Underwent successful chemotherapy in 2005 and returned to work soon
after in theatre play: "Pozwol mi odejsc". Ironically, she played a
woman dying of cancer. She accepted the part before she was diagnosed
with her own illness.
Had one child with ex-husband Waldemar Kownacki - a son named Franciszek Kownacki (b.1983).
Died at age 58 after 6 years of battling breast cancer [November 30, 2010].