Name Joanna Kanska Role Actress | Children Christopher Ex-spouse Kaz Kanski | |
Full Name Joanna Osmakiewicz Born 1 April 1959 (age 65) ( 1959-04-01 ) Nowy Sacz, Malopolskie, Poland People also search for Kaz Kanski, Mel Smith, Andrew Davies Movies and TV shows The Tall Guy, A Very Peculiar Practice, Material Girl, Capital City, Sleepers | ||
Joanna Kanska (born 1 April 1959) is a Polish-British actress who has worked in films, television, theatre and radio. She migrated to the United Kingdom in 1984.
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Career
Born in Nowy Sącz, she attended the National Film School in Łódź from 1976 to 1980.
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 Sirkka Nieminen in Capital City (1990) and as KGB Major Nina Grishna in the BBC's mini-series Sleepers (1991). She also played the part of a Sudeten German woman in the first episode of Foyle's War.
Personal life
Shortly after her arrival in the UK, Kanska married Polish artist Kaz Kanski after a romance of a few weeks. They were 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.
Filmography
Actress
2022
Litvinenko (TV Mini Series) as
Nika Privalova
- Episode #1.3 (2022) - Nika Privalova
2017
EastEnders (TV Series) as
Dusana
- Episode dated 15 May 2017 (2017) - Dusana
2011
Doctors (TV Series) as
Svetlana Romanoff
- Kinesha (2011) - Svetlana Romanoff
2010
The Downbeat (Short) as
Olivia Poza
2010
Material Girl (TV Series) as
Dorota
- Episode #1.6 (2010) - Dorota
- Episode #1.5 (2010) - Dorota
- Episode #1.4 (2010) - Dorota
- Episode #1.3 (2010) - Dorota
- Episode #1.2 (2010) - Dorota
- Episode #1.1 (2010) - Dorota
2006
The Bill (TV Series) as
Ana Talbot
- 428: Thrown to the Wolves (2006) - Ana Talbot
2005
Casualty (TV Series) as
Ingrid
- The Cost of Honesty (2005) - Ingrid
2004
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (TV Series) as
Katja Wolff
- A Traitor to Memory (2004) - Katja Wolff
2003
The Last Detective (TV Series) as
Greta Schuman
- Lofty (2003) - Greta Schuman
2002
Foyle's War (TV Series) as
Greta Beaumont
- The German Woman (2002) - Greta Beaumont
2000
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) (TV Series) as
Magda
- Paranoia (2000) - Magda
1999
Peak Practice (TV Series) as
Helena Westwood
- Passion (1999) - Helena Westwood
1998
Grafters (TV Series) as
Maddie
- Episode #1.5 (1998) - Maddie
1996
Madson (TV Series) as
Magda Ostrowska
- Episode #1.6 (1996) - Magda Ostrowska
- Episode #1.4 (1996) - Magda Ostrowska
- Episode #1.3 (1996) - Magda Ostrowska
- Episode #1.2 (1996) - Magda Ostrowska
- Episode #1.1 (1996) - Magda Ostrowska
- Episode #1.5 (1996) - Magda Ostrowska
1994
Ruth Rendell Mysteries (TV Series) as
Pernille Madsen
- Vanity Dies Hard: Part 3 (1994) - Pernille Madsen
- Vanity Dies Hard: Part 2 (1994) - Pernille Madsen
- Vanity Dies Hard: Part 1 (1994) - Pernille Madsen
1994
Lovejoy (TV Series) as
Anna Tabor
- Fair Exchange (1994) - Anna Tabor
1993
Love Hurts (TV Series) as
Marisha Vosnensky
- Cold Comfort (1993) - Marisha Vosnensky
- Strictly Business (1993) - Marisha Vosnensky
1992
Screen One (TV Series) as
Grete Grotowska
- A Very Polish Practice (1992) - Grete Grotowska
1992
B & B as
Maria Szczebanska
1991
Sleepers (TV Mini Series) as
Maj. Nina Grishina
- Welcome Home (1991) - Maj. Nina Grishina
- On the Run (1991) - Maj. Nina Grishina
- The Net Tightens (1991) - Maj. Nina Grishina
- The Awakening (1991) - Maj. Nina Grishina
1991
A Slight Hitch (TV Movie) as
Anna
1991
The New Statesman (TV Series) as
Ludmilla
- Profit of Boom (1991) - Ludmilla
1989
Capital City (TV Series) as
Sirkka Nieminen
- The Wedding (1990) - Sirkka Nieminen
- A Wolf in Wolf's Clothing (1990) - Sirkka Nieminen
- Strange Fruits (1990) - Sirkka Nieminen
- Strange Attractors (1990) - Sirkka Nieminen
- Headhunting (1990) - Sirkka Nieminen
- Ethical Investments (1990) - Sirkka Nieminen
- Shoes on the Wrong Feet (1990) - Sirkka Nieminen
- The Gnome from Zurich (1990) - Sirkka Nieminen
- Swami's in Town (1990) - Sirkka Nieminen
- Toxic Waste Syndrome (1990) - Sirkka Nieminen
- Hard Drugs and Snails (1989) - Sirkka Nieminen
- Max in Poland (1989) - Sirkka Nieminen
- Twelve Degrees Capricorn (1989) - Sirkka Nieminen
- Max in Space (1989) - Sirkka Nieminen
- Japanese Fund (1989) - Sirkka Nieminen
- Takeover (1989) - Sirkka Nieminen
- Rainforest (1989) - Sirkka Nieminen
- Newspaper Story (1989) - Sirkka Nieminen
- Pension Fund (1989) - Sirkka Nieminen
- Max in Trouble (1989) - Sirkka Nieminen
- Thanksgiving (1989) - Sirkka Nieminen
- Insider Trading (1989) - Sirkka Nieminen
- Second Quarter Figures (1989) - Sirkka Nieminen
1989
The Tall Guy as
Tamara
1988
A Very Peculiar Practice (TV Series) as
Grete Grotowska
- Death of a University (1988) - Grete Grotowska
- The Big Squeeze (1988) - Grete Grotowska
- Values of the Family (1988) - Grete Grotowska
- Bad Vibrations (1988) - Grete Grotowska
- May the Force Be with You (1988) - Grete Grotowska
- Art and Illusion (1988) - Grete Grotowska
- The New Frontier (1988) - Grete Grotowska
1987
Rumpole of the Bailey (TV Series) as
Hanni Boyne
- Rumpole and the Bright Seraphim (1987) - Hanni Boyne
1983
Byl jazz as
Karol's Girlfriend (as Joanna Osmakiewicz)
1982
Wierne blizny as
Baska (as Joanna Osmakiewicz)
1981
Ot Buga do Visly as
Kshisya (as I. Osmakevich)
1979
Rodzina Polanieckich (TV Series) as
Rozalka
- Powrót (1979) - Rozalka (as Joanna Osmakiewicz)
- Miedzy nienawiscia a miloscia (1979) - Rozalka (as Joanna Osmakiewicz)
- Panna Marynia (1979) - Rozalka (as Joanna Osmakiewicz)
Self
1991
Wogan (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #11.32 (1991) - Self
References
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