Barbara Dominika Kurdej-Szatan (born 22 August 1985) is a Polish actress, singer, and television presenter. She starred as Basia Mazurek in the 2014 romantic comedy film Dzień dobry, kocham cię!, Jadźka Zarówna in the 2015 comedy film Wkręceni 2, and Andżela in the 2017 comedy drama film 7 Things That You Don't Know About Men, Samanta in the 2025 Christmas romantic comedy film Gingerbread Heart. Kurdej-Szatan also portrayed main characters on the TVP2 drama television series L for Love (2014–2021) as Joanna Chodakowska, the Polsat crime drama television series W rytmie serca (2017–2020) as Maria Biernacka-Żmuda, the Polsat Box Go comedy series Domek na szczęście (2022) as Marianna Bondarek, and in the TVP1 drama series Zaraz wracam (2025–2026) as Ewa Franaszek. She achieved a nation-wide recognizability though her appearances in series of commercials of the cellular network company Play, aired from 2013 to 2022, where she portrayed a store salesperson. She is also a stage and voice actress, and a singer. Kurdej-Szatan also co-hosted the TVP2 game show Kocham cię, Polsko! (2016–2018), TVP2 talent show The Voice of Poland (2016–2018), TVP2 talent show The Voice Kids (2018–2019), and the TVP2 talent show Dance Dance Dance (2019), TTV game show Project Cupid (2022). She also hosted the Zoom TV talk show Poranny rogal (2022), and the TVP2 game show Cudowne lata (2024–2025).
Early life, education, and musical background Barbara Kurdej-Szatan was born on 22 August 1985 in Opole, Poland, to Janusz Kurdej and Eliza Wyszomirska-Kurdej.Barbara Kurdej-Szatan, Magdalena Bober: Jak to się stało? …i ile było w tym przypadku. Basia Kurdej-Szatan w rozmowie z Magdaleną Bober. Warsaw: Magdalena Tacik, 2021, pp. 11–14. ISBN 978-83-96-1010-2-0. (in Polish) She is a sister of actress Katarzyna Kurdej. Her maternal grandfather was writer and poet Bogumił Wyszomirski.
As a child, Kurdej-Szatan sang for seven years in the choir Cantores Opolienses "Legenda", with which she performed in the numerous national and international contests. She also attended Andrzej Głowacki's acting classes, as well as musical school for two years, where she played violin. Later, she performed in Opelskie Studio Piosenki (Opole Song Studio) and in the Opole Gospel Choir, with which she participated in concerts such as the Opole National Festival of Polish Song.Barbara Kurdej-Szatan, Magdalena Bober: Jak to się stało? …i ile było w tym przypadku. Basia Kurdej-Szatan w rozmowie z Magdaleną Bober. Warsaw: Magdalena Tacik, 2021, pp. 46–57, ISBN 978-83-96-1010-2-0. (in Polish) In 2009, she graduated with a degree in acting from the National Academy of Theatre Arts in Kraków, Poland. While studying, she sang in the music group Marsels.Barbara Kurdej-Szatan, Magdalena Bober: Jak to się stało? …i ile było w tym przypadku. Basia Kurdej-Szatan w rozmowie z Magdaleną Bober. Warsaw: Magdalena Tacik, 2021, pp. 69–79, ISBN 978-83-96-1010-2-0. (in Polish)
Career From 2008 to 2010, Kurdej-Szatan performed in the New Theatre in Poznań. Since 2010, she performs in the 6th Floor Theatre, and since 2012, in the Roma Musical Theatre, both located in Warsaw.Barbara Kurdej-Szatan, Magdalena Bober: Jak to się stało? …i ile było w tym przypadku. Basia Kurdej-Szatan w rozmowie z Magdaleną Bober. Warsaw: Magdalena Tacik, 2021, pp. 78, 85. ISBN 978-83-96-1010-2-0. (in Polish) Additionally she appeared in television series such as Plebania (2006), Two Sides of the Coin (2006), Na dobre i na złe (2011), The Clan (2011), Barwy szczęścia (2012–2013), and First Love (2014), as well as in feature films Enen (2009) and Ciacho (2010). In 2012, Kurdej-Szatan competed together with the band Soul City in the TVN talent show X Factor.Barbara Kurdej-Szatan, Magdalena Bober: Jak to się stało? …i ile było w tym przypadku. Basia Kurdej-Szatan w rozmowie z Magdaleną Bober. Warsaw: Magdalena Tacik, 2021, pp. 91. ISBN 978-83-96-1010-2-0. (in Polish) Since 2015, she performs in the Kraków Variété Theatre.Barbara Kurdej-Szatan, Magdalena Bober: Jak to się stało? …i ile było w tym przypadku. Basia Kurdej-Szatan w rozmowie z Magdaleną Bober. Warsaw: Magdalena Tacik, 2021, pp. 150, 173. ISBN 978-83-96-1010-2-0. (in Polish)
Kurdej-Szatan achieved a nation-wide recognizability though her appearances in series of commercials of the cellular network company Play, aired from 2013 to 2022. She portrayed a store salesperson together with Maciej Łagodziński.
