Joanna Pacula
Known For
Acting
Born
1957-12-30 in Tomaszów Lubelski, Lubelskie, Poland
Biography
Joanna Pacula (born January 2, 1957) is a Polish actress. Pacula joined Warsaw Dramatic Theatre where she acted until 1981. She started her career playing in productions of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Othello and As You Like It. She also found work in a handful of films, including Krzysztof Zanussi's Barwy ochronne/Camouflage (1977). In 1981, Pacula was caught in Paris when communist authorities in Poland declared martial law. In 1982 she eventually emigrated to the U.S. where she has specialized in playing European temptresses since her feature debut opposite William Hurt in Gorky Park (1983). She played the part of the exotic beauty in numerous American TV series and movies, including the Holocaust drama Escape From Sobibor (CBS, 1987), The Kiss (1988), E.A.R.T.H. Force (CBS, 1990), and the TV series, The Colony (ABC, 1996). She was featured in Marked for Death (1990) as an expert on Jamaican voodoo and gangs; in the Italian erotic thriller Husbands And Lovers (1992) as a free spirited adultress (which featured a rather controversial bare-bottom spanking scene, a first in a mainstream film); Tombstone (1993) as Doc Holliday's lover, Kate (also known as Big Nose Kate and Mary Catherine Haroney, born November 7, 1850); in The Haunted Sea (1997); and in the movie Virus (1999), playing a Russian scientist. She currently resides in Southern California. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joanna Pacula, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Most Known For
Bones
as Drina Mirga
Monk
as Leyla Zlatavich
Tombstone
as Kate
Dinocroc
as Paula Kennedy
Every Breath
as Lauren
Dom
as Ewa Szymosiuk
Calling 07
as prostytutka pracująca dla Walaska
Gorky Park
as Irina
Amazing Racer
as Emily Blair
Yokohama
Marked for Death
as Leslie
Virus
as Nadia Vinogradova
Jan Serce
as Gabriela 'Gabi' Metelska
Escape from Sobibor
as Luka
E.A.R.T.H. Force
as Diana Randall
Crossings
as Marissa Freilich
Warlock: The Armageddon
as Paula Dare
ICE Agent
as Sheila Hayman
The Cutter
as Elizabeth Teller
The Silence of the Hams
as Lily Wine