Joanna Kanska (born 1 April 1957) is a Polish-British actress who has worked in film, television, theatre and radio. She migrated to the United Kingdom in 1984.
Joanna Kanska | |
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| Born | Joanna Osmakiewicz[1] 1 April 1957 Nowy Sącz, Poland |
| Known for | A Very Peculiar Practice |
Career
editBorn in Nowy Sącz, she attended the National Film School in Łódź from 1976 to 1980.[2]
Kanska's best known roles on television were as a Polish academic, Grete Gretowska, in the second series of the BBC's A Very Peculiar Practice (1988) (and a sequel, A Very Polish Practice in 1992), as Ludmilla in The New Statesman, as Sirkka Nieminen in Capital City (1990)[3] and as KGB Major Nina Grishna in the BBC's mini-series Sleepers (1991).[4] Kanska starred as lawyer Magda Ostrowska in the BBC series Madson (1995–1996). She also played the part of Greta Beaumont, a Sudeten German woman, in the first episode of Foyle's War.
Personal life
editShortly after her arrival in the UK, Kanska married Polish artist Kaz Kanski after a romance of a few weeks. They divorced five years later, but she retained her married name (the feminine version of Kanski). She has a son named Christopher from a subsequent relationship.[citation needed]
References
edit- ^ "Joanna Kanska". FilmWeb.pl. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
- ^ "Kierunek: Aktorstwo dzienne 5-letnie" (in Polish). nk.pl. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
- ^ Poles are Here to Stay in Britain, but It'll Take Time to Make a Cultural Splash, The Guardian, 12 December 2012, retrieved 29 July 2021
- ^ "Joanna Kanska". TV.com. CBS Interactive.
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