Wichłacz first appeared in a film about the
Warsaw Uprising in 2012. She appeared in the made-for-television film
The Morality of Mrs. Dulska in 2013, in one episode of
Głęboka woda the same year and in
Medics in 2014. She became better known after starring in
Warsaw 44, winning two prestigious Polish awards: the Golden Lion for the best female role during the 39th
Gdynia Film Festival and the Eagle for the revelation of the year in the 17th
Polish Film Awards.
Andrzej Wajda had seen Zofia in a play and had decided to cast her in
Afterimage, which later turned out to be the director's last production. In 2019 Wichłacz starred in the drama series
DNA, a multi-company production about
illegal adoptions, directed by Henrik Ruben Genz and Kasper Gaardsøe. That same year, she portrayed Kasia, a Polish waitress, in the British drama series
World on Fire. In 2021 she had a leading role in the horror film
Nobody Sleeps in the Woods Tonight Part 2. ==Filmography==