Maria Peszek was born in 1973 in Wrocław. She studied at the University of Alaska in Anchorage as well as at the State Higher School of Drama in Cracow. She is a theatre, film and television actress, associated with the Studio Theatre in Warsaw. She has given guest performances at the National Theatre, the 'Rozmaitoćciń Theatre and the Video-Theatre 'Pozań. She has collaborated with such directors as Jerzy Grzegorzewski, Krystian Lupa, Rudolf Zioło, Oskaras Koršunovas, Jerzy Stuhr, Piotr Cieplak, Piotr üazarkiewicz and Wojciech Waglewski.
Maria Peszek has received many prizes for her roles, including Second Prize at the 'Kalisz Theatre Meetings' (for the role of Simoninia in God's Words by Valle-Inclan at the 'Rozmaitoćci' Theatre, 1999) and the Szczecin Friends' Society Prize at the National Review of the Small Forms Theatre (for her role in Bam by Daniel Charms at the Studio Theatre, 1999). In 2000 she took part in the Review of Actor's Song in Wrocław, receiving Second Prize, the zasp (The Association of Polish Stage Artists) Prize as well as the prizes of both audience and journalists. This year Maria Peszek was honoured by the Festival of Polish Radio and tv Theatre 'Two Theatres' for her performance of Agafia Tikhonovna in The Marriage by Nicolai Gogol.