Actor

Wanda Opalinska

January 1, 1970 · Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK

Wanda Opalinska is an English-Polish actress, known for playing the part of Polish immigrant and Underworld factory worker Wiki Dankowska in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street.

Opalinska went to drama school before studying English at the University of Birmingham 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 Whitgift School (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 George Orwell's Animal Farm was published by Longman as part of their acclaimed York Notes series.

Notable work

8.5
Peaky Blinders (2013)
as Rosemary Johnson and as Mrs. Johnson
7.3
A Monster Calls (2016)
as Female Nurse
7.9
Killing Eve (2018)
as Klaudia and as Karolina
6.5
Avenue 5 (2020)
as Bailey

Often works with

Sophie Rundle
2 titles together
Peaky Blinders, An Inspector Calls
Finn Cole
2 titles together
Peaky Blinders, An Inspector Calls
Aimee-Ffion Edwards
2 titles together
Peaky Blinders, A Poet in New York
Tony Pitts
2 titles together
Peaky Blinders, Giri/Haji
Nina Sosanya
2 titles together
Killing Eve, The Vote

Full filmography · 14

Gameface
as Book Club Host
Upcoming
The PA and the Manhattan Prince
Writer
2023
National Theatre Live: All of Us
as Nadia / Marcella
2022
Damilola, Our Loved Boy
as Pathologist
2016
A Monster Calls
as Female Nurse
20167.3
An Inspector Calls
as Charity Lady
20157.4
The Vote
as Alexandra Peters
2015
A Poet in New York
as Countess
2014