Roma Maffia
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Roma Maffia | |
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Born | New York, New York , U.S. | May 31, 1958
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1982–present |
Roma Maffia (born May 31, 1958)[1][2] is an American actress. Best known for Grace Alvarez on Profiler (1996-2000) and Liz Cruz on Nip/Tuck (2003–2010).
Life and career
Roma Maffia grew up in
Brooklyn, New York and is of mixed English, German and West Indian descent.[3] Her Italian surname reportedly comes from her stepfather.[3][4]
Maffia is a 1973 graduate of
The West Wing, and Law & Order
.
Her most widely seen performances may be playing Seattle attorney Catherine Alvarez in the 1994 film Disclosure, starring Michael Douglas and Demi Moore. She followed this with a series of performances as Vanessa Galiano in the TV series Law & Order and as Judge Victoria Peyton on Boston Legal.
From 2003 until 2010, Maffia appeared as Liz Cruz on the
Pretty Little Liars from seasons 4 to 7. Her character, Linda Tanner, is a savvy, no-nonsense state investigator working on unsolved murder cases in the fictional town of Rosewood, Pennsylvania.[5]
In 2012, Roma appeared in several episodes of Grey's Anatomy. She appeared in Season 4 of In the Dark as Paula Romano, a drug dealer who deals a drug called "Bolt" both in and out of prison.
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1982 | Smithereens | Prostitute | |
1983 | Stuck on You!
|
Attila's Sister | |
1988 | Married to the Mob | Angie's First Customer | |
1990 | Internal Affairs | Diane | |
1991 | American Blue Note | Marie | |
1994 | The Paper | Carmen | |
1994 | Disclosure | Catherine Alvarez | |
1995 | Nick of Time | Ms. Jones | |
1996 | Eraser | Claire Isaacs | |
1997 | Kiss the Girls | Dr. Ruocco | |
1999 | Double Jeopardy | Margaret | |
2000 | Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her | Debbie | Segment: "Love Waits For Kathy" |
2001 | The New Women | Virginia VanUpp | |
2001 | I Am Sam | First Family Court Judge | uncredited |
2002 | Treading Water | The Agent | |
2003 | Holes | Atty. Carla Morengo | |
2007 | Totally Baked: A Pot-U-Mentary | Dr. Willa Peterson | |
2007 | Ghost ImageI | Detective Amos | |
2008 | Yonkers Joe | Santini | |
2008 | The Blue Tooth Virgin | Dr. Christopher | |
2009 | Kingshighway | Rosa | |
2013 | The Call | Maddy | |
2022 | Measure of Revenge | Mona | Post-production |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1985–86 | The Equalizer | Sindee | Episode: "Desperately" Episode: "Dead Drop" |
1993 | The X-Files | Uncredited | Episode: "Born Again" |
1993 | The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles | New York Cabbie | Episode: "Young Indiana Jones and the Scandal of 1920" |
1994–95 | Chicago Hope | Angela Giandamenicio | Episodes: "Pilot" "Over the Rainbow" "Food Chains" "With the Greatest of Ease" "You Gotta Have Heart" "Great White Hope" |
1995 | Her Deadly Rival | Officer Caldwell | TV film |
1995 | The Heidi Chronicles | TV film | |
1995 | Courthouse | Ms. Marino | Episodes: "Order on the Court" "One Strike and You're Out" "Injustice for All" |
1996 | Wings
|
Claire Barnett | Episode: "Porno for Pyros" |
1996 | Her Costly Affair | Sally Canter | NBC TV film |
1996 | Mistrial | Laurie Meisinger | TV film |
1996–2000 | Profiler | Grace Alvarez | 82 episodes |
1997 | The Defenders: Payback | Julie Bishop | TV film |
1998 | The Daily Show | Herself | Episode dated 06-23-98 |
1998 | Welcome to Paradox | Barbara Cloak | Episode: " Research Alpha "
|
1998 | Route 9 | Agent Ellen Marks | TV film |
2000 | The David Cassidy Story | Ruth Aarons | TV film |
2001 | The West Wing | Officer Rhonda Sachs | Episode: " Somebody's Going to Emergency, Somebody's Going to Jail "
|
2001 | Gideon's Crossing | Valerie Thomlinson | Episode: "Freak Shows" |
2001 | The Division | Sandra | Episode: "Intervention" |
2001 | Ally McBeal | Werner's Attorney | Episode: " Fear of Flirting "
|
2001 | ER | Ms. Prager | Episodes: " I'll be Home for Christmas "
|
2002 | Judging Amy | Amanda York | Episode: "Tidal Wave" |
2002 | Taina | Gladys | Episode: "The Fear Factors" |
2002 | For the People | Sophia | Episode: "Lonely Hearts" |
2002 | Endgame: Ethics and Values in America | Julia | TV film |
2002 | The Sopranos | Professor Longo-Murphy | Episode: "Christopher" |
2002 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Adelle Cross | Episode: "Fight Night" |
2003 | Boomtown | Sally Jacobson | Episode: "Inadmissible" |
2003–06 | Law & Order | Vanessa Galliano | Episodes: " Cost of Capital "
|
2003–10 | Nip/Tuck | Dr. Elizabeth "Liz" Troy Cruz | Series Regular |
2004 | Century City
|
Janice Cahn | Episode: "To Know Her" |
2005 | Strong Medicine | Rafael's mother | Episode: "Dying Inside" |
2006 | Ghost Whisperer | Dr. Hillary Sloan | Episode: "The Ghost Within" |
2007–08 | Boston Legal | Judge Victoria Peyton | 9 episodes |
2009 | Dexter | Marriage Therapist | Episode: "If I Had a Hammer" |
2009 | Criminal Minds | Det. Reese Evans | Episode: "Conflicted" |
2009 | Eastwick | Mme. Aleksandra | Episode: " Madams and Madames "
|
2010 | Medium | Victoria Gossett | Episode: "Dead Meat" |
2011 | Off the Map | Matilda | Episode: "Everything's as It Should Be" |
2012 | Grey's Anatomy
|
Roberta Thompson | 4 episodes |
2013–2017 | Pretty Little Liars
|
Linda Tanner | 17 episodes |
2013 | NCIS | NCIS Special Agent Vera Strickland | Episode: "Under the Radar" |
2016 | Queen Sugar | Estelle Peterson | 2 episodes |
2018 | Bull | Hazel Diaz | Episode: "Witness for the Prosecution" |
2020 | High Maintenance | Chick | 2 episodes |
2020 | Billions | Mary Ann Gramm | 2 episodes |
2022 | In the Dark | Paula Romano | 5 episodes |
References
- ProQuest 396238230.
Actor-director Clint Eastwood is 76. Former Anglican Church envoy Terry Waite is 67. Singer-musician Augie Meyers is 66. Actress Sharon Gless is 63. Football Hall-of-Famer Joe Namath is 63. Actor Tom Berenger is 56. Actor Gregory Harrison is 56. Actress Roma Maffia is 48.
- ISBN 978-1-64143-503-1.
- ^ a b Gemelli, Zoë (January 26, 2008). "Nip/Tuck's Roma Maffia". Curve. Archived from the original on July 8, 2011. Retrieved November 12, 2013.
- ^ Hoffman, Jan (January 8, 1995). "UP AND COMING: Roma Maffia; Ask Her Anything, but Don't Ask, 'What Is She?'". The New York Times. Retrieved November 12, 2013.
- ^ "'Pretty Little Liars': Roma Maffia cast!".