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Kazia Pelka Net Worth

By Sarah Richards |


Kazia Pelka net worth is
$950,000

Kazia Pelka Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family

Kazia Pelka (born in 1962 in Dewsbury, West Riding of Yorkshire) is a British actress. She trained at 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 (Anna Wolska), Heartbeat (district nurse Maggie Bolton) and Channel 5's soap Family Affairs, where she played Chrissy Costello from September 2003 until the show's final episode on 30 December 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 also appeared as a semi regular character DAC Georgia Hobbs in The Bill and numerous other TV shows. Kazia played Carole Middleton in the American TV film Kate and William.Kazia Pelka was a make up artist before training as an actress and has had a very successful career in the beauty industry alongside her acting career. She is the owner of Dr. Boo a cosmetic store and beauty salon in London and from July 2014 starts writing beauty for Prima magazine.Her brother is the actor Valentine Pelka. They appeared together in the Heartbeat episode Sitting off the Dock of Bay. Their mother was Irish stage actress Alma Herley whose brother, Randal Herley was also an actor. Their maternal grandmother was opera singer Anne Herley.In 1998 she married the writer Brian Jordan. Their daughter Theodora was born in 2000. 
Net Worth$950,000
Date Of Birth1962
Place Of BirthDewsbury, Yorkshire, England, UK
Height5' 4" (1.63 m)
ProfessionActress
NicknamesKazia Pelka, Pelka, Kazia
#Fact
1Coronation Street 2002- [March 2002]
2Leaving Family Affairs [December 2005]
3Her mother's brother is the actor Randal Herley.
4Daughter Theodora (born March 2000) with Brian Jordan.
5Sister of Valentine Pelka
6Kazia is the daughter of an Irish mother, Alma, and a Polish father, Tad.

Actress

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Casualty2008-2015TV SeriesGreta Miller / Sarah Phelan / Sarah Brown
World's End2015TV SeriesLena Winters
Doctors2006-2014TV SeriesJoanna Wylde / Angelica Harley / Susan Reed
Crime Stories2012TV SeriesSylvia Campbell
A Little Bit Country2012ShortMum
William & Catherine: A Royal Romance2011TV MovieCarole Middleton
New Tricks2011TV SeriesD.C.I. Melissa Temple
Inspector Lewis2010TV SeriesSusan Banks
The Bill2006-2007TV SeriesDAC Georgia Hobbs
Family Affairs2003-2005TV SeriesChrissy Costello
Holby City2003TV SeriesCherry Hunter
Coronation Street1987-2002TV SeriesHazel Wilding Linda Jackson
Heartbeat1995-2001TV SeriesMaggie Bolton
Peak Practice2001TV SeriesGabby
Space Precinct1994TV SeriesMadam
Brookside1992-1993TV SeriesAnna Wolska
The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission1988TV MovieBritish Hooker (as Kaiza Pelka)
Mixed Doubles1985TV SeriesBarmaid
Summer Season1985TV SeriesMaureen Wilde

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The British Soap Awards 20052005TV SpecialHerself
The Paul O'Grady Show2005TV SeriesHerself
Loose Women2004TV SeriesHerself
This Morning2004TV SeriesHerself
The Terry and Gaby Show2004TV SeriesHerself
10 Years of Heartbeat2002TV Movie documentaryHerself
Songs of Praise2001TV SeriesNarrator
Blankety Blank1998TV SeriesHerself

Archive Footage

Won Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
2005British Soap AwardBritish Soap AwardsBest StorylineFamily Affairs (1997)
2005British Soap AwardBritish Soap AwardsBest Dramatic PerformanceFamily Affairs (1997)

Nominated Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
2004British Soap AwardBritish Soap AwardsBest Dramatic PerformanceFamily Affairs (1997)

Known for movies

Family Affairs (2003-2005)
as Chrissy Costello

Heartbeat (1995-2001)
as Maggie Bolton

World's End (2015)
as Lena Winters

William & Catherine: A Royal Romance (2011)
as Carole Middleton