She played an American in the series “Ranczo”. The wife of a famous presenter helped her learn the accent

(available on ) has been considered one of the biggest hits in the history of Polish Television for years. The first episode of the series was broadcast in 2006, and viewers immediately fell in love with the inhabitants of Wilkowyje, whose complicated fate and life adventures they followed for over a decade.

Ilona Ostrowska played the main role in “Ranczo”. Her heroine was loved by millions

One of the stars was Lucy Wilska, whom she portrayed on screen. The heroine was an American with Polish roots, and she came to the country on the Vistula River from the USA to sell a manor house inherited from her great-grandmother. However, she quickly noticed the potential of Wilkowyje, which prompted her to abandon her plan to cash in her estate and settle in a charming town.

However, it was not as simple as she initially assumed. The residents approached a new person in their small, hermetic community with great distance, so establishing any friendly relations or acquaintances turned out to be quite a challenge. However, the viewers quickly showed great sympathy for her and followed her fate and struggles with often difficult challenges that she constantly encountered on her way, wanting to gain acceptance and become part of the local community.

For her role in “Ranczo” she had to learn an accent. Marcin Prokop’s wife helped her in this

It cannot be denied that the role in Ilona Ostrowska was a real gateway to her career and the world of show business. Critics were particularly delighted with how authentically she managed to play an American, and many emphasized that her statements sounded as if she had actually spent many years overseas. This was influenced by, among others, an accent which, as it turned out, she had been systematically practicing for many months before starting work on the set.

Few people know that his wife also had a large part in it. Maria Prażuch-Prokop lived in Chicago for a long time and it was she who gave the actress lessons, sharing valuable tips on how she should pronounce specific words and expressions to sound as credible as possible. – I recorded her on a dictaphone, I met her and I learned a lot from her. Such high-minded, infantile speech – Ostrowska in Kuba Wojewódzki’s program, adding that this success is also due to her.