Karolina Wydra

Karolina Wydra is a Polish-American actress and model who was born in Opole, Poland, and grew up in California. Her career began in modeling: she won the Elite Lee Jeans Model Look Contest in 1997 and appeared in campaigns for brands such as Calvin Klein and Levi's Red. She moved into acting with film roles in 2008, including Be Kind Rewind and Sugar, and had a supporting part in Crazy, Stupid, Love (2011). Her television breakthrough came as Dominika Petrova on House from 2011 to 2012, followed by leading film roles in After (2012) and Europa Report (2013). She gained wider recognition as the vampire Violet Mazurski on True Blood from 2013 to 2014, later playing detective Dianne Kubek in Wicked City and the alien Izel on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. in 2019. She plays Zosia in Pluribus, a role that earned her a Primetime Emmy Award nomination.