Marta Kaczmarek
{{short description|Polish-born Australian actress}}
{{BLP sources|date=July 2018}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2014}}
{{Use Australian English|date=February 2014}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Marta Kaczmarek
| image =
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| birthname =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1955|04|24}}
| birth_place = Krasnystaw, Poland
| yearsactive = 1976-present
| spouse = Kristof (Krzysztof) Kaczmarek
| domesticpartner =
| children = Kasia Kaczmarek
| website =
| citizenship = Poland, Australia
| occupation = Actress, director
}}
Marta Kaczmarek is a Polish-Australian theatre, television and film actress.
Early life
Kaczmarek was born in Krasnystaw, Poland, and trained at the Ludwik Solski Academy for the Dramatic Arts in Krakow. She moved to Perth, Western Australia, with her husband Kristof (Krzysztof) and daughter Kasia in the 1980s,{{cite web|url=http://www.theweeklyreviewbayside.com.au/story/1808106/marta-kaczmarek-always-ready-to-role/ |author=Lexi Cottee|date=12 August 2014|title=Marta Kaczmarek: Always ready to role|website=The Weekly Review|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150113110540/http://www.theweeklyreviewbayside.com.au/story/1808106/marta-kaczmarek-always-ready-to-role/|archivedate=13 January 2015|accessdate=26 July 2022}} where she worked as a dancer, waitress, real estate agent, actor, director and lecturer at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts. Along with her husband, they formed Theatre Zart.{{cite web | url=https://www.kristofkaczmarek.net/theatre-zart | title=Theatre Zart }}
Career
After a career in theatre, Kaczmarek's first Australian film role was opposite Geoffrey Rush in Shine.{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117631/|title = Shine|website = IMDb}}{{better source needed|date=July 2018}}
Kaczmarek has had guest roles in numerous Australian television series as well as recurring roles in Wild Kat, Offspring, Rake and Wentworth.{{Cite web |url=http://www.theatrepeople.com.au/features/marta-kaczmarek-%E2%80%93-actor-survivor-and-green-room-award-nominee |title=Marta Kaczmarek – Actor, Survivor and Green Room Award Nominee|author= K.E. Weber|date=7 March 2012|access-date=26 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150113110621/http://www.theatrepeople.com.au/features/marta-kaczmarek-%E2%80%93-actor-survivor-and-green-room-award-nominee |archive-date=13 January 2015 |url-status=dead }}
Her book of poems, Ziemia Przybrana (Adopted Earth), was published in 2004.
Following her daughter, actress Kasia Kaczmarek, Marta moved to Melbourne in 2007, directing community projects in Glenroy and Albion and a production for the 2010 Melbourne International Comedy Festival.{{cite web | url=https://www.wheelercentre.com/people/marta-kaczmarek | title=Marta Kaczmarek }}
Between 2007 and 2010, she played the lead role of Ellie Zdybicka in the SBS drama The Circuit alongside Gary Sweet and Aaron Pedersen.
Personal life
Kaczmarek is married to actor / director Kristof (Krzysztof) Kaczmarek and their daughter is actress Kasia Kaczmarek.
