[01] This actor is intriguing to me. She simply does it all. She has a strong acting career under her belt and is a strong activist for women's rights. She also has a new career as a mother.
Interviewer:
[02] Why did you start acting?
Beata:
[03] A way to express yourself.
Interviewer:
[04] If you had to do it all over, would you be an actor?
Beata:
[05] Absolutely, yes.
Interviewer:
[06] Give us a brief day in the life of Beata.
Beata:
[07] Fresh squeezed juice, yoga, or a quick hike. Then I go to meetings or to the set. Evenings are with my family.
Interviewer:
[08] Can working on Sci-Fi be a death wish on a career?
Beata:
[09] It was a great thing that happen to me. I was fortunate to be cast as the first female President of the World (and how ironic that being cast in such a role had to be a Sci-Fi experience - makes you wonder when something
like this could be a reality?)
Interviewer:
[10] What do you like most about Conventions?
Beata:
[11] Live interaction with fans.
Interviewer:
[12] What do you like least?
Beata:
[13] Getting to them.
Interviewer:
[14] How do you handle stress?
Beata:
[15] Yoga, hiking. I love sports: tennis, skiing, swimming, and skating. All sport activities relax me - brings a smile to my face.
Interviewer:
[16] At times, do you want to grab a fan by the shoulders and explain the difference between you and the character you play?
Beata:
[17] It is amusing that such confusion happens so often. I'll never forget when I was on Melrose Place
playing Dr. Katya Petrova who was contemplating on marrying Matt Fielding - a gay character on the show. People would stop me on the streets asking "Are you REALLY going to marry Matt?"
Interviewer:
[18] Do fans matter?
Beata:
[19] Yes.
Interviewer:
[20] How does a celebrity stay grounded without letting all the glitz and glamour get to them?
Beata:
[21] Facing the sun in a lotus position and saying "Om".
Interviewer:
[22] What is your footwear of choice?
Beata:
[23] Sporty.
Interviewer:
[24] What opportunity are you most happy you seized?
Beata:
[25] As an actress? Playing Marina Oswald in Oliver Stone's JFK creating a historical character that is still alive. A big responsibility. It's
not like someone offers you the part of CAtherine the Great and you create your own rendition. Marina and her family are going to see the movie.
Pozniak as Marina Oswald
[26] As a human rights activist? Passing a bill in the USA (H.J. Resolution 316) International Women's Day.
http://www.womensday.org
Interviewer:
[27] What do you think of Shakespeare's work?
Beata:
[28] Brilliant.
Interviewer:
[29] Years from now, how would you want to be remembered?
Beata:
[30] As a person that made a difference in people's lives.
Interviewer:
[31] Who is Beata?
Beata:
[32] I'm still finding out.
Interviewer:
[33] What is the most sensitive part on your body?
Beata:
[34] Navel.
Interviewer:
[35] What housework chore do you most detest?
Beata:
[36] Washing dishes.
Interviewer:
[37] What do you do on those days when you want to give up?
Beata:
[38] Go to the beach and look at the ocean.
Interviewer:
[39] Do you want to move on to writing and producing? Or have you? Explain please.
Beata:
[40] Sometime ago I created Theatre Discordia, a performance art company and directed numerous avant-garde theater projects. I come from a country that promoted experimental and traditional drama technique but censored creative freedom.
Seeking a new voice for myself, and inspired by the 'discord' of the U.S., I founded Theatre Discordia for international writers and performers to experiment with performance art, poetry and theater. The shows typically combine dance, magic, visual projections
, and spoken word. Evolving out of my experiments with theatre and performance art recently directed a short film Mnemosyne (film debut).
Interviewer:
[41] What do you see yourself doing in the future? Future projects?
Beata:
[42] One of my passions is art. I paint and sculpt. I'm creating a show on the history of women.
Interviewer:
[43] How do you handle depression?
Beata:
[44] I don't, it handles me.
Interviewer:
[45] What advice can you give to future actors?
Beata:
[46] Follow your bliss.
Interviewer:
[47] What attracts you more to a mate? Looks, or a sense of humor?
Beata:
[48] Both.
Interviewer:
[49] What does the word 'family' mean to you?
Beata:
[50] Everything.
Pozniak as President Luchenko in Babylon 5
Interviewer:
[51] What does the word 'friend' mean to you?
Beata:
[52] Serious thing.
