Katarzyna Smiechowicz
- Actress
- Producer
- Additional Crew
Katarzyna A. Smiechowicz is a Polish actress from Lodz, residing in Los
Angeles since 2000, where she studied acting at the Beverly Hills
Playhouse and at the Margie Haber Studio. Throughout her career, she
has appeared in over 30 feature films and television series having
worked with such directors as Steven Spielberg, Krzysztof Krauze, Jacek Bromski, Tomasz Konecki, Andrzej Saramonowicz, and Olaf Lubaszenko.
Already from a young age, her passion for ballet and poetry turned to
acting when a respected Polish actor, Wirgiliusz Gryn, discovered her
acting talent and convinced her to pursue acting as a profession.
Beyond film and television, she has portrayed many great parts on
stage, including Katharina in Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew",
and Roza in Juliusz Slowacki's "Lilla Weneda." Kasia's U.S. theater
debut was in the leading role of Carrie in "Cafe Hollywood."
With a home on both continents, but a husband in the U.S., she spends most of the time in Los Angeles, but works both in Europe and the States. Her husband Dominik J. Leconte is an executive at Sony Pictures. On July 3rd 2010 Kasia and Dominik welcomed their identical twin boys, Antoni and Fabian at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.
With a home on both continents, but a husband in the U.S., she spends most of the time in Los Angeles, but works both in Europe and the States. Her husband Dominik J. Leconte is an executive at Sony Pictures. On July 3rd 2010 Kasia and Dominik welcomed their identical twin boys, Antoni and Fabian at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.