Kathryn Apanowicz

Kathryn Apanowicz ( ə-PAN-ə-vitch; born 3 June 1960) is a British actress and presenter. Apanowicz grew up in Horsforth, Leeds, with a brother, Stephen. Her father was a Polish RAF pilot in the Second World War. She first became involved with television at the age of eight when she presented a junior-aimed programme on ITV, before joining Calendar and then turning to acting. Apanowicz is best known for her 1980s television appearances in the BBC soap operas, Angels, where she played Nurse Rose Butchins, and EastEnders, where she played the caterer Magda Czajkowski. She has also had minor roles in Emmerdale and Coronation Street, and, as a child, appeared in the film Bugsy Malone. Before being cast in these shows, Apanowicz had worked in children's programmes for Yorkshire Television with Mark Curry. In the early 1990s, she worked at cable channel Wire TV and launched the channel on 4 May 1992. She presented its talk-based magazine programme Afternoon Live. In 2000, she enjoyed a regular stint as one of the presenters of ITV's daytime magazine show for women, Live Talk. She is both a presenter for BBC Radio Leeds, and a guest pres... ()