Iga Cembrzyńska

Iga Cembrzyńska, born Maria Elżbieta Cembrzyńska, also known as Iga Cembrzyńska-Kondratiuk (2 July 1939) is a Polish actress. She is also screenwriter, composer, singer, film director and producer - she runs her own film company Iga Film. She is married to a well-known Polish film director Andrzej Kondratiuk. First Iga Cembrzyńska studied philosophy at Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika in Toruń and later at Theatrical Academy in Warsaw from which she graduated in 1962. She performed in several prominent theatres in Warsaw like: Teatr Powszechny, Teatr Komedia and Teatr Ateneum. She is best known for her film roles in The Saragossa Manuscript (1964) and almost all films directed by her husband Andrzej Kondratiuk. In 1972, at the Hybrydy Jazz Club, she cooperated with Helmut Nadolski, Wladyslaw Jagiello, Andrzej Przybielski and Andrzej Biezan creating first Polish cult free jazz band - Sesja 72.