Karolina I. Wydra (born March 5, 1981) is a Polish-American actress and model. She is best known for playing Dominika Petrova in the Fox medical drama series House, and the vampire Violet Muzurski in HBO's dark fantasy series True Blood. Wydra has starred in the fantasy thriller After (2012), and the science fiction film Europa Report (2013). She currently portrays Detective Dianne Kubek in ABC's crime drama series Wicked City.

Biography

Wydra was born in Opole, Poland on March 5, 1981. She has one older brother. In 1992, she and her family emigrated to Orange County, California, where her parents had set up a successful cleaning business. Her parents separated in 2012, and her mother subsequently moved back to Poland. Wydra resides in Los Angeles.