Hanna Lis
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Hanna Lis, born Kedaj (first married name Smoktunowicz) (born 13 May 1970 in Warsaw) is a Polish TV journalist. She started her career working for Polish National Television (where, among other duties, she ran the news programme "Teleexpress"), but in 2002 transferred to the commercial station TV4 (dependent on Polsat), where she ran another informational programme "Dziennik". In 2004 she moved to Polsat, where she was an anchor of the news programme Wydarzenia. She filed a report from Poland to CNN during Pope's John Paul II illness.
She spent her childhood in Italy and in 1977 co-represented Poland at the 20th Zecchino d'Oro. Next year she went with the Piccolo Coro dell' Antoniano choir to the Vatican and sang the same piece for Pope John Paul II.
She is married to Tomasz Lis, a popular journalist.
In 2002 she made an appearance in the Polish movie Rób swoje ryzyko jest twoje. In 2009 ended her career in television after being let go from hosting "Wiadomości" TVP1.