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Izabella Miko
Date of birth (location)
21 January 1981
Lodz, Poland
Mini biography
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.
