She was married to Polish director Jerzy Antczak.

She gained her greatest fame starring as Barbara Niechcic in the adaptation of the novel Nights and Days by Maria Dąbrowska and the title role in Countess Cosel.

She was also an actress in the Teatr Telewizji, a Polish TV theatre.

Barańska died on 24 October 2024 in Los Angeles, at the age of 89.

[1] She won the Silver Bear for Best Actress for her role in Nights and Days at the 26th Berlin International Film Festival in 1976.