Alicja Bachleda-Curuś

While growing up in Poland, Bachleda studied at the Elzbieta Armatys' Theater, Music and Dance Studio with an additional profile with extended learning of Spanish and English.

At age 15, Bachleda landed a lead role in the 1999 film Pan Tadeusz, directed by Academy Award-winning Polish director Andrzej Wajda.

Bachleda-Curuś returned to Mexico to film the 2007 thriller Trade, starring Kevin Kline, an unflinching look at the world of human trafficking.

Bachleda then returned to Europe to play a Jewish girl in the historical drama The Beheaded Rooster [de], which took place during World War II in Transylvania, Romania.

In 2012 Bachleda-Curuś starred as Eleanor of Austria, Queen of Poland in September Eleven 1683, and appeared in a lead role in The Girl Is in Trouble.

Alicja Bachleda, Colin Farrell and director Neil Jordan at the Ondine premiere, 2010 Tribeca Film Festival in New York.
Alicja Bachleda at the Gdynia Film Festival in 2010.