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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
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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
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and
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productions. In 1994, she played Carmen in director
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'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'', ''
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'', and ''
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.'' Her most widely seen performances may be playing Seattle attorney Catherine Alvarez in the 1994 film '' Disclosure'', starring Michael Douglas and
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. She followed this with a series of performances as Vanessa Galiano in the TV series ''
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'' 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
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colleague of two dysfunctional plastic surgeons. Maffia and Julian McMahon also worked together on the TV show ''Profiler''. She had a supporting role on ''
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'' 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 ''
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''. 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


External links

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Interview with Roma Maffia
{{DEFAULTSORT:Maffia, Roma 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