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Joanna Kanska (born 1 April 1957) is a Polish-British actress who has worked in films, television, theatre and radio. She migrated to the United Kingdom in 1984.

Joanna Kanska
Born	Joanna Osmakiewicz[1] (1957-04-01) 1 April 1957 (age 65) Nowy Sącz, Poland
Known for	A Very Peculiar Practice

Career

Born 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), ‘’The New Statesman, as Sirkka Nieminen in Capital City (1990) and as KGB Major Nina Grishna in the BBC's mini-series Sleepers (1991).[3] She also played the part of Greta Beaumont, 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.

Notes

External links

• Joanna Kanska at IMDb

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