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Agata Trzebuchowska (Polish pronunciation: [aˈgata tʂɛbuˈxɔfska]; born 1992) is a Polish actress. She is best known for playing the lead role in the 2013 film "Ida," which was her film debut. For this role, she was nominated for numerous festival and industry awards.

The director of "Ida," Paweł Pawlikowski, had difficulty finding an actress for the lead role, so he reached out to the Warsaw film community asking them to look for talent. Trzebuchowska was spotted by a friend of Pawlikowski's when she was sitting in a cafe reading a book. Trzebuchowska had no acting experience and no plans to pursue an acting career, but she agreed to meet with Pawlikowski because she was a fan of his 2004 film "My Summer of Love."