Alicja Bachleda-Curuś

Alicja Bachleda-Curuś (born May 12, 1983) is a Polish actress and singer, who has appeared in films including Trade, Ondine, and Pan Tadeusz. She was born in Tampico, Mexico, as the daughter of Lidia and Tadeusz Bachleda-Curuś, a geologist who was working in Mexico at that time. She has a brother, Tadeusz Bachleda-Curuś and half-sister, Urszula Welenc. Her uncle, Adam Bachleda-Curuś, is the former mayor of Zakopane, Poland, the city where she was raised. While growing up in Poland, Bachleda studied at the Elzbieta Armatys' Theater, Music and Dance Studio with an additional profile with extended learning of Spanish and English. She studied Iberian studies and cultural studies at the Jagiellonian University, but suspended her studies due to professional reasons. She studied acting at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York City, as well as psychology at the University of California where she graduated with a degree in art history.