Kurdej-Szatan starred as Basia Mazurek in the 2014 romantic comedy film Dzień dobry, kocham cię!, for which she also recorded a theme song together with Liber. From 2014 to 2021, Kurdej-Szatan also played Joanna Chodakowska, one of main characters on the TVP2 drama television series L for Love. In 2014, she also begun working with Polish Television, for which she hosted or co-hosted shows such as Kocham cię, Polsko! (2016–2018), The Voice of Poland (2016–2018), The Voice Kids (2018–2019), and Dance Dance Dance (2019). Additionally, in 2014, Kurdej-Szatan co-hosted the Opole National Festival of Polish Song and the concert Sabat Czarownic in Kielce.Barbara Kurdej-Szatan, Magdalena Bober: Jak to się stało? …i ile było w tym przypadku. Basia Kurdej-Szatan w rozmowie z Magdaleną Bober. Warsaw: Magdalena Tacik, 2021, p. 143. ISBN 978-83-96-1010-2-0. (in Polish) In 2019, she stopped working with the Polish Television, which was unofficially speculated to be related to her participation in anti-government protests and her endorsement of Rafał Trzaskowski, an opposition candidate in the 2020 presidential election.Barbara Kurdej-Szatan, Magdalena Bober: Jak to się stało? …i ile było w tym przypadku. Basia Kurdej-Szatan w rozmowie z Magdaleną Bober. Warsaw: Magdalena Tacik, 2021, pp. 153–154. ISBN 978-83-96-1010-2-0. (in Polish)
Kurdej-Szatan portrayed Jadźka Zarówna in the 2015 comedy film Wkręceni 2, and Andżela in the 2017 comedy drama film 7 Things That You Don't Know About Men. Between 2017 and 2020, she starred as Maria Biernacka-Żmuda in the Polsat crime drama television series W rytmie serca, and in 2018, she portrayed secondary characters of Weronik and Kasia in the romantic comedy films Being Unlucky Is Not a Sin and Narzeczony na niby, respectively. Additionally, she and her husband, Rafał Szatan, appeared on the Polsat talk show The Story of My Life. Historia naszego życia, and in 2019, she was a contestant in the talent show Dancing with the Stars. Taniec z gwiazdami, and co-hosted the concert Przebojowe Opole. Jedziemy na wakacje, which aired on Polsat. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Kurdej-Szatan took part in a series of online concerts streamed on Instagram, as well as an online campaign focused on reading fairy tales to children. She also formed the band MaKuSza with her family, including her husband and her sister.Barbara Kurdej-Szatan, Magdalena Bober: Jak to się stało? …i ile było w tym przypadku. Basia Kurdej-Szatan w rozmowie z Magdaleną Bober. Warsaw: Magdalena Tacik, 2021, pp. 201–202. ISBN 978-83-96-1010-2-0. (in Polish) In 2021 and 2024, Kurdej-Szatan participated in the Polsat talent show Twoja twarz brzmi znajomo.