Interviewer:
[53] What are your favorite kinds of movies? Horror, comedy, romance?
Beata:
[54] All... as long as it has a good story.
Interviewer:
[55] Have you worked on something that made you ask, 'Why Am I Doing This?'
Beata:
[56] Every project.
Interviewer:
[57] What are your dreams? Hopes? Wishes?
Beata:
[58] Many: be a mother - bring up a powerful human being that can make a difference in peoples lives. As a humanitarian - to create a permanent International Women's Day Center
http://www.womensday.org. As an actress, create projects about extraordinary women, people being unstoppable and inspirational.
Interviewer:
[59] If you are/were a parent, what is the greatest wish you have for your child?
Beata:
[60] The world belongs to the brave. Go for it. Live and experience everything.
Interviewer:
[61] The way the world is, are you afraid to bring a child into it?
Beata:
[62] A few weeks ago I just became a parent. Gave birth to a baby boy.
Interviewer:
[63] What would you say every actor needs?
Beata:
[64] Passion and strength to never give up.
Interviewer:
[65] Who would you say is the best person you have worked with?
Beata:
[66] Oliver Stone, Gary Oldman.
Interviewer:
[67] Who was the worst?
Beata:
[68] In the theatre in Poland. Under the communist government we had censorship. No freedom of expression. Difficult times and people.
Interviewer:
[69] What makes your best friend you best friend?
Beata:
[70] Being there for me no matter what. Loyalty, honesty.
Interviewer:
[71] What is the most romantic thing anyone has done for you?
Beata:
[72] Taking me on a swan boat in the middle of the ocean and getting married.
Interviewer:
[73] What theme would you like to tackle in your next work?
Beata:
[74] A radically different, politically incorrect exploration of what it means to be a woman.
Interviewer:
[75] What was the last thing that made you smile recently?
Beata:
[76] Discovering that I do love almonds.
Interviewer:
[77] How would you categorize your best acting?
Beata:
[78] When it just flows. When it's spontaneous and not controlled. Just letting go...
Interviewer:
[79] What, if anything, can stop you from acting?
Beata:
[80] Nothing. You're born with it. It's simple: either you have it or you don't. All unexpected things that happen along the road is temporary and a growing experience - you still go back to acting no matter what.
It's like a real love or drug.
Interviewer:
[81] In your opinion, do you fit you astrological sign?
Beata:
[82] I am a Taurus, but then I am a preemie and should have been a Gemini. So I have qualities from both. My rising is Pisces.
Interviewer:
[83] What to you is the worst feeling in the world?
Beata:
[84] Observing the hatred, violence, terrorism in the world.
Interviewer:
[85] The best feeling in the world?
Beata:
[86] Unconditional love.
Beata Pozniak
Interviewer:
[87] Favorite song of the moment?
Beata:
[88] Thomas Otten album.
Interviewer:
[89] What is the first thing you think of in the morning?
Beata:
[90] Now? Breastfeeding.
Interviewer:
[91] Is there one part of the acting process where you usually get stuck? Does the best acting flow for you, or does it come from retakes?
Beata:
[92] I love the first take. It's fresh. But sometimes it's great to be able to go over and over a scene just like in the theatre.
Interviewer:
[93] Which part of acting do you enjoy most and why?
Beata:
[94] The process of finding your character. Surprising myself of what I can find.
Interviewer:
[95] When someone walks into your bedroom, what are the first five things that they are likely to notice?
Beata:
[96] Diapers, diapers and a smiling little face saying ga ga ga.
Interviewer:
[97] Would the world be a better place if women ran it or would it be basically the same?
Beata:
[98] I don't think it's about women versus men (although I think there isn't enough representation in the Senate, Congress etc). I do think, if women would have the power to lead rather then follow, people would feel more empowered, they wouldn't need guns.
Interviewer:
[99] What is your favorite spot where you live now?
Beata:
[100] In an area of Beverly Hills where you feel like living in a country/forest. In the morning deer come to your garden. Owls and coyotes at night.
Interviewer:
[101] The most important thing in life?
Beata:
[102] Breath.
Interviewer:
[103] Who is your favorite female role model?
Beata:
[104] Statute of Liberty.
