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Elizabeth rodriguez on orange is the new black
Elizabeth Rodriguez (born December 27, 1980) is an American actress. She received a Tony Award nomination, and won the Outer Critics Circle Award, as well as a Theatre World Award, for her performance in Stephen Adly Guirgis's 2011 play on Broadway, The Motherfucker with the Hat. Rodriguez is best known for her role as Aleida Diaz in the Netflix comedy-drama series, Orange Is the New Black (2013–present). In 2015, she starred as a series regular on the first season of AMC's post-apocalyptic drama series, Fear the Walking Dead.
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- Elizabeth rodriguez on orange is the new black
- EXCLUSIVE ELIZABETH RODRIGUEZ TALKS ROLE IN LOGAN UPCOMING SEASON OF OITNB
- Early life and education
- 1990s
- 2000s
- 2010s
- Filmography
- References
EXCLUSIVE: ELIZABETH RODRIGUEZ TALKS ROLE IN 'LOGAN' & UPCOMING SEASON OF OITNB
Early life and education
Rodriguez was born and raised in New York City to Puerto Rican parents.
She graduated from Lehman College in the Bronx and later studied acting with Maggie Flannigan at the William Esper Studio.
1990s
While still studying, Rodriguez began appearing on-screen in small parts in films like Fresh (1994) and television shows such as New York Undercover, New York News, "Law & Order, NYPD Blue, Oz.
2000s
She has appeared in a number of stage productions, television shows and independent films. She was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play and won Outer Critics Circle Award, as well as a Theatre World Award, for her role on Broadway play in Stephen Adly Guirgis's The Motherfucker with the Hat. She was nominated for an Imagen Award for her role in the feature film Tio Papi (2013), and co-starred as Gina Calabrese in Michael Mann's feature film Miami Vice (2006). From 2008 to 2009, she played the role of Carmen Morales on the ABC daytime soap opera, All My Children.
2010s
In 2011, she had a series regular role on the short-lived NBC police drama series, Prime Suspect.
In 2013, Rodriguez began appearing in the recurring role of Aleida Diaz in the Netflix comedy-drama series, Orange Is the New Black. Along with the rest of the cast she received Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series in 2015. Rodriguez also had recurring roles as Paz Valdes in the Starz drama series, Power, and as Special Agent Chavez in the NBC police procedural Grimm.
In 2015, Rodriguez was cast in the series regular role on the AMC post-apocalyptic drama Fear the Walking Dead, the companion series for The Walking Dead.
Filmography
Actress
-
Queen of Manhattan (post-production) as
Mamá
-
Tonight at Noon (completed) as
Sarah
2019
I Was a Stranger (Short) (completed) as
Eliza
-
Blanco (TV Movie) as
Stephanie Gomez
2020
Power Book II: Ghost (TV Series) as
Paz Valdes
- Divided We Stand (2023) - Paz Valdes
- Sex Week (2020) - Paz Valdes
2022
East New York (TV Series) as
Detective Crystal Morales
- Ruskin Roulette (2023) - Detective Crystal Morales
- A Humbling Blues (2023) - Detective Crystal Morales
- The Harder They Fall (2023) - Detective Crystal Morales
- In the Bag (2023) - Detective Crystal Morales
- Pound of Flesh (2023) - Detective Crystal Morales
- Personal Shopper (2023) - Detective Crystal Morales
- There Goes the Neighborhood (2023) - Detective Crystal Morales
- Family Tithes (2023) - Detective Crystal Morales
- We Didn't Start the Fire (2023) - Detective Crystal Morales
- Up in Smoke (2023) - Detective Crystal Morales
- By the Book (2023) - Detective Crystal Morales
- 10-13 (2023) - Detective Crystal Morales
- When Dinosaurs Roamed the Earth (2022) - Detective Crystal Morales
- CompStat Interruptus (2022) - Detective Crystal Morales
