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Wanda Opalinska is an English-Polish actress, known for playing the part of Polish immigrant and Underworld factory worker Wiki Dankowska in the
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Early life

Opalinska went to drama school before studying English at the
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from 1988 to 1991. She then qualified as an English teacher and taught in South London. She was a teacher of English and Drama at St Thomas More R.C. Secondary School, (Sloane Square, London), before leaving to further her teaching career at
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(South Croydon). There she was appointed first House Mistress (Ellis's) in the schools 400-year history. During her time at Whitgift her critique of
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series.


Career

Opalinska joined ''
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'' as a seamstress at the ''Underworld'' factory. Opalinska's first on-screen appearance as Wiki was on 26 February 2007. Wiki worked for ''Underworld'' manager
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), and witnessed her friend
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(Irena Rodic) die as she fell down the steps of the Underworld factory. She has appeared in
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'' and the
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's '' The Last Laugh''. Opalinska then appeared in '' Waterloo Road'' in the episode first broadcast on
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on 28 October 2010. (Series 6, Episode 10) Other television appearances include ''
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'' (
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) where she played Sue Pruce and Jackie Reynolds, '' Law and Order UK'' (
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) where she played the part of Marie (Series One, Episode Three). On 28 February 2013, Opalinska appeared in her first episode of the
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'' as Magda Bakowska, the carer for
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). Opalinska made her final appearance as Magda on 4 March 2013. For theatre, Opalinska was recently in the Royal Court production of Truth and Reconciliation by Debbie Tucker Green. In 2022 she played the roles of Nadia and Marcella in ''All of Us'' at the
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Personal life

On 12 February 2009 Opalinska gave birth to a son, Rafal.


References


External links

* British television actresses Living people Polish television actresses Year of birth missing (living people) Alumni of the University of Birmingham {{Poland-bio-stub