The President greeted actress Anna Chodakowska on the occasion of her 70th birthday

"For years you have been the incarnation of the expressive and independent game. After the graduation, you started at the Small Theater – Warsaw National Theater, delighting the audience with the multidimensional role of Antigone in the performance of Adam Hanuszkiewicz, your role in a rich history of Sophocles's masterpieces interpretations, she was fresh and extremely moving, you have created an evocative figure convinced of the accuracy of your moral choices, "wrote Duda in a letter published on the president's website

the face of tensions and crises of the second half of the twentieth century."

The President noted that a permanent place in the history of Polish theater also has its role in the staging of "Balladyna", where he highlighted "a wide range of possibilities for action". As he wrote, the romantic and Shakespearian characters played by Chodakowska are still "captured with sincerity and depth".

"To fully reflect the image of your accomplishments, you must also remember the many roles of film and television.Interpreting both classic and contemporary repertoires, you are constantly presenting an excellent studio for your work. "actor," reads the letter

.The President also recalled the role of the actress in the "Wandering Mass" in which the artist played more than three thousand times. He wrote: "This performance – especially in the 80s, difficult for Poles – has created a special enclave for admirers of good poetry, but especially for people thirsty for authenticity and freedom, seeking beyond the falsification of the communist system, that Chodakowska, for the benefit of Polish culture, has been an actor's mission for years, while remaining true to his convictions, which constantly follows his path.

Anna Chodakowska in 1973 graduated from the Acting Department of Theater Academy. Aleksandra Zelwerowicz in Warsaw. She began her career by appearing at the National Theater. In the years 1983-2003, she worked at the Studio Theater in Warsaw. She also collaborated with Old Prochownia theaters, Kamienica, among others. She is currently an actress of the National Theater.

She has received numerous awards including winning the 13th Kaliski Theater Encounters for the title role in Sophocles' Antigone, directed by Adam Hanuszkiewicz at the National Theater (1973). She also received the Interpretation Award and the Rector's Award PWST (1975). She has received the Golden Screen for her roles in Gerard Zalewski's Justyna and Dorota, and in Różewicz's Kartoteka, directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski (1980). Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (2015) and the Silver Cross of Merit and the Silver Medal "Zasłużony Kulturze Gloria Artis"