- Best Served Cold (2022) - Detective Crystal Morales
- Court on the Street (2022) - Detective Crystal Morales
- Going Commando (2022) - Detective Crystal Morales
- Snapped (2022) - Detective Crystal Morales
- The Small Things (2022) - Detective Crystal Morales
- Misdemeanor Homicide (2022) - Detective Crystal Morales
- Pilot (2022) - Detective Crystal Morales
2022
We Are Gathered Here Today as
Gwen Cantu
2022
Allswell as
Daisy
2021
Star Wars: The Bad Batch (TV Series) as
Rafa Martez
- Decommissioned (2021) - Rafa Martez (voice)
2021
The Good Doctor (TV Series) as
Carina Bardo
- Waiting (2021) - Carina Bardo
2021
The Disaster Dreams (Short) as
Ex-Girlfriend (voice)
2020
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (TV Series) as
Rafa Martez
- Together Again (2020) - Rafa Martez (voice)
- Dangerous Debt (2020) - Rafa Martez (voice)
- Deal No Deal (2020) - Rafa Martez (voice)
- Gone with a Trace (2020) - Rafa Martez (voice)
2020
Mighty (Short) as
Leti
2014
Power (TV Series) as
Paz / Paz Valdes
- It's All Your Fault (2020) - Paz Valdes
- He Always Wins (2020) - Paz Valdes
- Still Dre (2020) - Paz Valdes
- No One Can Stop Me (2019) - Paz
- Whose Side Are You On (2019) - Paz
- Murderers (2019) - Paz
- When This Is Over (2018) - Paz
- That Ain't Me (2017) - Paz
- Don't Thank Me (2017) - Paz
- Don't Go (2016) - Paz
- Don't Worry Baby (2016) - Paz
- No Friends on the Street (2015) - Paz
- Best Laid Plans (2014) - Paz
- Loyalty (2014) - Paz
- Whoever He Is (2014) - Paz
2019
Shameless (TV Series) as
Faye Donahue
- Location, Location, Location (2020) - Faye Donahue
- Now Leaving Illinois (2020) - Faye Donahue
- O Captain, My Captain (2020) - Faye Donahue
- Debbie Might Be a Prostitute (2019) - Faye Donahue
- Citizen Carl (2019) - Faye Donahue
2013
Orange Is the New Black (TV Series) as
Aleida Diaz
- The Big House (2019) - Aleida Diaz
- God Bless America (2019) - Aleida Diaz
- The Thirteenth (2019) - Aleida Diaz
- The Hidey Hole (2019) - Aleida Diaz (credit only)
- Baker's Dozen (2019) - Aleida Diaz
- Me as Well (2019) - Aleida Diaz
- Trapped in an Elevator (2019) - Aleida Diaz (credit only)
- Minority Deport (2019) - Aleida Diaz
- How to Do Life (2019) - Aleida Diaz (credit only)
- And Brown Is the New Orange (2019) - Aleida Diaz (credit only)
- Just Desserts (2019) - Aleida Diaz
- Here's Where We Get Off (2019) - Aleida Diaz
- Beginning of the End (2019) - Aleida Diaz
- Double Trouble (2018) - Aleida Diaz (credit only)
- Well This Took a Dark Turn (2018) - Aleida Diaz
- Chocolate Chip Nookie (2018) - Aleida Diaz
- Break the String (2018) - Aleida Diaz
- Gordons (2018) - Aleida Diaz
- Mischief Mischief (2018) - Aleida Diaz (credit only)
- Changing Winds (2018) - Aleida Diaz (credit only)
- State of the Uterus (2018) - Aleida Diaz
- I'm the Talking Ass (2018) - Aleida Diaz
- Look Out for Number One (2018) - Aleida Diaz (credit only)
- Sh*tstorm Coming (2018) - Aleida Diaz (credit only)
- Be Free (2018) - Aleida Diaz
- Who Knows Better Than I (2018) - Aleida Diaz (credit only)
- Tattoo You (2017) - Aleida Diaz (credit only)
- Breaking the Fiberboard Ceiling (2017) - Aleida Diaz (credit only)
- The Reverse Midas Touch (2017) - Aleida Diaz (credit only)
- The Tightening (2017) - Aleida Diaz
- Tied to the Tracks (2017) - Aleida Diaz
- Full Bush, Half Snickers (2017) - Aleida Diaz (credit only)
- Flaming Hot Cheetos, Literally (2017) - Aleida Diaz
- F*ck, Marry, Frieda (2017) - Aleida Diaz (credit only)
- Sing It, White Effie (2017) - Aleida Diaz
- Pissters! (2017) - Aleida Diaz (credit only)
- Litchfield's Got Talent (2017) - Aleida Diaz (credit only)
- Storm-y Weather (2017) - Aleida Diaz (credit only)
- Riot FOMO (2017) - Aleida Diaz (voice)
- Bunny, Skull, Bunny, Skull (2016) - Aleida Diaz
- Friends in Low Places (2016) - Aleida Diaz
