throughout her career, she has received numerous prestigious awards, such as best actress at the 1990 cannes film festival, silver shell for best actress at the san sebastian film festival for her role in waldemar krzystek's film "zwolnienie z życia", best actress award at the 1987 montreal film festival for the role in helma sanders-brahms's "laputa", best actress award at the belgrade film festival for "interrogation," the zbigniew cybulski award for best young polish actress, as well as 4 golden duck awards. she is widely regarded as one of the greatest actresses in the history of polish cinema and was selected in a 1998 "polityka" magazine survey among the greatest actresses of the 20th century.