Poster for Mnemosyne
Beata's Site
http://beata.com/
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTRESS
Mixed Signals (2001)
Role: Erica Chamberlain
Roots (2001)
Klasa na obcasach (1999) TV Series
Role: Betty
Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service, The (1999) (V)
Role: Irena
Enemy Action (1999)
Role: Fatima
How to Get Laid at the End of the World (1999)
Role: Herself
Mother's Gift, A (1995) (TV)
[aka Lantern In Her Hand, A]
Role: Kristine Reinmuller
Heaven's Tears (1994)
Role: Ingrid Steiner
Psychic Detective (1994) (VG)
Role: Laina Pozok
Ramona! (1993)
Wild Palms (1993) (mini) TV Series
Role: Tambor
Melrose Place (1992) TV Series
Role: Dr. Katya Petrova
At Night the Sun Shines (1992)
Role: Anabelle
Ferdydurke (1992)
[aka 30 Door Key]
Role: Flora Gente
JFK (1991)
Role: Marina Oswald
Stan wewnetrzny (1990)
[aka Inner State]
Role: Kobieta w czerni
White in Bad Light (1989) (voice)
Role: Narrator
Vie en images (1987)
Role: Alice Eber
Kronika wypadków milosnych (1986)
[aka Chronicle of Amorous Accidents]
[aka Chronicle of Love Affairs]
Role: Zosia - Maid
Hamlet we wsi Glucha Dolna (1985) (TV)
Role: Ophelia
Rozrywka po staropolsku (1985)
Deszcz (1984) (TV)
Role: Herself
Królowa sniegu (1984) (TV)
Role: Ksiezniczka
Umarlem aby zyc (1984) (TV)
Szczesliwy brzeg (1983)
Zycia Kamila Kuranta (1981) (mini) TV Series
Role: Todzia
Czlowiek z zelaza (1981) (uncredited)
[aka Man of Iron]
Biale tango (1980) (TV)
Klamczucha (1980)
Pierscien w swinskim ryju (1980)
[aka Ring in the Pig's Mouth]
Tango ptaka (1980)
[aka Bird's Tango]
Blechtrommel, Die (1979) (uncredited)
[aka Blaszany bebenek (1979) (Poland)]
[aka Tambour, Le (1979) (France)]
[aka Tin Drum, The (1979) (USA)]
Role: Extra
FILMOGRAPHY AS PRODUCER
Roots (2001)
FILMOGRAPHY AS DIRECTOR
Roots (2001)
FILMOGRAPHY AS WRITER
Roots (2001)
Filmography - Notable TV guest appearances
Family Law (1999) playing "Mary Kobish"(as Beata Pozniak Daniels) in episode: "Obligations" (episode # 3.3)
Sugar Hill (1999) playing "Mrs. Milofsky"(voice)
Pensacola: Wings of Gold (1997) playing "Eva Terenco" in episode: "Road Warriors" 2/9/1998
Babylon 5 (1994) playing "President Susanna Luchenko" in episode: "Rising Star" (episode # 4.21) 10/20/1997
Dark Skies (1996) playing "Ludmila" in episode: "Strangers in the Night" (episode # 1.18) 5/24/1997
JAG (1995) playing "Malka Dayan" in episode: "Secrets" (episode # 2.2) 1/10/1997
Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, The (1992) playing "Irene" in episode: "Petrograd, July 1917" (episode # 2.7) 3/27/1993
Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, The (1992) playing "Irena" in episode: "Young Indiana Jones and the Mystery of the Blues" (episode # 2.5) 3/13/1993
Mad About You (1992) playing "Masha" in episode: "Maid About You" (episode # 1.12) 1/6/1993
Thanks to Kamouraskan for the beta.
L. J. Maas and Murphy Wilson [Amy Murphy].One Step Beyond ... Uber, That Is.
WHOOSH #49 (October 2000)
The "Inside the Head of..." series in Whoosh issues #58, 61-66,68-75
Amy Murphy
Amy Murphy resides in Indiana, and is an avid reader of Xena: Warrior Princess Fan Fiction. If it exists in the Xenaverse, chances are she has read it! Murphy has also tried her hand at writing fan fiction, turning out two very nice pieces that reside on a couple of web sites throughout the Xenaverse.
Favorite episode: IS THERE A DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE (24/124)
Favorite line: "I Have Many Skills" Various episodes
First episode seen: TITANS (07/107)
Least favorite episode: LYRE, LYRE HEARTS ON FIRE (100/510)
