Zuzanna Szadkowski

Zuzanna Szadkowski ([ʂadˈkɔfski]; born October 22, 1978) is a Polish-American actress known for her role as Dorota Kishlovsky on CW teen drama series Gossip Girl. Szadkowski also appeared on The Knick, Girls, Search Party, The Good Wife, Sopranos, and Guiding Light. She made her New York Stage debut in Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron's Love, Loss, and What I Wore in which she appeared in a record-breaking five all-star casts.

Zuzanna Szadkowski
Born (1978-10-22) October 22, 1978
Warsaw, Poland
EducationColumbia University (BA)
Harvard University (MFA)
OccupationActress
Years active2004–present

Early and personal life

Zuzanna Szadkowski was born on October 22, 1978, in Warsaw, Poland, and moved to the United States when she was three. About her national identity and Polish accent she displays in Gossip Girl, she said, "I was born in Poland, so I am able to identify with her that way. The accent is modeled after people in my own family, so hopefully I am doing it justice".[1] Szadkowski and her family moved to Fort Wayne, Indiana, where she graduated from the R. Nelson Snider High School in 1997.[2] She attended Barnard College of Columbia University, and went on to earn a Master of Fine Arts in acting from the Institute for Advanced Theater Training at Harvard University.[2][3]

Szadkowski currently resides in Downtown Brooklyn.[4] In 2010, she partnered with Sam Weisman to open an acting school, the Sam Weisman Studio, in New York City.[5]

Career

Szadkowski made her acting debut in 2006, portraying two characters in Law & Order: Criminal Intent season 5 episode "Watch". She would reprise these roles in the season 7 episode "Lonelyville". In 2007, Szadkowski appeared in two episodes of The Sopranos, "Soprano Home Movies" and "Kennedy and Heidi". The same year, she was cast as Dorota Kishlovsky, the Polish maid of Blair Waldorf (Leighton Meester), in The CW series Gossip Girl. On April 20, 2009, The CW launched the Gossip Girl spin-off web series titled Gossip Girl: Chasing Dorota, consisting of six episodes.

Szadkowski also appeared as Nurse Pell on Steven Soderbergh's The Knick. She appeared in Girls, Search Party, The Good Wife, Elementary, and Guiding Light. Theatre credits include Uncle Romeo Vanya Juliet (WSJ Performance of the Year 2018); The Crucible; and Peter Pan with Bedlam; queens at LCT3; The Comedy of Errors as part of The Public Theater’s Mobile Shakespeare Unit; King Philip’s Head… with Clubbed Thumb; The 39 Steps at Actors Theatre of Louisville; The Merry Wives of Windsor at Two River Theater; and King Lear at Bristol Riverside Theatre.

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Note
2012 Where Is Joel Baum? Polish cleaning lady
2013 Butterflies of Bill Baker Monica
2014 Growing Up and Other Lies CeCe
2016 Loserville Janice Rappaport
2019 Worth Myrna

Television
Year Title Role Notes
2006 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Trina Episode: "Watch"
2007 The Sopranos Elzbieta 2 episodes
2007–2012 Gossip Girl Dorota Kishlovsky 79 episodes (1 uncredited)
2007 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Olga Episode: "Lonelyville"
2009 Guiding Light Sister Angelica 3 episodes
2014–2015 The Knick Nurse Pell 15 episodes
2015 Elementary Miranda Jantzen Episode: "Seed Money"
2015 Girls Priya 3 episodes
2016 The Good Wife Gloria Beattie Episode: "Shoot"

Web
Year Title Role Notes
2009 Gossip Girl: Chasing Dorota Dorota Kishlovsky 6 episodes
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gollark: What's it doing?
gollark: Do NOT orient objects.
gollark: Denied.
gollark: You'd have to hibernate before unplugging it, of course.

References
  1. Marci, Steve (February 18, 2009). "An Interview with Zuzanna Szadkowski". TVFantastic.com. Retrieved September 28, 2011.
  2. "Biography for Zuzanna Szadkowski". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved September 28, 2011.
  3. "Zuzanna Szadkowski". American Repertory Theater. Retrieved September 28, 2011.
  4. Rovzar, Chris (December 16, 2008). "Zuzanna Szadkowski, a.k.a. Dorota, Fights a Lifelong War With the Alarm Clock". New York Magazine. Retrieved September 28, 2011.
  5. Kuhn, Sarah (September 29, 2010). "Sam Weisman and Zuzanna Szadkowski". Backstage. Retrieved September 28, 2011.
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