Background
Dudek was born in Boston, Massachusetts and grew up in Newton, Massachusetts. Her father was an architect.
Dudek was born in Boston, Massachusetts and grew up in Newton, Massachusetts. Her father was an architect.
She attended Northwestern University.
She is best known for portraying Tiffany Wilson in the 2004 film White Chicks, Doctor Amber Volakis on the Fox series House, Lura Grant on Big Love, and Francine Hanson on the Administrative Management College series Mad Men. She has also starred in the British television series The Book Group. She is of Polish descent.
From the mid-1990s (while at Northwestern University) through 2001, Dudek appeared in various theater productions and on Broadway.
After success on Broadway, she made the jump to television Her first starring role on television came when she was cast as the lead in the British comedy drama The Book Group.
The show aired on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom to rave reviews. Dudek had a recurring role on House (from season 4 onwards) as Doctor Amber Volakis, one of 40 physicians under consideration by Doctor Gregory House for permanent positions on his team
Her character, nicknamed "Cutthroat Bitch" by House, continued to the end of season 4 but was killed off in the two-part season finale, "House"s Head" and "Wilson"s Heart".
She would later reappear as a hallucination by House in the season 5 episode "Saviors", appearing in this form for the remainder of the season. Dudek later appeared in Mad Men as next-door neighbor Francine Hanson, and on Big Love as one of antagonist Alby Grant"s wives, both recurring roles. In 2010, Dudek joined the cast of Covert Affairs.
She played Anthony Hopkins" character"s daughter in the 2003 film The Human Stain, and cruise line heir Tiffany Wilson in the 2004 comedy film White Chicks.
In 2012, she played an ISS astronaut in one episode of the television show Touch. She also reprised her role as Amber Volakis for the House series finale "Everybody Dies".