 The role had been offered to her after she took the first place in a contest organized by a popular Polish cinema magazine.In 1959 she left Poland for the West and soon starred in a few major films like "La millième fenêtre" (with Jean-Louis Trintignant) and "Che gioia vivere" (with Alain Delon).She played roles in several Italian, French and German films such as Krzysztof Zanussi's "Blaubart" (1983) and in " (1981).