Maria Nowak

Maria Anne Nowak (née Mercer) (born 24th May 1965, age 54) is an original character in the Lit forum serial drama The Avenue, portrayed by Michelle Collins. She is the wife of Vik Nowak, and mother of sons Alex Mercer and Feliks Nowak. She runs an eatery called Nosh, where Rory Westaway works part-time as a waiter. In the previous version of The Avenue, Maria's surname was Glukhov (which is Russian), but is now Nowak (which is Polish, on her husband's side).

Maria is described as glamorous and 'unconsciously snobby'; she doesn't mean to be, but she is a driven person who is immensely proud of her somewhat dysfunctional, masculine family - perhaps to a fault...