Kathryn Apanowicz

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Kathryn Apanowicz (born 1960) is a British actress 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 2000, she enjoyed a brief stint as one of the presenters of ITV1's daytime magazine show for women, Live Talk. She is currently both a presenter for BBC Radio Leeds, and a guest presenter for BBC Radio York.

From 1994 to 2005, she was the long term partner of Countdown host, the late Richard Whiteley.

[edit] Vision Aid Overseas

Three pairs of Richard Whitely's spectacles were donated by Kathryn Apanowicz to optical charity Vision Aid Overseas (VAO), who sent them with a team of optical professionals to Ethiopia. VAO is a charity dedicated to helping people in the developing world whose lives are blighted by poor eyesight, particularly where spectacles can help. After setting up an eyecare clinic, the VAO team found three Ethiopians whose eyes fitted Richard’s prescription. The BBC followed this story on their Inside Out programme which was broadcast on September 19th 2007.