 Agnieszka Truskolaska was born and died in Warsaw, and was one of the first female stars of the Polish theatre.When the first Polish-speaking theatre opened with Polish actors of both genders in 1765, there was a severe shortage of female actors.The first Polish actresses were Wiktoria Leszczyńska and Antonina Prusinowska, who took part in the first play and ran the theatre in 1765–67 before they could retire with a great pension.