- Turn Table Turn (2016) - Aleida Diaz
- Toast Can't Never Be Bread Again (2016) - Aleida Diaz
- The Animals (2016) - Aleida Diaz (credit only)
- People Persons (2016) - Aleida Diaz (credit only)
- It Sounded Nicer in My Head (2016) - Aleida Diaz
- We'll Always Have Baltimore (2016) - Aleida Diaz
- Piece of Sh*t (2016) - Aleida Diaz
- Doctor Psycho (2016) - Aleida Diaz
- Power Suit (2016) - Aleida Diaz
- Work That Body for Me (2016) - Aleida Diaz
- A Tittin' and a Hairin' (2015) - Aleida Diaz
- Don't Make Me Come Back There (2015) - Aleida Diaz
- We Can Be Heroes (2015) - Aleida Diaz
- Trust No Bitch (2015) - Aleida Diaz
- Fear, and Other Smells (2015) - Aleida Diaz
- Tongue-Tied (2015) - Aleida Diaz
- Where My Dreidel At (2015) - Aleida Diaz
- Bed Bugs and Beyond (2015) - Aleida Diaz
- Mother's Day (2015) - Aleida Diaz
- We Have Manners. We're Polite. (2014) - Aleida Diaz
- Little Mustachioed Shit (2014) - Aleida Diaz
- Comic Sans (2014) - Aleida Diaz
- It Was the Change (2014) - Aleida Diaz
- Take a Break from Your Values (2014) - Aleida Diaz
- Appropriately Sized Pots (2014) - Aleida Diaz
- Low Self Esteem City (2014) - Aleida Diaz
- Hugs Can Be Deceiving (2014) - Aleida Diaz
- You Also Have a Pizza (2014) - Aleida Diaz
- Looks Blue, Tastes Red (2014) - Aleida Diaz
- Can't Fix Crazy (2013) - Aleida Diaz
- Tall Men with Feelings (2013) - Aleida Diaz
- Bora Bora Bora (2013) - Aleida Diaz
- Fucksgiving (2013) - Aleida Diaz
- Moscow Mule (2013) - Aleida Diaz
- The Chickening (2013) - Aleida Diaz
- WAC Pack (2013) - Aleida Diaz
- Tit Punch (2013) - Aleida Diaz
- I Wasn't Ready (2013) - Aleida Diaz
2018
Crisis on the Planet of the Apes VR (Video Game) as
Warrant Officer Reynolds (voice)
2018
Making Babies as
Maria
2018
Skate Kitchen as
Renata
2017
Chance (TV Series) as
Dr. Kristen Clayton
- A Madness of Two (2017) - Dr. Kristen Clayton
- An Infant, A Brute or a Wild Beast (2017) - Dr. Kristen Clayton
- Define Normal (2017) - Dr. Kristen Clayton
- Treasures in Jars of Clay (2017) - Dr. Kristen Clayton
- The Collected Works of William Shakespeare (2017) - Dr. Kristen Clayton
- The Coping Mechanism (2017) - Dr. Kristen Clayton
- The Flitcraft Parable (2017) - Dr. Kristen Clayton
- A Very Special Onion (2017) - Dr. Kristen Clayton
- Multiaxial System (2017) - Dr. Kristen Clayton
2017
Logan as
Gabriela
2016
Devious Maids (TV Series) as
Josefina Mercado
- A Time To Spill (2016) - Josefina Mercado
- Sweeping with the Enemy (2016) - Josefina Mercado
2016
11:55 as
Angie
2015
Fear the Walking Dead (TV Series) as
Liza Ortiz
- Monster (2016) - Liza Ortiz
- The Good Man (2015) - Liza Ortiz
- Cobalt (2015) - Liza Ortiz
- Not Fade Away (2015) - Liza Ortiz
- The Dog (2015) - Liza Ortiz
- So Close, Yet So Far (2015) - Liza Ortiz
- Pilot (2015) - Liza Ortiz
2014
Grimm (TV Series) as
Agent Chavez
- The Grimm Identity (2015) - Agent Chavez
- Cry Havoc (2015) - Agent Chavez
- The Last Fight (2014) - Agent Chavez
- Octopus Head (2014) - Agent Chavez
- Thanks for the Memories (2014) - Agent Chavez
2014
The Drop as
Detective Romsey
2014
Glass Chin as
Rita Sierra
2014
Take Care as
Nurse Janet
2013
Mad (TV Series) as
Letty / Jessie Spano
- The Flash & the Furious/Saved by Adele (2013) - Letty / Jessie Spano (voice)
2013
Tio Papi as
Cheeky
2013
Side Effects as
Pharmacist
2012
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series) as
Carmen Vasquez
- Home Invasions (2012) - Carmen Vasquez
2011
Prime Suspect (TV Series) as
Detective Carolina Rivera
- Stuck in the Middle with You (2012) - Detective Carolina Rivera
- The Great Wall of Silence (2011) - Detective Carolina Rivera
- A Gorgeous Mosaic (2011) - Detective Carolina Rivera
- Wednesday's Child (2011) - Detective Carolina Rivera
- Bitch (2011) - Detective Carolina Rivera
2011
All Things Fall Apart as
