Zuzanna Szadkowski delivered a recent keynote address that would make the Waldorf clan proud. Similar to surviving a break-up, losing a job can feel like there will never be another, she told her Barnard College sisters. But when the right one comes along, all other prospects fade away. Zuzanna speaks from experience, having transformed “Dorota” from a background servant into one of the most popular characters on Gossip Girl. “I didn’t know that bringing a tray of yogurt parfaits to ‘Mees Blair’ and the mean girls in the second episode of a new CW show would be my ‘in’ to building a career,” she marvels. But fans loved the subtle comic relief and were soon treated to her stunning backstory in six Chasing Dorota webisodes (click to watch)—where it’s revealed she is actually a Polish countess with a secret husband. Dorota eventually divorced him and is now involved with Vanya, the van der Woodsens’ Russian doorman, played by former Disney child star Aaron Schwartz. Blair’s confidante, in fact, is now pregnant, which should further enhance her storyline when the series returns with 10 new episodes beginning next week. Executive producer Stephanie Savage tweets that Monday also “kicks off a big emotional Chuck story that brings him and Blair closer than ever. Ed (Westwick) and Leighton (Meester) are at the top of their game in this arc.” No doubt, it involves the mystery woman Chuck saw at his father’s grave. There’s a maid with dark sunglasses and a trench coat who might be up for some more undercover work.
Source: Columbia Spectator
