The Most Famous
ACTORS from Belarus
This page contains a list of the greatest Belarusian Actors. The pantheon dataset contains 13,578 Actors, 3 of which were born in Belarus. This makes Belarus the birth place of the 82nd most number of Actors behind North Macedonia, and Syria.
Top 4
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Belarusian Actors of all time. This list of famous Belarusian Actors is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Pola Raksa (b. 1941)
With an HPI of 52.94, Pola Raksa is the most famous Belarusian Actor. Her biography has been translated into 17 different languages on wikipedia.
Apolonia "Pola" Raksa (born 14 April 1941) is a Polish movie star, singer, and model who was especially popular in Poland and abroad in the 1960s and 1970s. Born to Edward Raksa, Pola was born in Lida. Her parents left German Nazi-occupied territory in 1943 and after the World War II settled in Wrocław (western Lesnica neighborhood). Her career started in the 1950s, when she was spotted by a reporter of the Dookoła Świata magazine in a bar mleczny (Polish cafeteria). He took some shots of her and Raksa appeared in the magazine as Girl of the Week. Soon afterwards, she was offered her first cameos in movies. After graduating from the Liceum ogólnokształcące No.1 in Wrocław, she studied in the Wroclaw University, Department of Philologie (Polish Language). Raksa participated in the student theater Kalambur. Later she changed her major and moved to Łódź, to the National Film School in Łódź. She graduated in 1964 and in the same year debuted on stage. Between 1964 and 1968, she played in Teatr Powszechny in Łódź, then moved to Warsaw, to play in Teatr Wspolczesny (at Śródmieście, Warsaw). In 2003 readers of the Super Express daily chose her the best of all Polish blonde actresses. Raksa was awarded several prizes. She has a son, Marcin Kostenko, with her first husband, Andrzej Kostenko.
2. Nina Andrycz (1912 - 2014)
With an HPI of 46.70, Nina Andrycz is the 2nd most famous Belarusian Actor. Her biography has been translated into 18 different languages.
Nina Andrycz (11 November 1912 – 31 January 2014) was a Polish actress and the wife of Józef Cyrankiewicz. She studied law at the Wilno University. She was one of the first noted customers of the photographer Zofia Nasierowska. Andrycz told Nasierowska that she used a mirror to get the right look in her face. Nasierowska at the time was just twenty but she believed that although some women believed that they could improve their look while looking in the mirror Nasierowska said this was a fallacy. She took photos of Andrycz allowing her to use her mirror, but the ones chosen for publication were created without the mirror.
3. Lidia Wysocka (1916 - 2006)
With an HPI of 46.05, Lidia Wysocka is the 3rd most famous Belarusian Actor. Her biography has been translated into 20 different languages.
Lidia Wysocka (June 24, 1916 – January 2, 2006) was a Polish stage, film and voice actress, singer, cabaret performer and creative director, theatre director and costume designer, editorialist.
4. Aleksandr Dedyushko (1962 - 2007)
With an HPI of 45.09, Aleksandr Dedyushko is the 4th most famous Belarusian Actor. His biography has been translated into 46 different languages.
Aleksandr Viktorovich Dedyushko (Russian: Алекса́ндр Ви́кторович Дедю́шко; May 20, 1962 – November 3, 2007) was a Russian television actor, best known for war dramas and the Russian version of Dancing with the Stars.
People
Pantheon has 4 people classified as Belarusian actors born between 1912 and 1962. Of these 4, 1 (25.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Belarusian actors include Pola Raksa. The most famous deceased Belarusian actors include Nina Andrycz, Lidia Wysocka, and Aleksandr Dedyushko. As of April 2024, 1 new Belarusian actors have been added to Pantheon including Pola Raksa.
Living Belarusian Actors
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Nina Andrycz
1912 - 2014
HPI: 46.70
Lidia Wysocka
1916 - 2006
HPI: 46.05
Aleksandr Dedyushko
1962 - 2007
HPI: 45.09
Newly Added Belarusian Actors (2024)
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Which Actors were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 3 most globally memorable Actors since 1700.
