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Dominczyk moved with her family from Kielce, Poland, to New York City

New York City

New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

 when she was three, after her parents were expelled from their native Poland for her father's involvement with Amnesty International

Amnesty International

Amnesty International is an international non-governmental organisation whose stated mission is "to conduct research and generate action to prevent and end grave abuses of human rights, and to demand justice for those whose rights have been violated."Following a publication of Peter Benenson's...

 and then the Solidarity movement.

She is the younger sister of the actress Dagmara Dominczyk and is fluent in English

English language

English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

 and her native Polish

Polish language

Polish is a language of the Lechitic subgroup of West Slavic languages, used throughout Poland and by Polish minorities in other countries...

.

Dominczyk became engaged to actor Scott Foley

Scott Foley

Scott Kellerman Foley is an American actor. He is known for roles in television shows such as The Unit and Felicity, and in films such as Scream 3...

 in 2006. During June 2007, the two wed in a private ceremony in Hawaii

Hawaii

Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...

.

In October 2009, it was announced that Dominczyk and her husband Scott Foley

Scott Foley

Scott Kellerman Foley is an American actor. He is known for roles in television shows such as The Unit and Felicity, and in films such as Scream 3...

 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

Mindy Cohn

Mindy Heather Cohn is an American actress, comedian known for her role as Natalie Green, the smart, overweight student of Edna Garrett , on the TV show The Facts of Life, and also being the current voice for Velma Dinkley in the Scooby-Doo franchise, which she has held since 2002.She currently...

 and Antonio Sabato, Jr.

Antonio Sabàto, Jr.

Antonio Sabàto, Jr. is an American actor and model. Born in Italy and raised in the U.S., Sabàto first became known as a Calvin Klein model and for his role on the soap opera General Hospital. He continued appearing in films and television series throughout the 1990s and 2000s.-Early life:Sabàto...

. The following year, she appeared as Bernadette in the 2005 movie The 40-Year-Old Virgin

The 40-Year-Old Virgin

The 40-Year-Old Virgin is a 2005 American buddy comedy film about a middle-aged man's journey to finally have sex. The film was written and directed by Judd Apatow and co-written by its lead star, Steve Carell, though the film itself features a great deal of improvised dialogue...

. From 2006-2007 she guest-starred on the ABC

American Broadcasting Company

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'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

Hispanic

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 roles, such as Anna in The Help

The Help

The Help is an American situation comedy television series which premiered on The WB on March 5, 2004. The show was a raunchy comedy that focused on the hard-lucked life of a beauty school dropout, who now must work for the wealthy and spoiled Ridgeway family. The rest of the hired help are also...

and, most recently, as South American agent Isabelle in Get Smart's Bruce and Lloyd: Out of Control

Get Smart's Bruce and Lloyd: Out of Control

Get Smart's Bruce and Lloyd: Out of Control is a direct-to-video motion picture released in 2008. It is a spin-off of the 2008 film Get Smart and was released in North America on July 1, 2008, 10 days after the parent film began its theatrical run. The film is written by Tom J...

. She also appeared in 2008 Who Do You Love?

Who Do You Love? (2008 film)

Who Do You Love? is a 2008 film named after the Bo Diddley song "Who Do You Love?". It is also known by its working title of Chess. It is a biopic of the record producer Leonard Chess and was directed by Jerry Zaks and written by Peter Martin Wortmann and Robert Conte. Leonard Chess was played by...

, Las Vegas'

Las Vegas (TV series)

Las Vegas was an American television series broadcast by NBC from September 22, 2003 to February 15, 2008. The show focuses on a team of people working at the ficticional Montecito Resort & Casino dealing with issues that arise within the working environment, ranging from valet parking and...

 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

I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell (film)

I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell is a 2009 American comedy film loosely based on the work and persona of writer Tucker Max, who co-wrote the screenplay. In an interview with Shave Magazine Max explained that the film is not "a direct recount or retelling. It says it is based on true events because it...

.

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 I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell is a New York Times #1 bestseller and has made the Best Seller List each year from 2006 to 2011. It has sold over one million copies worldwide, including 400,000 copies in 2009 alone...	Lara

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	The Street	Hostess	Episode "Closet Cases"
2001	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Law & Order: Special Victims Unit is an American police procedural television drama series set in New York City, where it is also primarily produced...	Tess Michner	Episode "Consent"
2002	Witchblade	Christina	Episodes "Destiny", "Emergence"
2004	The Help The Help The Help is an American situation comedy television series which premiered on The WB on March 5, 2004. The show was a raunchy comedy that focused on the hard-lucked life of a beauty school dropout, who now must work for the wealthy and spoiled Ridgeway family. The rest of the hired help are also...	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"

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