Carolina Bartczak

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Carolina Bartczak
Born
Carolina Anna Bartczak

(1985-10-05) 5 October 1985 (age 36)
Gehrden, Germany
Alma materUniversity of Toronto
Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre
OccupationActress
Years active2010–present

Carolina Bartczak (born October 5, 1985) is a Canadian actress. She is known for her role as Magda Lehnsherr,[1] the wife of Erik Lehnsherr/Magneto in X-Men: Apocalypse and as Maura Mackenzie in the CBC film An Audience of Chairs.[2]

Early life[]

Carolina Bartczak was born in Germany after her parents escaped the Martial law in Poland. She eventually immigrated to Canada with her family and grew up in Kitchener, Ontario. She studied biochemistry at the University of Toronto[3] and worked as a travel writer/photographer in southern Croatia.[4] She turned to acting in 2009 and attended the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre in New York City.[5] Carolina Bartczak has dual citizenship between Canada and Poland and speaks French and Polish fluently.

Career[]

Carolina Bartczak's first role was playing the voice of Alfred Hedgehog in the cartoon The Mysteries of Alfred Hedgehog.[6] Her first on screen role was playing a high maintenance mother opposite Brendan Gleeson, and Neil Patrick Harris in The Smurfs 2. Bartczak also played Nurse Clara in the action film Brick Mansions opposite Paul Walker and as Amanda Dean in the film Business Ethics opposite Larenz Tate.[7] Her most famous role has been playing Magda Lehnsherr, the wife of Erik Lehnsherr in the Marvel comic series X-Men.[8] In X-Men: Apocalypse, Erik Lehnsherr, played by Michael Fassbender, becomes Magneto after he is enraged by Magda's murder. In 2018, she was cast as the lead in a film by the CBC, An Audience of Chairs written by Rosemary House. Carolina Bartczak plays Maura, a beautiful woman suffering from mental illness based on a novel of the same name written by Joan Clark. The film was released in Canada on March 22nd, 2019. Carolina will be playing the role of Brenda Lopez, starring opposite Halle Berry, Patrick Wilson, Charlie Plummer, and Michael Peña in the upcoming Roland Emmerich Sci-Fi action film, Moonfall. Moonfall is slated to be released in 2022 by Lionsgate.

Filmography[]

YEAR TITLE ROLE NOTES
2022 Painkiller Lily Kryger TV Series
2022 Moonfall Brenda Lopez Feature
2020 Most Dangerous Game Wife TV Series
2020 Hall Val Feature
2019 Carter Abigail TV Series
2019 White Lie (film) Magda Feature
2018 The Bold Type Eden TV Series
2018 Far Cry 5 Cult Leader Video Game
2017 Rainbow Six Siege Zofia Bosak Video Game
2017 An Audience of Chairs Maura Mackenzie Feature
2016 Business Ethics Amanda Dean Feature
2016 Cleverly Disguised Dana Short
2015 X-Men: Apocalypse Magda Feature
2015 Gray Area Nina Short
2015 The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe Phyllis TV Series
2015 Mayday Lauren Bessette TV Series
2014 Brick Mansions Nurse Clara Feature
2014 Femme Brulee Colleen Zimmerman Short Film
2013 Karma's a Bitch Kaira TV Series
2013 The Listener Sarah Wembley TV Series
2013 The Smurfs 2 Peanut Mom Feature
2013 Plato's Reality Machine Maggie Feature
2012 Covert Affairs Debra TV Series
2011 RoomBuds Carly Shortfilm
2011 Screwed Mirabel TV Series
2011 Crazy Photographer Ivanka Trovovich Feature
2011 Wilt Red Dress Girl Feature
2010 The Mysteries of Alfred Hedgehog Alfred Hedgehog (voice) TV series

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References[]

  1. ^ "James McAvoy, 'X-Men: Apocalypse' Cast Talk Future Franchise Films". 27 May 2016.
  2. ^ "'Unflinching look' at mental illness: An Audience of Chairs comes to the silver screen".
  3. ^ "Carolina Bartczak...Got the Part".
  4. ^ "Interview with actress Carolina Bartczak - The GCE". 2 June 2016.
  5. ^ "Bold and Brave: BRICK MANSIONS' Carolina Bartczak". 25 April 2014.
  6. ^ "Mysteries of Alfred Hedgehog, The". www.muse.ca.
  7. ^ N'Duka, Amanda (6 October 2016). "'Business Ethics' Adds Carolina Bartczak; Erica Ash Gets 'A Little Something For You Birthday'".
  8. ^ "X-Men: Apocalypse star Carolina Bartczak on working with Michael Fassbender - Watch News Videos Online". Global News.
  9. ^ "Michael Peña Replaces Stanley Tucci in Roland Emmerich's 'Moonfall', Carolina Bartczak, Maxim Roy & Stephen Bogaert Also Join Lionsgate Sci-Fi Epic". 12 January 2021.

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