She was born 19 March 1937 in Międzyrzec Podlaski. Polish art historian, sinologist, explorer, director and operator of documentary films, the author of many books, television programs, radio broadcasts, articles and exhibitions of contemporary art. Along with her husband, Tony Halik, she has made about 300 documentary films all over the world for the Polish Television and hosted a popular travel television programme Pieprz i wanilia (Pepper and vanilla).