‘Rapist Alexander Westwood ruined my dream of acting’

A woman raped when she was 16 by her acting tutor, who had a role on the Netflix show Sex Education, said he made her feel dirty and ruined her dream of acting.

Oliwia Wudarowicz, who has waived her right to anonymity, began having acting lessons from Alexander Westwood in December 2020, after her mother met him while renovating his flat.

She should have been safe, but Westwood, from Albrighton in Shropshire, used the lessons to rape and sexually abuse her.

In February 2025, he was sentenced to 15 and a half years in prison, after being convicted of 26 crimes against children and two pupils who attended his acting lessons.

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At first, Wudarowicz said Westwood appeared calm during the one-on-one lessons and she felt safe.

However, on their third lesson she said he told her to change in front of him, claiming it was normal backstage practice, and asked whether she was a virgin.

In January 2021, Wudarowicz said Westwood, who was 20 at the time, ordered her to masturbate in front of him, telling her that because he was her teacher she “had to do what he said”.

That same month, he raped her.