Ida Nowakowska


Ida Victoria Nowakowska-Herndon is a Polish actress, dancer and television presenter.

Early life and career

She studied in New York City at the Professional Performing Arts School and Steps on Broadway and performed at the Metropolitan Opera. In 2007, she was a finalist on the first season of the of So You Think You Can Dance and reached the Top 10 in the competition. Graduated from the School of Theater, Film and Television from University of California, Los Angeles with a degree in theater. She returned as a judge for the ninth season in 2016.
In 2019, she was a judge of the first season of Dance Dance Dance broadcast on TVP2 in Poland and is the host of Poland's Junior Bake Off. She will co-host the next edition of The Voice Kids in 2020, replacing Barbara Kurdej-Szatan in the role. On 22 August 2019, it was announced that Nowakowska would host the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019, alongside Aleksander Sikora and Roksana Węgiel, in Gliwice on 24 November.

Selected filmography