Joanna Pacula

Joanna Pacula - an actress born in Tomaszow Lubelski (Poland). She started her career playing in productions of Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet", "Othello" and "As You Like It". She also found work in a handful of films, including Krzysztof Zanussi's "Barwy Ochronne/Camouflage" (1977). In 1981 Pacula was caught in Paris when communist authorities in Poland declared martial law. She eventually emigrated to the USA where she has specialized in playing European temptresses since her feature debut opposite William Hurt in "Gorky Park" (1983). She acted the part of the exotic beauty in numerous American TV series and movies, including the Holocaust drama "Escape From Sobibor" (CBS, 1987), "E.A.R.T.H. Force" (CBS, 1990) and "The Colony" (ABC, 1996). More recently, she was featured in "Tombstone" (1993) as Doc Holliday's lover Kate, "The Haunted Sea" (1997) and "Virus" (1999), playing a Russian scientist.