Liliana Komorowska, born Glabczynska, received her Master's degree with honors from the Zelwerowicz State Theater Academy in Warsaw in 1979. She made her debut performance in a Masterpiece Theater production of "The Crucible" as "Abigail" in 1980, winning the Best Actor Award from the Polish Television Academy.
Her acting career spanned from television, stage, and feature film. She performed with the masters of the Polish stage at the renowned Dramatic Theatre in Warsaw, taking on roles in Gombrowicz's Operetta, Racine's Britannicus, Diderot's Jacques the Fatalist, and Shakespeare's As You Like It.
She was part of the finest period of the Polish Masterpiece Theater, with memorable roles such as "Roxanne" in "Cyrano de Bergerac", "Linda Manion" in "Anatomy of a Murder", and her role of a prostitute in Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman" alongside the icon of the Polish theater, Tadeusz Lomnicki.
Liliana's accomplished stage career was complemented by a number of film roles. She worked with excellent directors such as Krzysztof Zanussi in "The Contract" (1980) and "A Man From a Far Country" for Jerzy Kawalerowicz, and appeared in "Death of a President" and "Austeria" as Jedwocha, one of her most acclaimed film roles.
At the time of the martial law in Poland in 1982, she was offered a part in an American production of "War and Love" (1985),starring Kyra Sedgwick, directed by Moshé Mizrahi. The movie became a turning point in her career.
After the filming, she decided to stay in the USA and explore the world's largest and most influential film and television market. Her US career developed steadily, and she remained involved in a wide variety of artistic enterprises, continuing her work in film, theatre, and TV.
She played leading roles in US TV daytime series, including "Another World" (1964) for NBC, "As the World Turns" (1956) for CBS, and "One Life to Live" (1968) for ABC. She starred in an off-Broadway drama "Shots at Fate". This period also brought leading film roles in TV productions such as "Simon & Simon" (1981),"The Equalizer" (1985),"Kojak: Ariana" (1989),and a guest-starring role in a CBS pilot "The Saint".
Liliana's feature film credits include an indie production "Astonished" (1988) with her lead role as Sonia, a female counterpart of Raskolnikov from "Crime and Punishment", opposite Charles Dutton, and "Her Alibi" (1989) with the part of Paulina Porizkova's sister in a duet with Tom Selleck, a comedy directed by Bruce Beresford.
While in Europe from 1989-91, Liliana signed a contract with the BBC for a role in an acclaimed TV serial "Mother Love" (1989),starring the great Diana Rigg. In the meantime, she played in a Polish-French co-production "Napoleon", American series "Veronica Clare" (1991) and "Acapulco H.E.A.T." (1993),a CBS miniseries "Lucky Chances" (1990),based on a screenplay by Jackie Collins.
Another chapter in her career started with a role in a sci-fi horror "Scanners III: The Takeover" (1991),a film which had a major influence on her life. This is where she met her future husband, one of the most acclaimed Canadian directors, Christian Duguay. Liliana and Christian embarked on a very creative and successful partnership of an actress and a director as well as wife and husband.
Roles that followed include such films as "Screamers" (1995) with Peter Weller, "Red Light" (1999) with Tomas Arana, produced by famous brothers Tony Scott and Ridley Scott, and "The Assignment" (1997) with Aidan Quinn, Donald Sutherland, and Ben Kingsley.
The line-up of her latest roles feature such films as the CBS miniseries "Joan of Arc" (13 Emmy nominations),the feature "Suspicious Minds", starring Patrick Bergin and Gary Busey, and a leading female role in a recent CTV production "The Royal Scandal" (2001) and the latest thriller by Christian Duguay "The Art of War" (2000),starring Wesley Snipes, and a high-impact action feature "Extreme Ops" (2002),opening in North America on November 27, 2002.
Liliana Komorowska lives in Montreal, Canada, where she is