On 4 November 2021, during the border crisis at the Belarus–Poland border, Kurdej-Szatan posted a recording of officers, most likely of the Polish Border Guard, wrestling with mothers holding children in their arms. Kurdej-Szatan left an emotion-fueled comment, including vulgar language, criticising the officers. Her comments, such as calling the officers "machines without hearts and brains" and "murderers", stirred controversy. On 6 November 2021, she posted an apology for her "vulgar and inappropriate language" used in her statements. On 9 November 2021, Jacek Kurski, the chairperson of the Polish Television, informed the public of her firing from the network. The public prosecutor's office began an investigation, charging her with insulting officers of the Border Guard in May 2022. In December 2022, the regional court in Pruszków dismissed the case due to the lack of elements for a criminal offence. Following this, the public prosecutor's office filed a complaint regarding the court proceedings, and in February 2023, the district court in Warsaw dismissed the case.
In 2022, Kurdej-Szatan participated in a Polsat talent show Mask Singer, co-hosted the TTV game show Project Cupid, and hosted the Zoom TV talk show Poranny rogal. She also took part in an advertising campaign for the online newspaper Wyborcza.pl, and portrayed Marianna Bondarek, one of the main characters in the Polsat television series Domek na szczęście.
In March 2022, Kurdej-Szatan founded the charity foundation Z Porywu Serca, aimed at helping refugees of the Russo–Ukrainian war, and those crossing the Poland–Belarus border. In 2023, Kurdej-Szatan portrayed Marianna Bondarek, one of the main characters in the Polsat Box Go comedy series Domek na szczęście, and starred in two romantic comedy films, Miłość ma cztery łapy and Tips for Cheating 2, portraying characters of Jowita and Gosia, respectively. In 2024, Kurdej-Szatan co-hosted a TVP2 game show Cudowne lata. On 26 October 2024, she co-hosted a TVP1 charity concert for the victims of the Central European floods. In 2024 and 2025, she was a contestant in TVP1 game show Jaka to melodia?, and later appeared as a guess singer in 2025. Kurdej-Szatan was also a contestant in the Amazon Prime Video game show LOL: Kto się śmieje ostatni in 2025. She starred as Samanta in the 2025 Christmas romantic comedy film Gingerbread Heart, and as Ewa Franaszek in the TVP1 drama series Zaraz wracam. She also appeared in the 2026 comedy drama film Baśka, and in the television series Wmiksowani.pl (2026), Mały Grand Hotel (2019), Mecenas Porada (2022), Komisarz Alex (2025), and St. Anne's Hospital (2026).
Kurdej-Szatan is also a voice actress, having performed in the Polish-language dubbing versions of films. She voiced Thistlewit in Maleficent (2014) and Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019), Dawn Bellwether in Zootopia (2016) and Zootopia 2 (2025), Captain Celaeno in My Little Pony: The Movie (2017), Lola Bunny in Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021), and Gloria in Barbie (2023). She also acted in the radio dramas such as Lalka (2020), Siekierki, czyli dzialkowy przewrót palacowy (2022), and Biosfera (2026).
Personal life In 2011, she married actor and singer Rafał Szatan. Together they have two children, Hanna (born 2012), and Henryk (born 2020). Kurdej-Szatan resides in Warsaw, Poland.
Filmography Films Year Title Role Notes 2006 Iskra data-sort-value="Σ" Short film 2009 Enen Iwona Feature film 2010 Ciacho Receptionist Feature film 2014 Dzień dobry, kocham cię! Basia Mazurek Feature film 2015 Wkręceni 2 Jadźka Zarówna Feature film 2017 7 Things That You Don't Know About Men Andżela Feature film 2018 Narzeczony na niby Kasia Feature film Unlucky Is Not a Sin Weronika Feature film 2020 Swingers Sylwia Feature film 2022 Love on the Front Page Herself Feature film2023 Miłość ma cztery łapy Jowita Feature film Tips for Cheating 2 Gosia Feature film 2025 Gingerbread Heart Samanta Feature film 2026 Baśka Natasza Feature film
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