Beata Poźniak

Beata Pozniak Daniels ( born April 30, 1960 in Gdańsk ) is a Polish- American actress, film director, painter, model and activist. It also occurs under the name Beata Pozniak.

Life

Pozniak, was born as the daughter of Krystyna Pozniak, a dentist and Roger Taylor Zbigniew, an orthopedic surgeon. She spent her childhood in England, where she went to school. At the National Film School in Łódź, she received at the age of 22 years with a masters degree with distinction. In Poland, she had her first film role in 1979 as an extra in the film The Tin Drum. In 1988, she immigrated to the United States and became a citizen in 1991.

The film chronicle of love accidents by Andrzej Wajda Pozniak came for the AFI Film Festival in the United States. From U.S. audience, it was discovered in 1991 when she the role of Marina Oswald in Oliver Stone's film JFK - Tatort Dallas played. This role was her film debut in the U.S. and led to further appearances in over 30 film and television projects. Afterwards, she starred in Babylon 5, the role Susanna Luchenko in George Lucas The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones and a revolutionary in Dark Skies - Deadly threat the scientist Ludmilla. In Paramount's ' JAG - The Call of Duty, it played an Israelite spy and double agent. When Dr. Katja Fielding in Melrose Place, she received a role as a mother and wife of a homosexual. Her other series credits include include Masha in Mad About You, Raisa in the Drew Carey Show and the Japanese nanny Tambor in Oliver Stone's miniseries Wild Palms. Then she played in the CBS movie A Mother 's Gift and drama Miriam. In the video game and interactive film, Psychic Detective, she received the role of Laina Pozok.

In 1989 she founded the theater Discordia. She developed pieces that were part of the LA Theatre Festival and the LA Poetry Festival, was a screenwriter and directing Poeticus umbilicus, Poetry Discordia, Return of the umbilicus, We & They and Changing flags. There was also collaboration with Peter Sellars. 1991 Pozniak was a U.S. citizen. Together with architect Jeffrey Daniels and their child she lives in Beverly Hills, California, in a house that once belonged to Errol Flynn.

In August 2001 she married the actor Jeff Daniels.

Art

As a sculptor and painter tried Beata Pozniak in experimental and independent film productions in which she also directed itself to some extent. So they used several of their artworks in her short film and directorial debut " Mnemosyne ". In their series of fantastic masks made ​​of feathers and other found objects, Pozniak combines ancient, mythological and theatrical work with the surrealism of Man Ray. Her more recent paintings and sculptures explore the collision of ancient myths with the modern world.

Activism

In the late 1980s, shortly after their arrival in America, Pozniak began a campaign to persuade the U.S. government to recognize International Women's Day. On March 8, 1994, the first law appeared in the history of the U.S. Congress for the national recognition of this day as International Women's Day ( HJ Res 316). This led to the title page of the Los Angeles Times. In addition, Pozniak founded the, Women's Day USA ' as a non- profit educational organization that raises public awareness for inspiring achievements of women in the world.

Filmography

Audiobooks

• 2014: Empress of the Night: A Novel of Catherine the Great, Random House
• 2012: The Winter Palace: A Novel of Catherine the Great, Random House