Zuzanna Szadkowski facts for kids
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Zuzanna Szadkowski
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| Born | October 22, 1978 |
| Education | Barnard College (BA) Harvard University (MFA) |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2004–present |
Zuzanna Szadkowski was born on October 22, 1978. She is an actress from Poland and the United States. Many people know her for playing Dorota Kishlovsky. This character was a maid in the popular TV show Gossip Girl.
Zuzanna has also acted in other well-known TV series. These include The Knick, Girls, and Search Party. She also appeared in The Good Wife, Sopranos, and Guiding Light. She first performed on stage in New York in a play called Love, Loss, and What I Wore.
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About Zuzanna Szadkowski's Early Life
Zuzanna Szadkowski was born in Warsaw, Poland. This was on October 22, 1978. She moved to the United States when she was three years old.
Zuzanna was a very talented student. In 1997, she was named a Presidential Scholar of the Arts. This is a special award for young artists in the U.S. She went to Barnard College at Columbia University. Later, she earned a Master of Fine Arts degree in acting. She studied at Harvard University for this.
Today, Zuzanna lives in Downtown Brooklyn, New York. In 2010, she helped open an acting school. It is called the Sam Weisman Studio in New York City.
Zuzanna Szadkowski's Acting Career
Zuzanna Szadkowski started her acting career in 2006. She played two different characters in an episode of Law & Order: Criminal Intent. She played these same roles again in another episode later on. In 2007, she appeared in two episodes of The Sopranos.
That same year, she got a big role in Gossip Girl. She played Dorota Kishlovsky. Dorota was the Polish maid for the character Blair Waldorf. The show was very popular with teens. In 2009, a special web series was made about her character. It was called Gossip Girl: Chasing Dorota.
Zuzanna also played Nurse Pell in The Knick. This show was directed by Steven Soderbergh. She has appeared in many other TV shows. These include Girls, Search Party, and The Good Wife. She also acted in Elementary and Guiding Light.
She has performed in many plays too. Some of her theater work includes The Crucible and Peter Pan. She also performed in The Comedy of Errors. During the COVID-19 pandemic, she wrote and performed her own one-woman show online.
Film and Television Work
Zuzanna Szadkowski has acted in several films. In 2011, she had a small part in the movie Tower Heist. She also appeared in Worth in 2020.
Her television roles are extensive. She was in 79 episodes of Gossip Girl. She also appeared in 15 episodes of The Knick. In 2022, she played Mabel Ainsley in 7 episodes of The Gilded Age. She also returned as Dorota in the 2021 Gossip Girl reboot.
See also
In Spanish: Zuzanna Szadkowski para niños
