Kazia Pelka
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Kazia Pelka is a British actress. She trained at the LAMDA
where she was awarded the Wilfred Foulis prize. She has worked extensively in the theatre with roles ranging from classical to contemporary." She has had major roles in Brookside
(as nanny/prostitute Anna Wolska), Heartbeat (as district nurse Maggie Bolton), Coronation Street
, and more recently five's soap Family Affairs
, where she played Chrissy Costello from September 2003 until the show's final episode on December 30, 2005. Pelka won the award for "Best Dramatic Performance" at the 2005 British Soap Awards
, the first award ever to be won by Family Affairs
. She has recently appeared in The Bill
as DAC Georgia Hobbs. She has also appeared in Casualty
.
She recently appeared in a Toviaz commercial in the US.
Her brother is Valentine Pelka
who starred in the TV series Queen of Swords and guest appearances in the TV series Highlander: The Series
. They appeared together in the Heartbeat episode Sitting off the Dock of Bay. Their mother is Irish stage actress Alma Herley, whose brother Randal Herley is also an actor, and their maternal grandmother was opera singer Anne Herley.
In 1998 she married Brian Jordan. Their daughter Theodora was born in 2000.
her son Jonathan Dixon
who played Darryl Morton
in Coronation Street
from 2007-2009.
London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art is a leading British drama school in west London. LAMDA's president is Timothy West and its new principal is Joanna Read, who recently succeeded Peter James...
where she was awarded the Wilfred Foulis prize. She has worked extensively in the theatre with roles ranging from classical to contemporary." She has had major roles in Brookside
Brookside
Brookside is a defunct British soap opera set in Liverpool, England. The series began on the launch night of Channel 4 on 2 November 1982, and ran for 21 years until 4 November 2003...
(as nanny/prostitute Anna Wolska), Heartbeat (as district nurse Maggie Bolton), Coronation Street
Coronation Street
Coronation Street is a British soap opera set in Weatherfield, a fictional town in Greater Manchester based on Salford. Created by Tony Warren, Coronation Street was first broadcast on 9 December 1960...
, and more recently five's soap Family Affairs
Family Affairs
Family Affairs was a British soap opera broadcast on Five, from 1997 to 2005. It was the second programme to be broadcast on the channel on 30 March 1997, the channel's launch night...
, where she played Chrissy Costello from September 2003 until the show's final episode on December 30, 2005. Pelka won the award for "Best Dramatic Performance" at the 2005 British Soap Awards
British Soap Awards
The British Soap Awards is an annual awards ceremony to honour the best of British soap operas.The first event took place in 1999 and takes place in May each year. Although it is an ITV production, the events were held at the BBC Television Centre, in London until 2010. The 2011 awards relocated to...
, the first award ever to be won by Family Affairs
Family Affairs
Family Affairs was a British soap opera broadcast on Five, from 1997 to 2005. It was the second programme to be broadcast on the channel on 30 March 1997, the channel's launch night...
. She has recently appeared in The Bill
The Bill
The Bill is a police procedural television series that ran from October 1984 to August 2010. It focused on the lives and work of one shift of police officers, rather than on any particular aspect of police work...
as DAC Georgia Hobbs. She has also appeared in Casualty
Casualty (TV series)
Casualty, stylised as Casual+y, is a British weekly television show broadcast on BBC One, and the longest-running emergency medical drama television series in the world. Created by Jeremy Brock and Paul Unwin, it was first broadcast on 6 September 1986, and transmitted in the UK on BBC One. The...
.
She recently appeared in a Toviaz commercial in the US.
Her brother is Valentine Pelka
Valentine Pelka
Valentine Pelka is an English actor who has starred in film and on television.-Biography:Pelka was born in Dewsbury, Yorkshire to an actress mother and a civil engineer father. His mother is Irish, and his father is Polish. His sister is Kazia Pelka an actress who starred in Brookside, amongst...
who starred in the TV series Queen of Swords and guest appearances in the TV series Highlander: The Series
Highlander: The Series
Highlander: The Series is a fantasy-adventure television series featuring Duncan MacLeod of the Scottish Clan MacLeod, as the Highlander. It was an offshoot and another alternate sequel of the 1986 feature film with a twist: Connor MacLeod did not win the prize and Immortals still exist post-1985...
. They appeared together in the Heartbeat episode Sitting off the Dock of Bay. Their mother is Irish stage actress Alma Herley, whose brother Randal Herley is also an actor, and their maternal grandmother was opera singer Anne Herley.
In 1998 she married Brian Jordan. Their daughter Theodora was born in 2000.
her son Jonathan Dixon
Jonathan Dixon (actor)
Jonathan Dixon is a British television actor, best known for playing playground bully Matthew "Mooey" Humphries in long-running CBBC show Grange Hill....
who played Darryl Morton
Darryl Morton
Darryl Morton is a fictional character in the UK television ITV soap opera, Coronation Street. Portrayed by former Grange Hill actor Jonathan Dixon, the character first appeared onscreen during the episode airing on 18 March 2007.-Background:...
in Coronation Street
Coronation Street
Coronation Street is a British soap opera set in Weatherfield, a fictional town in Greater Manchester based on Salford. Created by Tony Warren, Coronation Street was first broadcast on 9 December 1960...
from 2007-2009.