Gosia Dobrowolska Explained

Birth Name:Malgorzata Dobrowlska
Birth Place:Kamienna Gora, Poland
Occupation:Actress

Małgorzata Dobrowolska (born 2 June 1958, in Kamienna Góra), known as Gosia Dobrowolska, is a Polish-born Australian actress.

Biography

She has one brother, Janusz Dobrowolski, who also made a minor appearance in the 1984 film, Silver City.

After moving to Australia in the 1980s, Dobrowolska's first Australian film was Silver City, where she played a Polish immigrant.[1]

Paul Cox specifically wrote the 1991 film A Woman's Tale for Sheila Florance. Directed by Cox, Dobrowolska plays a nurse who befriends an elderly woman (Florance) dying of cancer.

Filmography

Film

YearFilmRoleType
1981 Dreszcze (aka Shivers) Malgosia Feature film
1984 Silver City Nina Feature film
1986 The Surfer Gina Feature film
1987 Around the World in 80 Ways Nurse Ophelia Cox Feature film
1988 Phobia Renata Simmons Feature film
1990 Golden Braid Terese Feature film
1991 A Woman's Tale Anna Feature film
1992 The Nun and the Bandit Zenaida Feature film
1992 Careful Zenaida Feature film
1992 Resistance Mrs. Wilson Feature film
1993 The Custodian Josie Feature film
1993 Touch Me Sarah Film short
1994 Exile Midwife Feature film
1996 Lust and Revenge Cecilia Applebaum Feature film
1999 A Week in the Life of a Man (aka Tydzien z zycia mezcyzny) Anna Borowski Feature film
2005 Doskonale popoludine Maria Mielczarek Feature film
2009 Defect Marie Film short
2011 On Borrowed Time Herself Feature film documentary
2014 Obywatel Younger Jan's Mother Feature film

Television

YearFilmRoleType
1984City WestNada StankovicTV series, 7 episodes
1984The Mike Walsh ShowGuest - HerselfTV series, 1 episode
1984Special SquadTV series, 1 episode
1987Rafferty's RulesMazTV series, 1 episode
1987I've Come About the SuicideGenevieve LawsonTV film
1987Willing and AbelTV series, 1 episode
1988Fields of Fire IIBasiaTV miniseries, 2 episodes
1988; 1994The Midday ShowHerself (with John Dingwall)TV series, 1 episode
1988-89A Country PracticeMarianna KubikTV series, 5 episodes
1989Fields of Fire IIIBasiaTV miniseries, 2 episodes
1990Mission: ImpossibleAlinaTV series, Season 2, episode 7: "Target Earth"
1990SundayGuestTV series, 1 episode
1991The Great Air Race (aka Half A World Away)Thea RascheTV miniseries, 2 episodes
1991Tonight Live with Steve VizardGuestTV series, 1 episode
1992G.P.Eve WalenskaTV series, 1 episode
1992Kevin Rampenbacker and the Electric KettleTV film
1992Big IdeasAnna NovakTV film
1993 Seven Deadly Sins TV series, episode: Greed
1994Midday with Derryn HinchGuestTV series, 1 episode
1994ReviewGuest PresenterTV series, 1 episode
1995English at WorkHerself TV series, 1 episode: "Continence"
1995Banjo Paterson's The Man from Snowy River (aka Snowy River: The McGregor Saga)Svetlana KoromanskayaTV series, 1 episode
1995SpellbinderTV series, 1 episode
1996Erotic TalesTV series, 1 episode
1997The Hidden DimensionClaireShort film documentary
1997Murder CallVida KristovTV series, 1 episode
1998Never Tell Me NeverNurse AnneTV film
1999; 2006All SaintsGreta Patterson / Vera / Lillian GehlerTV series, 3 episodes
1999The Movie ShowGuestTV series, 1 episode
2011East West 101YelenaTV series, 1 episode
2020The EndMrs. BogdanowiczTV series, 3 episodes
2020The Secrets She KeepsAnna NowakTV series, 1 episode

Stage

YearTitleRoleCompany
1986 Hamlet Space Theatre, Adelaide, Sydney Opera House
1986 The Marriage Space Theatre, Adelaide, Sydney Opera House
1987 The Poet Assassinated The Performance Space, Sydney
1989 Karamazov Crossroads Theatre, Sydney
1995 Tongue of Stone
1996 Pentecost Wharf Theatre, Sydney
1997 The Stronger / Grushenka Director Belvoir Street Theatre
1997 The Promised Land : Tinsel and Ashes / Feast Bondi Pavilion
2004 Stone Sleeper Lennox Theatre, Parramatta
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Sources

Notes and References

  1. Stratton, pp. 49–53.
  2. https://ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/3498