Naomi Wakszlak

Wakszlak is of Ashkenazi Jewish descent.^[2] She attended Thomas Tallis School in Kidbrooke, whilst attending weekend classes at stage school D&B Academy of Performing Arts. She grew up in Hither Green and was a member of a choir at Greenwich Academy of Music and Drama.^[3] At the beginning of her acting career, she was credited as Naomi Morris.^[2] Wakszlak made her first professional acting appearance in the National Youth Music Theatre's 2013 stage production of The Other School. A year later, she played a lead role in The Hired Man at St James's Theatre. Wakszlak then appeared in a television advertisement for Cadbury's Twirl bars,^[4] as well as an advertisement for Harveys Furniture. In 2015, she starred in the Lighthouse's production of Peter Pan as Wendy Darling.^[5] Also in 2015, she appeared in an episode of the BBC daytime soap opera Doctors as Ava Adams.^[6]

In 2017, Wakszlak played a lead role in a touring production of Wonderland.^[7] Her performance was received well by WhatsOnStage, who billed her as the "overall finest" of the production.^[8] In 2018, Wakszlak played Charlie Finch in the film Above the Clouds. Her portrayal was praised by the Raindance Film Festival.^[9] She went on to win Best Actress at the Oxford International Film Festival,^[10] as well as Best Actress at the Port Townsend Film Festival.^[11] In 2019, she appeared in an episode of the Epix series Pennyworth.^[12] In 2020, she returned to stage, appearing in a production of Malory Towers.^[13] 2021 saw her appear as Daphne The Christmas Goblin at the Marlowe Theatre,^[14] as well as return to Doctors, this time in the role of Rosie Snell.^[15] Then in 2024, she appeared in an episode of the Paramount+ crime drama series Sexy Beast as Young Deedee, a younger version of Sarah Greene's character.^[2] Later that year, Wakszlak was cast in the BBC medical drama series Casualty.^[16][17] She made her first appearance as Indie Jankowski, the show's first student paramedic, in December 2024.^[12]