Polish actress Alicja Bachleda-Curus was born in Mexico, where her father was working at the time. She started performing on stage at a tender age of 6. She studied at the National Ballet Academy in Kraków from 1989-1998 and at the National Academy of Music’s vocal department in Kraków. Her silver screen debut was in Pan Tadeusz (1999), the biggest box office success in Polish history. Other notable roles include Ondine in Neil Jordan’s film Ondine (2009) (2009), Veronica in Trade (2007) opposite Kevin Kline, Zosia in Pan Tadeusz (1999), Anke in Summer Storm (2004) or Signe in the Spike Lee production The Girl Is in Trouble (2015) (2012).
