 Kirkland was nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Actress category and she won a Golden Globe for the role in 1988.Czyżewska continued doing theater work in the U.S., winning an Obie Award in 1990 for her role in "Crowbar" by Mac Wellman.Her American premieres also included other Wellman plays as well as Janusz Głowacki's "Hunting Cockroaches".