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Born in what was still Communist
Poland in January 1981 to accomplished thespian parents, Grazyna Dylag and
Aleksander Mikolajczak, Izabella Miko could dance before she could walk.
She began to pursue her dream career as a ballerina as soon as it was
available to her at the age of 10. Izabella was accepted to the National
Ballet School in Warsaw and though her teachers were concerned about what
seemed to be some flexibility limitations of her body from the start,
Izabella was determined to realize her dream. She would simply need to
train harder and longer than the other dancers, and so she did. Izabella
became so accomplished, so quickly, that at the age of 15 she was
recruited to come to NY on full scholarship and study at the School of
American Ballet. Izabella was on her way to the NYC Ballet and the
spotlight of her dreams. However, in 1997 Izabella's body could no longer
withstand the rigors of a 7-day a week ballet-training schedule and gave
in to vertebrae, knee and ankle injuries. In a blink, Izabella's career as
a ballet dancer was over. She found herself 17 years old and wondering
what career she would ever find that would emblaze her soul the same way
dance did. It didn't take long for destiny to reveal its new and improved
plan for Izabella Miko. While freshly back in Warsaw and recovering, a
casting director who was working with Izabella's parents asked if Izabella
would play a part in a TV movie "Lithuania You're My Motherland". She
accepted not knowing where else to turn. From the first moment in front of
the cameras, Izabella was hooked. Her calling to act rang so loudly in her
heart that it was unmistakable and made so much sense out of what was up
until that moment a confusing disappointment. Once bitten by the acting
bug, and never a lady to do anything only half way, shortly before her
18th birthday, Izabella was headed back to America only this time, as an
actor. She immediately began training at The Lee Strasberg Theatre
Institute and laying the groundwork for a successful career as an actor.
Sewn instantly into the hearts of everyone she meets, it didn't take long
before the business urged Izabella to become a bi-coastal performer. She
came out to LA just after she turned 18 and from a short and magical
series of events landed a much sought after role in "Jerry Bruckheimer's"
Coyote Ugly (2000) playing the heartbreaker "Cammie" Izabella's role in
the film put her on the fast track in Hollywood not to mention a slew of
magazine covers and billboards as well! She followed this debut up with a
leading role in J.S. Cardone's The Forsaken (2001) Her latest film,
Minimal Knowledge (2002) has been making the film festival rounds in 2002.
She also recently wrapped _Shore, The (2003)_ starring along side Lesley
Ann Warren and Ben Gazzara. With a deep passion for dance, movement and
the spotlight ever in her soul, Izabella is currently starring alongside
hugely accomplished actors Derek Jacobi and 'Michael Lonsdale' in the
feature film _Bye-Bye Blackbird (2004)_ . Her portrayal of Alice, a circus
trapeze artist in the early 1900s, is the perfect combination of
Izabella's most innate talents. Izabella prepared for this role with a
rigorous, three-month, training schedule on both the flying and static
trapeze. |
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"They don't have bars like
this in Poland. It was so hard for me to describe to my mom what it
was all about. She was like, 'What do you mean you dance on the
bar?' She had no idea. 'Are you a stripper?' I'm like, 'No, Mom, I'm
not playing a stripper!' She finally got it after seeing the
trailer, which is running in Poland. But I'm not worried about her
seeing the movie; in fact, she came to the premiere." |
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The Spiderwick Chronicles
(2008)
Skip Tracer (2007) (TV) .... Ludmila
Dark Streets (2007) .... Madelaine
Repo (2007) .... Timmy
Flakes (2007) .... Strawberry
Crashing (2007) .... Kristen
Save the Last Dance 2 (2006) .... Sara Johnson
The House of Usher (2006) .... Jill Michaelson
Park (2006) .... Krysta
The Shore (2005) .... Kaliope
Bye Bye Blackbird (2005) .... Alice
"Deadwood" .... Carrie (3 episodes, 2005)
- Something Very Expensive (2005) TV Episode .... Carrie
- Complications (2005) TV Episode .... Carrie
- Requiem for a Gleet (2005) TV Episode .... Carrie
Gramercy Park (2004) (TV) .... Sophie Mansour
Minimal Knowledge (2002) .... Renee
... aka Murder Reincarnated (USA: video title)
The Forsaken (2001) .... Megan
... aka The Forsaken: Desert Vampires (Australia: promotional title)
Coyote Ugly (2000) .... Cammie
"Kuchnia polska" (1993) (mini) TV Series (as Izabela Mikolajczyk)
.... Zuzia Szymanko
... aka Poolse keuken, De (Belgium)
Niech zyje milosc (1991) .... Daughter
... aka Long Live Love
Pan Kleks w kosmosie (1989) .... The Girl with the Matches
... aka Mr. Kleks in Space |
