Background
Born to Edward Raksa, Pola was born in Lida.
Born to Edward Raksa, Pola was born in Lida.
After graduating from the Liceum ogólnokształcące Number.1 in Wrocław, she studied in the Wroclaw University, Department of Philologie (Polish Language).
Her parents left Nazi-occupied territory in 1943 and after the World World War II settled in Wrocław (western Lesnica neighborhood). Her career started in the 1950s, when she was spotted by a reporter of the Dookoła Świata magazine in a bar mleczny (Polish cafeteria). He took some shots of her and Raksa appeared in the magazine as Girl of the Week.
Soon afterwards, she was offered her first cameos in movies.
Raksa participated in the student theater Kalambur. Later she changed her major and moved to Łódź, to the National Film School in Łódź.
She graduated in 1964 and in the same year debuted on stage. Between 1964 and 1968, she played in Teatr Powszechny in Łódź, then moved to Warsaw, to play in Teatr Wspolczesny (at Śródmieście, Warsaw).
In 2003 readers of the Super Express daily chose her the best of all Polish blonde actresses.
Prize of the journal Soviet Screen, at the International movie festival in Moscow 1967 1967 best actress by the readers the Soviet Screen journal Distinguished Culture Personality of Poland (1979) Laureate of the prize of the II Television Festivals of Drama Theater for her role in Romeo and Juliette play (1965) Laureate of the Silver Mask prize (1967, 1969, 1970) The Order of Golden Cross (1974) Laureate of the journal Soviet Screen prize at the Moscow International Film Festival (1967, for her role in Zosia).
