Joanna Pacula

Joanna Pacula born January 2 1957 is a Polish actress Pacula joined Warsaw Dramatic Theatre where she acted until 1981 She started her career playing in productions of Shakespeares Romeo and Juliet Othello and As You Like It She also found work in a handful of films including Krzysztof Zanussis Barwy ochronneCamouflage 1977 In 1981 Pacula was caught in Paris when communist authorities in Poland declared martial law In 1982 she eventually emigrated to the US where she has specialized in playing European temptresses since her feature debut opposite William Hurt in Gorky Park 1983 She played the part of the exotic beauty in numerous American TV series and movies including the Holocaust drama Escape From Sobibor CBS 1987 The Kiss 1988 EARTH Force CBS 1990 and the TV series The Colony ABC 1996 She was featured in Marked for Death 1990 as an expert on Jamaican voodoo and gangs in the Italian erotic thriller Husbands And Lovers 1992 as a free spirited adultress which featured a rather controversial barebottom spanking scene a first in a mainstream film Tombstone 1993 as Doc Hollidays lover Kate also known as Big Nose Kate and Mary Catherine Haroney born November 7 1850 in The Haunted Sea 1997 and in the movie Virus 1999 playing a Russian scientist She currently resides in Southern California Description above from the Wikipedia article Joanna Pacula licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia