Anna Gornostaj She was a great star of the 1980s. It was then that all of Poland admired her in the films “CK Deserters”, “Early born” and “I am against”. However, her career did not go as she dreamed.
Gornostaj was born on February 23, 1960 in Warsaw. “The magic of the theater caught me when I was 12 years old. As a statistics I came across the triumph of the Gdańsk Wybrzeże Theater.
She easily got to the theater school in Warsaw. “I was very lucky. Blonde with great blue eyes. Such people are needed to play the roles of children and young naive” – she confessed.
In her youth she was considered a great hope of Polish cinema and theater. After graduating from school, she got a lot of engagement suggestions. Finally, she joined the National Theater team, then led by Adam Hanuszkiewicz. Zosia’s role in “Pan Tadeusz” immediately won the hearts of viewers.
She entered the world of cinema in 1983. She appeared then in the film “Soból and Miss”. Three years later, she delighted with the role of Maria “Mariolka” mycian in the series “The substitutes”. Then she played in the iconic comedy “CK Deserters”. As Mitzi, she seduced Kania, or Marek Kondrat. To this day, their bold scenes circulate on the internet.
“I was lean, pretty, I played a lot. Let’s face it, a young, beautiful woman, without clothes, attracts the viewer like a magnet” – said Anna Gornostaj in an interview for “Tele Tygodnia”.
“At the theater school, we were taught that the actor’s tool is not only talent or voice, but also his body. And so you have to treat, exercise, take care of them” – she added.
Only just before the 40th birthday, when after the birth of a second child, she began to arrive kilograms, the actress decided that the time when she could boast of her body was over.
“For the last time I undressed on the set in 2000. At that time I played a love scene with Janusz Gajos in ‘This is me, a thief of’ Jacek Bromski. I was 40
She didn’t play much then. Her career did not develop as she dreamed. It turned out that there are simply no roles for actresses like her.
“I fell into such age that I couldn’t play amans, and still – mature women. Besides, after the birth of two children, my appearance changed … I became a parrot woman” – she confessed in an interview for “Tele Tygodnia”.
When she turned 50, she was remembered about her and began to appear in series more and more often.
“Funny, characteristic women became my specialty.
The real misfortune for her was not that she stopped getting roles in the films, but that she was thrown out of the Ateneum Theater, with which she was associated for a quarter of a century.
“After 25 years I was released for savings reasons” – she complained in an interview with “Angora”.
“For three years I despaired instead of taking matters into my own hands. Finally, thanks to my friends who supported me, I realized that I had to start to act” – she added.
The actress did a course for cultural managers – she learned on it, among others How to get funds for theater productions.
“I began to run a tiny off theater in Sokolnicki Fort. Fantastic artists were eager to us. I believed that I had nothing to be afraid of. My husband and I opened my private Capitol theater” – she said in an interview with the magazine “Party”.
Since 2008, Gornostaj has been a co -owner and artistic director of Capitol. Today, it is a great “company” employing almost 200 people, with two stationary scenes, one impresary and music club, event space and kitchen.
“There was a huge undertaking of it,” she said in an interview with the party.
The Capitol Theater is today one of the best private institutions of this type in Poland. Anna Gornostaj calls him his “third child” and “second home”. Rarely occurs elsewhere.
“I don’t want to. I want to play only at home. I have offers from different series, but I have one for many years and that’s enough. I have neither time nor strength. My theater is the most important” – said “Angorze”.