Roma Maffia

Roma Maffia

  • Birthday: 1958-05-31
  • Place of birth: Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Biography

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.

Filmography

The Blue Tooth Virgin

2008

As Dr. Christopher

The David Cassidy Story

2000

As Ruth Aarons

Ghost Image

2007

As Detective Amos

Nick of Time

1995

As Ms. Jones

The Defenders: Payback

1997

As Julie Bishop

Mistrial

1996

As Laurie Meisinger

The New Women

2001

As Virginia VanUpp

Kingshighway

2010

As Rosa

Disclosure

1994

As Catherine Alvarez

Route 9

1998

As Agent Ellen Marks

Yonkers Joe

2008

As Irene Santini

Her Costly Affair

1996

As Sally Canter

Double Jeopardy

1999

As Margaret Skolowski

Charlotte

2017

As Karen (segment "Dollface")

Her Deadly Rival

1995

As Officer Caldwell

Measure of Revenge

2022

As Mona

The Call

2013

As Maddy

The Heidi Chronicles

1995

As Andrea

Kiss the Girls

1997

As Dr. Ruocco

The Real St. Nick

2012

As Tanya

Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her

2000

As Debbie (segments "Fantasies About Rebecca" and "Love Waits For Kathy")

The Paper

1994

As Carmen

Eraser

1996

As Claire Isaacs

Safelight

2015

As Rose

Internal Affairs

1988

As Diane

Holes

2003

As Carla Morengo

Married to the Mob

1988

As Angie's First Customer!

Smithereens

1982

As Prostitute

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