Mia Wasikowska
Wasikowska in 2010, photo by Prphotos.com
Place of Birth: Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date of Birth: 25 October, 1989
Ethnicity:
*father – English, possibly other
*mother – Polish
Mia Wasikowska is an Australian actress and filmmaker. She is known for her roles in the films The Kids Are All Right, Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland, Jane Eyre (2011), Albert Nobbs, The Double, and Crimson Peak, among others, and on HBO’s In Treatment.
Mia was born in Canberra. Her father, John Reid, who is Australian, is a photographer and collagist. Her mother, Marzena Wasikowska, was born in Poland, and moved to Australia when she was eleven; she is also a photographer. Mia was raised under her mother’s surname. She spent some time in Szczecin, Poland, during her childhood.
When asked about whether she can speak Polish, she stated:
Not very well. I can probably understand more than I could say, a few years ago I could say more Polish words.
Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk
thats cool!!!
Hey Zuzanna could you give a link to the interview?
http://www.plotek.pl/plotek/1,78648,7655641,Polka_podbija_Hollywood.html
that’s that interview!
Tell me something about your Polish roots
Mia:My mother was born in Poland.
She’s a photographer right?
M:Yes she is, She moved to Australia with my grandmother when she was a teenager. I was living in Szczecin (polish city near sea) for a year when i was 8 years old.
Can you speak Polish?
M:Not very well. I can probably understand more than i could say, few years ago i could say more Polish words.
hmm that’s not 100% the same but if u can’t understand everything because there is a Polish lector too.
ps. Anne Hathaway is soo cute and kinda in this interview, she told that girl she like her dress ;))
i mean Kind* !
yes i have interview with her about that but in Polish.
she can speak but a little, most of Polish she only understand
^ really? so she must speak some Polish!
she was living in poland in Sczecin :))