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Roma Maffia (born May 31, 1958) 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. Her Italian surname reportedly comes from her stepfather.

Maffia is a 1973 graduate of St. Michael Academy. She began her official acting career in off-Broadway and off-off-Broadway productions. In 1994, she played Carmen in director Ron Howard's film The Paper. Soon after, she landed a role on the television series Chicago Hope. Maffia's television career continued as she played Grace Alvarez, the forensic pathologist for the Violent Crimes Task Force for four seasons on Profiler. She has had guest-starring and recurring roles on shows such as ER, 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 FX Network series Nip/Tuck, the anesthesiologist colleague of two dysfunctional plastic surgeons. Maffia and Julian McMahon also worked together on the TV show Profiler. She had a supporting role on 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.

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

Television

References

1. "Birthdays". Houston Chronicle. May 31, 2006. p. 2. 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.
2. Editors of Chase's (2021). Chase's Calendar of Events 2022: The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield. p. 300. ISBN 978-1-64143-503-1.
3. ^ Gemelli, Zoë (January 26, 2008). "Nip/Tuck's Roma Maffia". Curve. Archived from the original on July 8, 2011. Retrieved November 12, 2013.
4. 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.
5. "'Pretty Little Liars': Roma Maffia cast!".

External links

• Roma Maffia at IMDb
• Interview with Roma Maffia

• 1958 births
• 20th-century African-American actresses
• 20th-century American actresses
• 21st-century African-American actresses
• 21st-century American actresses
• American film actresses
• American people of English descent
• American people of German descent
• American people of Spanish descent
• American people of West Indian descent
• American television actresses
• Living people
• Actresses from Brooklyn