Maria Debska

Maria Debska (born May 22, 1991) is a Polish actress. She received Gdynia Film Festival Award for Best Actress and Polish Academy Award for Best Actress nomination for performance as Kalina Jędrusik in the biographical musical drama film, Autumn Girl (2021).

Life and career
Debska was born and raised in Warsaw and studied at the Academy of Music, Łódź before graduating from the Łódź Film School in 2017. Her mother is film director Kinga Dębska. She began her career appearing in episodes of television series such as Na dobre i na złe and Father Matthew. From 2014 to 2017 she was a regular cast member in the soap opera Barwy szczęścia and from 2017 to 2019 in the drama series Wartime Girls. From 2017 to 2020 she played one of leads in the crime series, W rytmie serca. She received Telekamery Award nomination for Best Actress in 2019.

Debska made her big screen debut appearing in the 2015 comedy-drama film, These Daughters of Mine starring Agata Kulesza, and later co-starred in the horror film, Demon. In 2018 she starred alongside Agata Kulesza in the drama film, Playing Hard receiving International Festival of Independent Cinema Off Camera Award for cast performance. The following year she played Aleksandra Piłsudska in the biographical film, Piłsudski. In 2021 she starred as Kalina Jędrusik in the biographical musical drama film, Autumn Girl. For this role, Debska won Gdynia Film Festival Award for Best Actress and received Polish Academy Award for Best Actress nomination. The following year she starred in the romantic comedy film, Letters to Santa 5.