In 2004, Kaczmarek was awarded a Cavalier's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland by the Polish government for her longstanding efforts in the cultivation of Polish culture in Australia.{{Cite web|url=http://wheelercentre.com/events/presenter/marta-kaczmarek/|title=Marta Kaczmarek|access-date=13 January 2015|archive-date=13 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150113102818/http://wheelercentre.com/events/presenter/marta-kaczmarek/|url-status=dead}}
Awards and nominations
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year ! Nominated work ! Award ! Category ! Result | ||||
| 2004 | Marta Kaczmarek | Cavalier's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland | Longstanding efforts in the cultivation of Polish culture in Australia | {{honoured}}{{Cite web|url=http://wheelercentre.com/events/presenter/marta-kaczmarek/|title=Marta Kaczmarek|access-date=13 January 2015|archive-date=13 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150113102818/http://wheelercentre.com/events/presenter/marta-kaczmarek/|url-status=dead}} |
| 2011 | Arnold Zable's Cafe Scheherazade | Green Room Award | Best Female Performer | {{won}}{{cite web|url=http://www.greenroom.org.au/archives/2011-2/ |title=2011 Awards|publisher= Green Room Awards|accessdate=26 July 2022 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130409113304/http://www.greenroom.org.au/archives/2011-2/ |archivedate=9 April 2013 }} |
| 2015 | Rake | Equity Ensemble Award | {{won}} {{citation needed|date=July 2018}} |
Filmography
=Television=
| class="wikitable"
! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |
| 1996
| Sweat | Marta | 1 episode |
| 1997
| Ivana | 1 episode |
| 2001
| Dr Lydia Raushark | 13 episodes |
| 2007-10
| Ellie Zdybicka | 12 episodes |
| 2008
| Odinea Mladenich | 1 episode |
| 2009
|Rush | Helen | 1 episode |
| rowspan="2" |2010
| Psychic | 1 episode |
| Offspring
| Sonja | 7 episodes |
| rowspan="2" |2013
| Klara Krol | 1 episode |
| Mr & Mrs Murder
| Malina Cheresniak | 1 episode |
| 2014–2018
| Rake{{cite web | url=http://australiantelevision.net/rake/cast.html | title=Australian Television: Rake: Cast }} | Maria Vargas | 12 episodes |
| rowspan="3" |2017
| Zora | 1 episode |
| Trip for Biscuits
| Nana | 1 episode |
| Glitch
| Registrar | 1 episode |
| 2014-2017
| Marge Nowak | 7 episodes |
| 2018
| Tina | 1 episode |
| 2019
| Ferderikia | 2 episodes |
| 2020
| Harrow | Ruth Kovacs | Season 3, episode 2 |
| rowspan="2" |2021
| Anja | Season 3: "Hell Bent", 2 episodes |
| Superwog
| Mother in Law | 2 episodes |
| 2023
| Dima | 2 episodes |
| 2024
| Deaconess Naomi | 1 episode |
| 2025
|Magda |1 episode |
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year !Title !Role !Notes |
| 1996
| Rachel | Feature film |
| 1998
|Justice | Mrs. Rubinski | |
| 2010
|The Wedding Party | Russian Woman | Feature film |
| 2012
| Mrs. Ruben | Feature film |
| 2013
|The Last Time I Saw Richard | Nurse | Short film |
| 2017
|Beast | Sophie | Short film |
| 2024
|Windcatcher | Lou | |
| 2024
| Mimi Jacobs | Feature film |
Theatre
| class="wikitable"
! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes | |||
| War and Peace | Natasha | Stage debut | |
| Idiot | Aglaya | ||
| Twelfth Night | Viola | ||
| 1993 | Night Story | Artsite for Perth Festival | |
| 1993 | Waiting for Godot | Hole in the Wall Theatre, Perth with Black Swan State Theatre Company | |
| 1998 | Milk and Honey | Playhouse, Perth with Perth Theatre Company | |
| 2010 | Serenade | Director | The Dog Theatre, Melbourne for Melbourne International Comedy Festival |
| 2011 | Cafe Scheherazade | Masha | Fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne |
| 2014 | Thérèse Raquin | Madame Raquin | Theatre Works, Melbourne |
| 2016 | The Honey Bees | Joan | Red Stitch Actors Theatre, Melbourne |
| 2016 | Uncle Vanya | Marina the Nurse | Red Stitch Actors Theatre, Melbourne |
| 2018 | Sami in Paradise | Gita | Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney |
| 2019 | Escaped Alone | Lena | Red Stitch Actors Theatre, Melbourne |
| 2023 | Crocodiles | Helen | Northcote Town Hall with Darebin Arts Speakeasy |
{{cite web | url=https://ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/236079 | title=AusStage }}{{cite web | url=https://www.wheelercentre.com/people/marta-kaczmarek | title=Marta Kaczmarek }}
References
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External links
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Category:Polish emigrants to Australia
Category:Australian film actresses
Category:Australian stage actresses
Category:Australian television actresses
Category:20th-century Australian actresses
Category:21st-century Australian actresses
Category:People from Krasnystaw