Roma Maffia
Roma Maffia (born May 31, 1958) is an American actress. Maffia began her acting career in Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway productions. In 1994 she made her film debut playing the minor role of 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 NBC's Profiler. She has had guest-star and recurring roles on shows such as ER, The West Wing, Law & Order and The Sopranos. Her most widely seen performances may be playing Seattle attorney Catherine Alvarez in the film Disclosure (1994), also starring Michael Douglas and Demi Moore, and her role on the show Nip/Tuck. She followed this up with a series of performances as Vanessa Galiano in the TV series, Law & Order and as Judge Victoria Peyton on ABC's Boston Legal. Since 2003 Maffia has appeared as Liz Cruz on the FX Network series Nip/Tuck, the anesthesiologist colleague of two dysfunctional plastic surgeons. Coincidentally, Maffia and Julian McMahon also worked on the TV show Profiler together.
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- 2024 · The Curse of the Necklace as Beatrice Villalobos
- 2023 · Bookie as Nancy
- 2022 · Measure of Revenge as Mona
- 2021 · The Equalizer as Dr. Willa Roszak
- 2017 · Charlotte as Karen (segment "Dollface")
- 2016 · High Maintenance as
- 2016 · Billions as Mary Ann Gramm
- 2015 · Safelight as Rose
- 2015 · That Gal...Who Was in That Thing: That Guy 2 as Self
- 2013 · The Call as Maddy
- 2012 · The Real St. Nick as Tanya
- 2010 · Pretty Little Liars as Lieutenant Linda Tanner
- 2010 · Kingshighway as Rosa
- 2008 · The Blue Tooth Virgin as Dr. Christopher
- 2008 · Yonkers Joe as Irene Santini
- 2007 · Ghost Image as Detective Amos
- 2006 · Dexter as Marriage Therapist
- 2005 · Ghost Whisperer as Dr. Hillary Sloan
- 2005 · Criminal Minds as Det. Reese Evans
- 2005 · Grey's Anatomy as Roberta Thompson
- 2005 · Medium as Victoria Gossett
- 2003 · NCIS as Vera Strickland
- 2003 · Nip/Tuck as Liz Cruz
- 2003 · Holes as Carla Morengo
- 2001 · The New Women as Virginia VanUpp
- 2000 · CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Adelle Cross
- 2000 · Strong Medicine as Rafael's mother
- 2000 · Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her as Debbie (segments "Fantasies About Rebecca" and "Love Waits For Kathy")
- 2000 · The David Cassidy Story as Ruth Aarons
- 1999 · Double Jeopardy as Margaret Skolowski
- 1999 · The West Wing as Officer Rhonda Sachs
- 1999 · The Sopranos as Professor Longo-Murphy
- 1998 · Route 9 as Agent Ellen Marks
- 1997 · The Defenders: Payback as Julie Bishop
- 1997 · Kiss the Girls as Dr. Ruocco
- 1996 · Mistrial as Laurie Meisinger
- 1996 · Her Costly Affair as Sally Canter
- 1996 · Profiler as Grace Alvarez
- 1996 · Eraser as Claire Isaacs
- 1995 · Nick of Time as Ms. Jones
- 1995 · The Heidi Chronicles as Andrea
- 1995 · Her Deadly Rival as Officer Caldwell
- 1995 · Courthouse as Ms. Marino
- 1994 · Disclosure as Catherine Alvarez
- 1994 · ER as Ms. Prager
- 1994 · Chicago Hope as Angela Giandamenicio
- 1994 · The Paper as Carmen
- 1990 · Law & Order as Vanessa Galiano
- 1990 · Wings as Claire Barnett
- 1988 · Internal Affairs as Diane
- 1988 · Married to the Mob as Angie's First Customer!
- 1985 · The Equalizer as Sindee
- 1982 · Smithereens as Prostitute
- 1978 · Greta's Girls as Sarah