Background
Pacuła was born in Tomaszów Lubelski, Poland. Pacuła was born to a pharmacist mother and an engineer father in TomaszóWest
Pacuła was born in Tomaszów Lubelski, Poland. Pacuła was born to a pharmacist mother and an engineer father in TomaszóWest
In 1979, Pacuła graduated from the Aleksander Zelwerowicz State Theatre Academy and embarked on a successful film career.
She has a sister Ewa Pacuła, a model and television personality who has also worked in the United States. After graduation, she joined the Warsaw Dramatic Theatre where she acted until 1981. She started her career playing in productions of Shakespeare"s Romeo and Juliet, Othello and As You Like lieutenant
She also found work in a handful of films, including Krzysztof Zanussi"s Barwy ochronne/Camouflage (1977) and Sergiu Nicolaescu"s in Romania.
In 1981, Pacuła was in Paris when the communist authorities in Poland declared martial law. She did not return to her homeland and in 1982 emigrated to the United States, where she started specializing in playing European temptresses since her feature debut opposite William Hurt in.
She was praised by Roman Polanski for that role. She played in numerous American television series and movies, including the Holocaust drama Escape From Sobibor (Columbia Broadcasting System, 1987),, East.A.R.T.H. Force (Columbia Broadcasting System, 1990), and the television series, The Colony (American Broadcasting Company, 1996).
She also starred in Lewis Gilbert"s Not Quite Jerusalem in 1984.
She currently resides in Southern California, United States of America. Chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the world (1990). Listed as one of twelve "Promising New Actors of 1984" in John Willis" Screen World, Volume