Małgorzata Potocka is a theater and television actress who is the daughter of set designer Ryszard Potocki and Maria Chybowska. She is twice divorced. For years she was in a relationship with Józef Robakowski, and her next husband was the singer of the band Republika, Grzegorz Ciechowski. The fruit of the first relationship is a daughter, Matylda, and of the second relationship, Weronika Ciechowska.
Her career is a series of successes, but life has not spared her
Although Potocka has played many roles in renowned productions, her private life was usually very difficult. In the past, she faced financial problems, which made her afraid of losing her home. All this made her finally suffer from depression, which she had been struggling with for many years.
When you’re depressed, the last thing you can do is change the place where you feel safe and where you perform your daily rituals. I could have sold the house, bought a two-room apartment and hanged myself in it on the first night – she said in an interview for Wysokie Obcasy.
Fortunately, the artist could count on the support of her daughters, who helped her repay the debt. However, this did not make the disease go away. On the contrary. She made herself felt when she least expected it. When she was invited to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Łódź Film School, her condition was so bad that she couldn’t leave the hotel to get to the event.
When I crawled on all fours to the toilet, I called Jacek Santorski, a psychologist who came to pick me up and took me to Warsaw that night. He made me realize what condition I was in, admitted Potocka.
Potocka suffered from depression for a long time. The family came to help
In an interview for “” magazine, the actress said that she feels good now. She talked about her story of fighting the disease. She admitted that at the very beginning she took medication, and later she started using psychotherapy. Reading publications about depression and physical activity also helped her get back on her feet.
In 2019, she even defended her doctorate at the Faculty of Cinematography and Television Production of the National Film, Television and Theater School. Leon Schiller in Łódź. – I got my doctorate. At the cinematography department, where I have never studied, but I have been involved in photography all my life. It was a time when I didn’t feel confident and I thought I had to prove something to myself, she said.
Then there was a competition for a theater director and I started working in Radom. It’s like this: either nothing happens, or everything happens at one time – summed up Potocka.
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Source: Gazeta
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