Wiki Dankowska

Wiki Dankowska (IPA: [vɪ.kɪ dæn.kaʊ.skæ]) is a fictional character in the popular ITV1 soap opera Coronation Street. She is played by Wanda Opalinska and made her first appearance on 26 February 2007.

Wiki first appeared as a new employee of Carla Connor at the Underworld factory. She was recruited by Becky Grainger to work the evening shift at Underworld. It didn’t take long for Wiki’s hard work to be rewarded and she was given a permanent job at the factory. As a Polish immigrant, she was paid less than other employees, and they became concerned that their pay would be affected by this. She was bullied by Joanne Jackson and Janice Battersby, but Hayley Cropper secured her equal pay from Liam Connor, when the workers went on strike after Sean Tully was fired by Liam's brother Paul. She is the only factory worker to have seen Kasia Barowicz fall and die in the factory during an illegal shift. Paul, Carla and Liam covered up Kasia's death until 8:00am the following morning, when the death would be covered by their insurance. Wiki went along with this when Carla told her that if they didn't do this, Kasia's family would get no compensation money. Wiki has a son back home in Poland, aged 21, and she is working in Underworld to support him. She has started her own business, selling underwear that Kelly Crabtree has been interested in.