Jowita Budnik is a Polish actress who studied at the University of Warsaw. She made her screen debut at the age of 12 in Kochankowie mojej mamy (1986). She gained popularity from her role in W labiryncie (1988). Her career took a turn when she met Krzysztof Krauze, who cast her in one of the main roles in his TV movie Wielkie rzeczy: Siec (2000). In 2005, Krauze and Joanna Kos-Krauze wrote the script for the movie Plac Zbawiciela (2006) with Budnik in mind. In 2017, she appeared in Birds Are Singing in Kigali (2017), the last joint movie of Joanna and Krzysztof Krauze.