Jolanta Piętek-Górecka was born in 1963 in Radom. 23 years later, she graduated from the State Drama School in Warsaw and started working at the Contemporary Theater there. She made her debut in the school etude “Me?: in 1984, when she also joined the cast of the television film “Where to, Man?”. A year later, the actress could be seen in the film “Cheap Money”. Just a year after graduation, the artist appeared on the stage of the Contemporary Theater in Warsaw as Małgorzata in “The Master and Margarita” directed by Maciej Englert. Everyone predicted her a great career.
They predicted a great career for her, so she quickly gave up acting
However, she played episodes on the big screen for an even longer time. In 1987, she played the role of the prostitute Mariola in “Kill Me, Cop”, a year later she starred in “Swan Song” by Robert Gliński and “The Decalogue” by Krzysztof Kieślowski. Then she hit the silver screen and starred in the historical-adventure series “Crimen”. The cast of the series also included Bogus³aw Linda, Danuta Stenka, Ewa Błaszczyk and Jan Frycz.
Jolanta Piętek-Górecka was noticed by Tadeusz Konwicki. It was with him that the actress played a major role in “Lawa”, a drama which was a film version of “Forefathers’ Eve” by Adam Mickiewicz. “During test photos, I tested a dozen or so young ladies and chose Mrs. Piętek. I also liked Joanna Trzepiecińska, but she seemed a bit too young, too girly for the role of Maryla, who already knew something about life. So I chose Mrs. Jola Piętek, who turned out to be a wonderful actress,” said the director in an interview with “Gazeta Wyborcza”.
The young actress charmed both the director and the audience with her talent and beauty. “In the witchcraft scene, she appeared as a virgin. She talked about her love so passionately and so sexy that I, an old rascal, got scared and extinguished it a little, but I was dazzled. In her mouth, the poetry of the first half of the 19th century, already a bit distant from us, took on incredible temperature. I was afraid that in the sacred atmosphere of this scene it would be sacrilege. Now I regret it. Today I would encourage her to go further,” added Konwicki.
Jolanta Piętek-Górecka escaped from Warsaw and show business. She refused to be pigeonholed
Piętek was only 26 years old during “Lawa”. Konwicki predicted a great career for her, but it turned out that the role in his film was one of her last. The actress disappeared. “I met her once in Konstancin, we hugged each other warmly, she was going abroad. It happens in our country that there comes an actress who would earn millions of dollars in France or America, but somewhere in our country life just puts up with her,” the director said with regret. in 2001. “Maybe there are no conditions to promote actresses and keep them in their profession? I regret very much that I don’t see Jola, I don’t hear about her, because I consider her to be extremely talented and her beauty suits me very well,” he said in “Gazeta Wyborcza”.
However, the artist had an important reason to leave the film industry. Instead of appreciating her courage and openness, the community quickly pigeonholed her. Piętek began to be perceived not through the prism of skills, but through the prism of body and beauty. “The roles I was recently offered were parading naked through the screen. I always knew that acting was a devilish profession that required giving up one’s soul, but when it turned out that I had to give up my body, I rebelled,” said the actress in an interview with “Film” magazine.
Piętek-Górecka also resigned from acting in the theater, but she continued to work at the Contemporary Theater as an assistant to the director. In 2011, she left the industry altogether and left the city. “I left the theater. I left Warsaw. Now Warsaw is coming to me. And her face is very unclear when she has to come back,” Interia quotes the actress as saying.
Currently, Jolanta Górecka uses only her maiden name and runs an exclusive hotel in the Masurian Lake District. In Dorota Szelągowska’s program “It’s Beautiful Here”, the actress emphasized that she had found her refuge outside Warsaw and had no intention of leaving it.
Source: Gazeta
Bruce is a talented author and journalist with a passion for entertainment . He currently works as a writer at the 247 News Agency, where he has established himself as a respected voice in the industry.
