Marika Domińczyk

Marika Domińczyk ( ; born 7 July 1980) is a Polish actress who is best known for her role as Dr. Eliza Minnick on Grey's Anatomy, season 13.

Personal life Marika Domińczyk is one of three daughters born to Aleksandra and . She immigrated to the United States as a child. Her father was one of the leaders in the Polish Solidarity movement. She is the younger sister of actress Dagmara Dominczyk. In June 2007, the two wed in a private ceremony in Hawaii. They have three children: daughter Malina (b. October 2009) and sons Keller (b. April 2012) and Konrad (b. November 13, 2014).

Career

In 2004, Domińczyk appeared in the short-lived television series The Help. The following year, she appeared as Bernadette in the 2005 film The 40-Year-Old Virgin. From 2006-2007, she guest-starred on the ABC's Brothers & Sisters as Tyler Altamirano. She reprised her role in the last two episodes of the show's fifth season. Despite her being of Polish extraction, her looks have often led to her being cast in Hispanic roles, such as Anna in The Help and, most recently, as South American agent Isabella in Get Smart's Bruce and Lloyd: Out of Control. She appeared in Who Do You Love?, the Las Vegas episode "3 Babes, 100 Guns, and a Fat Chick" (2008) as a bounty hunter, and Danny's Marine Sergeant in Iraq, and as a Russian informant to Cool Breeze, played by her husband Scott Foley, in The Unit. She also starred in National Lampoon's Bag Boy.

Domińczyk played the role of Lara in the film I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell. She was signed for the recurring role, in ABC's drama series Grey's Anatomy of Dr. Eliza Minnick, an orthopedic surgeon and residency-instruction consultant who became a love interest for Jessica Capshaw's character of Dr. Arizona Robbins, which role she originated as the program's thirteenth season began. Ultimately, Dr. Minnick's approach to surgical-residency programs led to her being fired from the hospital, and Domińczyk was, herself, released from the cast. In 2019, Domińczyk recurred as Tina Marek on ABC's Whiskey Cavalier, which starred her real-life husband Scott Foley.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes 2001 3 A.M. Cathy 2004 Invitation to a Suicide Manhattan Woman 2005 The 40-Year-Old Virgin Bernadette 2007 National Lampoon's Bag Boy Bambi Strasinsky Direct to video 2008 Get Smart's Bruce and Lloyd: Out of Control Isabella Direct to video Who Do You Love Revetta Chess 2009 I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell Lara 2014 Let's Kill Ward's Wife Amanda

Television Year Title Role Notes 2000 The Street Hostess Episode: "Closet Cases" 2001 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Tess Michner Episode: "Consent" 2002 Witchblade Christina 2 episodes Porn n Chicken Tatiana Television film 2004 The Help Anna, the Nanny 7 episodes North Shore Erika 6 episodes 2005 Confessions of a Dog Brunette Television film Halley's Comet Mattea Television film 2006 Bones Leslie Snow Episode: "The Woman at the Airport" Heist Lola 6 episodes 2006–11 Brothers & Sisters Tyler Altamirano 10 episodes 2008 Las Vegas Marisa Rodriguez Episode: "3 Babes, 100 Guns and a Fat Chick" House Heather Episode: "Adverse Events" 2009 The Unit Anya Episode: "Endgame" 2011 Rizzoli & Isles Theresa Episode: "Bloodlines" 2013 Vegas Nadia Lattimer Episode: "Two of a Kind" Criminal Minds Lida Taffert Episode: "The Caller" 2016–17 Grey's Anatomy Dr. Eliza Minnick season 13, 11 episodes 2019 Whiskey Cavalier Martyna ‘Tina’ Marek Recurring, 6 episodes 2020 Hawaii Five-0 Lorena Massey Episode: "Man Is a Slave of Love" 2022 Inventing Anna Talia Mallay Miniseries Barry Ana 2 episodes