Joanna Agnieszka Drozda (born 8 November 1980; ) is a Polish television, film, and stage actress, and theatre director and playwright. Drozda starred as Rosa, a main character in the 2020 drama film Hurrah, We Are Still Alive!, and Zofia Nałkowska, a secondary character in the 2022 thriller crime comedy film Dangerous Men. Drozda also portrayed Elwira Parchuć, a recurring character in the drama series Dom nad rozlewiskiem (2009), and its continuations, Miłość nad rozlewiskiem (2010), Życie nad rozlewiskiem (2011), Nad rozlewiskiem (2012), Cisza nad rozlewiskiem (2013–2014), and Pensjonat nad rozlewiskiem (2017–2018). She also starred in and directed numerous stage plays, and directed the 2020 mockumentary film Hallo Syrena, czyli premiera się odbędzie.
Biography Joanna Drozda was born on 8 November 1980 in Warsaw, Poland. She is the daughter of actor and comedian Tadeusz Drozda. She graduated from the Paseo Academy in Kansas City, Missouri, United States in 1998, and from the Faculty of Acting of the National Academy of Theatre Arts in Kraków, Poland in 2004. From 2004 to 2008, she performed at the Helena Modrzejewska National Old Theatre in Kraków, since then performing at the Gustaw Holobek Dramatic Theatre in Warsaw.
In 2006, Drozda wrote and directed a television play, titled Brzeg-Opole, in which she starred together with Marta Ojrzyńska for the Polish Television. She received an award for the best leading female actress for her performance in the play, at the Talia All-Polish Comedy Festival in Tarnów, and the first place award at the All-Polish Contest at the Polish Contemporary Art Exhibition, for the play and her performance. In 2009, she portrayed as Jola, a secondary character in the biographical drama film Popieluszko: Freedom Is Within Us. Drozda also portrayed Elwira Parchuć, a recurring character in the drama series Dom nad rozlewiskiem (2009), and its continuations, Miłość nad rozlewiskiem (2010), Życie nad rozlewiskiem (2011), Nad rozlewiskiem (2012), Cisza nad rozlewiskiem (2013–2014), and Pensjonat nad rozlewiskiem (2017–2018). She also starred as Joanna, a recurring character in the TVN drama series Na noże (2016), and appeared in television series such as Hotel 52 (2011), Recipe For Life (2013), Father Matthew (2013, 2015), Komisarz Alex (2017), Na dobre i na złe (2017), Our Century (2019), and Barwy szczęścia (2021). Drozda also starred as Rosa, a main character in the 2020 drama film Hurrah, We Are Still Alive!, and Zofia Nałkowska, a secondary character in the 2022 thriller crime comedy film Dangerous Men. She directed the 2020 mockumentary film Hallo Syrena, czyli premiera się odbędzie.
Drozda directed and wrote numerous plays, including Extravaganza o miłości (2015), Extravaganza o władzy (2017), and Extravaganza o religii (2022) at the Polish Theatre in Poznań, Nogi Syreny (2019), Morderca jest wśród nas (2019), Urodzony 22 lipca (2020), and Legendy warszawskie (2021) at the Syrena Theatre in Warsaw, Hotel Ritz. Musical (2022), and Serial Killer Story (2025) at the Białystok Puppet Theatre, and 40-latek (2023) at the Rampa Theatre in Tarnów.
Private life In 2008, Joanna Drozda married actor Piotr Polak, with whom she has a son, born in 2012. The couple has since separated. She is pansexual, and came out in 2022.
Filmography Films Year Title Role Notes 2006 Brzeg-Opole Various roles Television play; also playwright and director 2008 Mord założycielski Helena "Lena" Wolińska Television play 2009 Popieluszko: Freedom Is Within Us Jola Feature film 2012 It Looks Pretty from a Distance Store cashier Feature film 2013 10 apgar Friend in the room Short film Huba Woman Feature film2015 America Prostitute Short film Tenants Friend in the office Short film 2016 Perseids Ola Short film Słońce, to słońce mnie oślepiło Ola's sister Short film2017 Carousel Kama Short film Kontener Maryna Short film Wierność Ilona Short film 2018 Fascinatrix Dorota/Staś Short film 2019 My Heart Rozia's friend Short film2020 Hallo Syrena, czyli premiera się odbędzie Director Feature film; also director Hurrah, We Are Still Alive! Rosa Feature film O jedno zdanie za dużo Mother Short film 2022 Dangerous Men Zofia Nałkowska Feature film
Television series Year Title Role Notes 2009 Dom nad rozlewiskiem Elwira Parchuć Recurring role; 10 episodes 2010 Miłość nad rozlewiskiem Elwira Parchuć Recurring role; 11 episodes2011 Hotel 52 Mariola Episode no. 28 Życie nad rozlewiskiem Elwira Parchuć Recurring role; 13 episodes2012 Father Matthew Henryk's wife Episode: "Komediant" Nad rozlewiskiem Elwira Parchuć Recurring episode; 11 episodes2013 Popieluszko: Freedom Is Within Us Jola Recipe For Life Woman 2 episodes 2013–2014 Cisza nad rozlewiskiem Elwira Parchuć Recurring role; 10 episodes 2015 Father Matthew Krystyna Kasprzyk Episode: "Geniusz" 2016 Na noże Joanna Recurring role; 10 episodes 2017 Komisarz Alex Inga Episode: "Podwójna śmierć" Na dobre i na złe Jola Wolska Episode: "Mistrz i uczeń" 2017–2018 Pensjonat nad rozlewiskiem Elwira Parchuć Episode no. 9 2019 Our Century Irena Krzywicka Episode no. 10 2021 Barwy szczęścia Milena Kwietniewska 3 episodes
Polish-language dubbing Year Title Role Notes 2022 She-Hulk: Attorney at Law Nikki Ramos Main role; 9 episode
Audio plays Year Title Role 2011 Ciała obce Woman in a lab coat 2013 Spalenie matki Nurse
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External links Joanna Drozda at IMDb Joanna Drozda at FilmPolski.pl (in Polish) Joanna Drozda at Filmweb (in Polish) Joanna Drozda at Encyklopedia teatru polskiego (in Polish)