeth Teller / 2006 / Released / )
The Hit - ( / 2002 / Released / )
Crash & Byrnes - ( / 2001 / Released / )
The Art of Murder - ( Elizabeth Sheridan / 2000 / Released / )
Virus - ( Nadia / 1999 / Released / Toho Tawa/Marubeni )
My Giant - ( Lillianna / 1998 / Released / )
Heaven Before I Die - ( Selma / 1997 / Released / )
In Praise of Older Women - ( Marta / 1997 / Released / )
The Haunted Sea - ( / 1997 / Released / )
Captain Nuke and the Bomber Boys - ( / 1995 / Released / )
Last Gasp - ( Nora Weeks / 1995 / Released / Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution )
Timemaster - ( / 1995 / Released / )
Body Puzzle - ( Tracy / 1994 / Released / )
C'e Kim Novak al Telefono - ( Emilia / 1994 / Released / )
Private Lessons 2 - ( Sophie Morgan / 1994 / Released / )
Silence of the Hams - ( Lily / 1994 / Released / )
Every Breath - ( Lauren / 1993 / Released / )
Eyes of the Beholder - ( / 1993 / Released / )
Tombstone - ( Kate / 1993 / Released / )
Under Investigation - ( / 1993 / Released / )
Warlock: the Armageddon - ( Paula Dare / 1993 / Released / )
Black Ice - ( Vanessa / 1992 / Released / Festival Films Ltd )
La Villa del Venerdi - ( Alina / 1991 / Released / )
Marked for Death - ( Leslie / 1990 / Released / Matlon )
Options - ( Princess Nicole / 1989 / Released / )
Sweet Lies - ( Joelle / 1988 / Released / )
The Kiss - ( Felice / 1988 / Released / )
Death Before Dishonor - ( Elli / 1987 / Released / Toei Classics )
Not Quite Jerusalem - ( Gila / 1985 / Released / )
Gorky Park - ( Irina / 1983 / Released / )
Barwy Ochronne - ( / 1977 / Released / )
Crusade of Vengeance - ( / / Released / )
When Nietzsche Wept - ( Mathilda / / Released / )
TV Credits
Jake in Progress ( 2005 / Released ): Actor
DinoCroc ( 2004 / Released ): Actor
Lightning: Bolts of Destruction ( 2003 / Released ): Actor
No Place Like Home ( 2002 / Released ): Actor
Brutally Normal ( 2000 / Released ): Actor
Error in Judgment ( 1999 / Released ): Actor
Sweet Deception ( 1998 / Released ): Actor
The White Raven ( 1998 / Released ): Actor
Business For Pleasure ( 1997 / Released ): Actor
The Colony ( 1996 / Released ): Actor
Not Like Us ( 1995 / Released ): Actor
Deep Red ( 1994 / Released ): Actor
Normandy: The Great Crusade ( 1994 / Released ): Voice
Condition Critical ( 1992 / Released ): Actor
E.A.R.T.H. Force ( 1990 / Released ): Actor
Breaking Point ( 1989 / Released ): Actor
Escape From Sobibor ( 1987 / Released ): Actor
Crossings ( 1986 / Released ): Actor
Robbery Homicide Division ( Released ): Actor
Full Biography (Back to top)

This dark-haired beauty honed her craft on stage in her native Poland. Graduating from drama school at age 17, Joanna Pacula joined the Polish Repertory Company of Warsaw and distinguished herself in productions of Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet", "Othello" and "As You Like It". She also found work in a handful of films, including Krzysztof Zanussi's "Barwy Ochronne/Camouflage" (1977). Pacula was caught in Paris when Poland declared martial law in late 1981 and she eventually landed in the USA where she has specialized in playing European temptresses since her feature debut opposite William Hurt in Michael Apted's "Gorky Park" (1983). She acted the part of the exotic beauty in numerous American TV series and movies, including the Holocaust drama "Escape From Sobibor" (CBS, 1987), "E.A.R.T.H. Force" (CBS, 1990) and "The Colony" (ABC, 1996). In features, Pacula was particularly effective as a model living under a curse in "The Kiss" (1986). More recently, she was featured in "Tombstone" (1993) as Doc Holliday's lover Kate, "The Haunted Sea" (1997) and "Virus" (1999), playing a Russian scientist.

Profession(s):
Actor, model
Sometimes Credited As:
Ioana Pacula
Horizontal Line
Companion(s)
Roman Polanski , Companion , ```..romantically involved c. 1981-83


Horizontal Line
Education
Polish National Theatre School Warsaw, Poland acting 1974
Milestones (Back to top)
2000 Returned to series TV as co-star of the sitcom "Brutally Normal" (The WB)
1999 Co-starred with Jamie Lee Curtis and Donald Sutherland in "Virus"
1996 Had featured role in the busted ABC pilot "The Colony"
1990 Debuted as regular on the short-lived CBS action adventure series "E.A.R.T.H. Force"
1988 Played a model under a family curse in the uneven horror thriller "The Kiss"
1987 Co-starred with Alan Arkin and Rutger Hauer in the based-on-fact "Escape From Sobibor" (CBS)
1986 US TV acting debut, the ABC miniseries "Crossings"
1983 American film acting debut, "Gorky Park"
1982 Attained a theater scholarship that allowed her to remain in Paris (date approximate)
1981 Was visiting Paris when martial law was declared in Poland and was temporarily unable to return home
Raised in Poland
Joined Polish Repertory Company of Warsaw after drama school; played female lead in "Romeo and Juliet"
Appeared in eight feature films in her native Poland, including Krsytof Zanussi's "Barwy Ochronne/Camouflage" (1977)
Worked as a model, appearing on the covers of VOGUE, COSMOPOLITAN and HARPER'S BAZAAR
Moved to New York


Advertisement