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Marika Dominczyk Born July 7, 1980
Kielce, PolandOccupation Actress Years active 2000–present Spouse Scott Foley (2007-present) Marika Domińczyk (born July 7, 1980) is a Polish American actress.
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Personal
Dominczyk moved with her family from Kielce, Poland, to New York City when she was three, after her parents were expelled from their native Poland for her father's involvement with Amnesty International and then the Solidarity movement.
She is the younger sister of the actress Dagmara Dominczyk and is fluent in English and her native Polish.
Dominczyk became engaged to actor Scott Foley in 2006. During June 2007, the two wed in a private ceremony in Hawaii.[1]
In October 2009, it was announced that Dominczyk and her husband Scott Foley were expecting their first child together. They welcomed a daughter.
Career
In 2004, Dominczyk appeared in the short-lived television series The Help, which also starred Mindy Cohn and Antonio Sabato, Jr.. The following year, she appeared as Bernadette in the 2005 movie The 40-Year-Old Virgin. From 2006-2007 she guest-starred on the ABC's Brothers & Sisters as Tyler Altamirano. She reprised her role in the last two episodes of the show's fifth season. Despite being Polish, her exotic looks have often led to her being cast in Hispanic roles, such as Anna in The Help and, most recently, as South American agent Isabelle in Get Smart's Bruce and Lloyd: Out of Control. She also appeared in 2008 Who Do You Love?, Las Vegas' 3 Babes, 100 Guns, and a Fat Chick (2008), as a bounty hunter, and Danny's Marine Sergeant in Iraq, and a Russian informant to Cool Breeze, played by her husband, in The Unit (2009), and is in National Lampoon's Bagboy (2008).
Dominczyk also played the role of Lara in the 2009 film, I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell.
Filmography
Film Year Title Role Notes 2001 3 AM Cathy 2002 Porn n Chicken Tatiana TV movie 2004 Invitation to a Suicide Manhattan Woman 2005 Confessions of a Dog Brunette TV movie Halley's Comet Mattea TV movie The 40 Year Old Virgin Bernadette 2007 Manchild Tiffany TV movie Bag Boy Bambi Strasinsky 2008 Get Smart's Bruce and Lloyd Out of Control Isabella Who Do You Love Revetta Chess 2009 I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell Lara Television Year Title Role Notes 2000 The Street Hostess Episode "Closet Cases" 2001 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Tess Michner Episode "Consent" 2002 Witchblade Christina Episodes "Destiny", "Emergence" 2004 The Help Anna, the Nanny 7 episodes North Shore Erika 6 episodes 2006 Bones Leslie Snow Episode "The Woman at the Airport" 2008 Las Vegas Marisa Rodriguez Episode "3 Babes, 100 Guns and a Fat Chick" House M.D. Heather Episode "Adverse Events" 2009 The Unit Anya Episode "Endgame" 2006-2011 Brothers & Sisters Tyler Altamirano 10 episodes 2011 Rizzoli & Isles Theresa Episode "Bloodlines" References
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Categories:- 1980 births
- American television actors
- Living people
- Naturalized citizens of the United States
- Actors from New York
- People from New York City
- Polish emigrants to the United States
- Television actor stubs
- Polish actor stubs
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