Dagmara Dominczyk

**Dagmara Domińczyk** is a Polish-American actress. She portrayed Karolina Novotney, the head of public relations at Waystar Royco, on *Succession*.

## Biography

### Early life

Dagmara Domińczyk was born on July 17, 1976, in Kielce, Poland. She is the daughter of Aleksandra and Mirosław Domińczyk, a prominent member of the Polish Solidarity movement. In 1983, due to her family sought asylum from the Polish government, who had been targeting her father, in New York City. She went to Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School in Manhattan before studying at Carnegie Mellon University, from which she graduated in 1998.

She has two younger sisters, Marika and Veronika, who are both actresses as well.

### Career

Domińczyk debuted on Broadway in 1999 (as Anna Friel's standby in Patrick Marber's *Closer*) and on-screen in the following year. She has since appeared in films such as *Rock Star* (2001), *The Count of Monte Cristo* (2002), *Higher Ground* (2011), *The Immigrant* (2013), *The Assistant* (2019), *The Lost Daughter* (2021), *Bottoms* (2023), and *Priscilla* (2023). After acting primarily on-screen for nearly 10 years, she made a brief return to Broadway in 2012.

In 2013, she published her first novel, *The Lullaby of Polish Girls*, which was loosely based on her youth in her native Poland.

## Personal life

In June 2005, Domińczyk married actor and fellow Carnegie Mellon alumnus Patrick Wilson. They welcomed their first child, Kalin Patrick Wilson, in June 2006, and their second, Kassian McCarrell Wilson, in August 2009. Along with their children, the couple currently resides in Montclair, New Jersey.

Just days before filming the final episode of Succession, having just filmed Logan Roy's funeral, Domińczyk's father unfortunately passed away. She said of his death:

## Filmography

### Audiobook narration

* *Someone to Love* by Jude Devereaux
* *Day After Night* by Anita Diamant
* *Every Note Played* by Lisa Genova
* *The Other Queen* by Phillipa Gregory
* *The Boleyn Inheritance* by Phillipa Gregory
* *Show No Fear* by Perri O'Shaughnessy
* *In Secret Service* by Mitch Silver

## References

1. ↑ Ariano, Tara‎ (April 25, 2022). "Dagmara Domińczyk Is Having the Time of Her Life". *Vanity Fair*. Retrieved on October 2, 2023.
2. ↑ Reuters‎ (March 12, 1983). "8000 Poles imprisoned, es-Solidarity aide says". *The Windsor Star*. Retrieved on October 2, 2023.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Wigley, Pam‎ (February 25, 2014). "Carnegie Mellon School of Drama Hosts Alumna Dagmara Dominczyk, Actress and Author of "The Lullaby of Polish Girls"". *Cernegie Mellon University*. Retrieved on October 2, 2023.
4. ↑ Carroll, Rebecca‎ (n.d.). "There's Something About Dagmara". *The Aesthete*. Archived from the original on March 8, 2016. Retrieved on October 2, 2023.
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Williams, Alex‎ (June 14, 2013). "A Modern Immigrant Finds the Spotlight". *The New York Times*. Retrieved on October 2, 2023.
6. ↑ Dagmara Domińczyk (Performer) | Playbill
7. ↑ The Lullaby of Polish Girls by Dagmara Dominczyk | Penguin Random House
8. ↑ Blanchet, Brenton‎ (April 17, 2023). "Succession's Dagmara Domińczyk Lost Her Dad Days Before Filming Finale". *People*. Retrieved on October 2, 2023.
9. ↑ White, Abbey‎ (April 17, 2023). "‘Succession’ Star Dagmara Dominczyk Says Her Father Died During Filming of Season 4". *The Hollywood Reporter*. Retrieved on October 2, 2023.