Polish born actress Anna Podolak  lives and works in New York since the early nineties.  After completing her major in theatre performance at Fordham University, Anna has performed in various  theater and film productions.

She has recently appeared on stage as Beth in Sam Shepard's "A Lie of the Mind" at  The Michael Chekhov Theatre Company.

A Lie of the Mind - Reviews

"Anna Podolak, playing the brain-injured Beth, has the most difficult role in the play, since the character has to start with screams, stutters, and baby talk and then become an articulate seductress over the course of two hours."
                William Cordeiro, offoffonline.com

"Anna Podolak as Beth and Curtis Nielsen as Jake, married perhaps too young and too early in their maturation as individuals, are remarkable to watch as their characters find that they must divorce themselves from the insidious, possessive and infantilizing dynamics of simplistic American attitudes to sexual relationships within the family for any future growth or health; Ms. Podolak finds a new strength of character as she recovers from her injuries and her tenderness is infused with imagination and passion"
                George Hunka, New York Times & Nytheatre.com critic (ghunka.com) - For the complete review click here.

This summer she has performed at the International Theater Festival in Poland in the Reprisal of the Red Riding Hood.

She has also recorded a song with the legendary guitarist Gary Lucas. The song, "Rosemary's Lullaby" composed by Krzysztof Komeda for Roman Polanski's film "Rosemary's Baby" is featured on Lucas' latest CD "Coming Clean". It is released in France, Holland, Belgium, Luxemburg. You can view their performance of the song recorded at the opening of the new Williamsburg's club Brooklyn Sugar.