Mrs. Lopez
2010
Pound of Flesh as
Sgt. Rebecca Ferraro
2010
Cold Case (TV Series) as
Gina Lopresi '10
- Bombers (2010) - Gina Lopresi '10
2010
Jack Goes Boating as
Waldorf Event Assistant
2009
Flashforward (TV Series) as
Ingrid Alvarez
- Playing Cards with Coyote (2009) - Ingrid Alvarez
1994
Law & Order (TV Series) as
Isabel Alvarez / Caridad Montero / Elvira Juarez
- Boy Gone Astray (2009) - Isabel Alvarez
- Rebels (1995) - Caridad Montero
- Old Friends (1994) - Elvira Juarez
2008
All My Children (TV Series) as
Carmen Morales
2008
A Line in the Sand as
Martel
2007
On Bloody Sunday as
Older Isabelle
2007
Tracks of Color (Short) as
Sonia Martinez
2006
Miami Vice as
Gina Calabrese
2005
Sueño as
Carmen
2005
Four Lane Highway as
Sasha
2002
The Shield (TV Series) as
Lita Valverde
- The Quick Fix (2003) - Lita Valverde
- Cherrypoppers (2002) - Lita Valverde
2002
Third Watch (TV Series) as
Sergeant Chris Reyes
- The Chosen Few (2002) - Sergeant Chris Reyes
2002
Diagnosis Murder: Without Warning (TV Movie) as
Selena Sanchez
1999
ER (TV Series) as
Nurse Sandra
- I'll Be Home for Christmas (2001) - Nurse Sandra
- The Greatest of Gifts (2000) - Nurse Sandra
- Great Expectations (1999) - Nurse Sandra
2001
Six Feet Under (TV Series) as
Sylvie
- Familia (2001) - Sylvie
2001
Blow as
Martha Oliveras
2001
Acts of Worship as
Jan
2001
Just Shoot Me! (TV Series) as
Maria
- Finch and the Fighter (2001) - Maria
1995
NYPD Blue (TV Series) as
Anita Rios / Amalia Lopez
- Bats Off to Larry (2000) - Anita Rios
- UnAmerican Graffiti (1995) - Amalia Lopez
2000
City of Angels (TV Series)
- Unhand Me (2000)
1999
Golfballs! as
Bentwood Girl #5
1998
Trinity (TV Series) as
Del Bianco
- Hang Man Down (1998) - Del Bianco
- In Loco Parentis (1998) - Del Bianco
1998
Return to Paradise as
Gaby
1997
F/X: The Series (TV Series) as
Kit Marchado
- Shooting Mickey (1997) - Kit Marchado
1997
Oz (TV Series) as
Maritza Alvarez
- Capital P (1997) - Maritza Alvarez
- God's Chillin' (1997) - Maritza Alvarez
1997
I Think I Do as
Celia
1995
Inflammable (TV Movie) as
Tanya Santos
1995
New York News (TV Series) as
Tanya
- Broadway Joe (1995) - Tanya
- Thin Line (1995) - Tanya
1995
Dead Presidents as
Marisol
1995
Desperado as
Mariachi Fan
1994
New York Undercover (TV Series) as
Gina
- Downtown Girl (1995) - Gina
- Olde Tyme Religion (1995) - Gina
- Innocent Bystanders (1995) - Gina
- After Shakespeare (1994) - Gina
- Pilot (1994) - Gina
1994
CBS Schoolbreak Special (TV Series) as
Jan
- My Summer as a Girl (1994) - Jan
1994
Lifestories: Families in Crisis (TV Series short) as
Erika
- P.O.W.E.R.: The Eddie Matos Story (1994) - Erika
1994
Fresh as
Consuela
1991
Bedhead (Short) as
The Nurse
Writer
2022
Allswell (screenplay by)
Producer
2022
Allswell (producer)
Thanks
2019
X-Men Mondays (TV Mini Series short) (special thanks - 1 episode)
- Logan (2019) - (special thanks)
2009
The Missing Person (special thanks)
Self
2021
The Talk (TV Series) as
Self - Guest Co-Host
- Elizabeth Rodriguez/Carly Pearce/William Jackson Harper (2021) - Self - Guest Co-Host
- Elizabeth Rodriguez/Sarah Chalke/Parker Young/Adhir Kalyan (2021) - Self - Guest Co-Host
2019
Power Confidential (TV Series) as
Self
- He Always Wins (2020) - Self
- Whose side are you on? (2019) - Self
2019
Ok! TV (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #4.245 (2019) - Self
2018
100 Monologues (TV Series short) as
Self - Performer
- Dirt (2018) - Self - Performer
2016
Festival Road Trip (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- Hispanic Heritage Short Film Awards (2016) - Self
2016
2016 Hispanic Heritage Awards (TV Special) as
Self
2015
Talking Dead (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Date of Death (2016) - Self - Guest
- Fear the Walking Dead (2015) - Self - Guest
2016
The Noite com Danilo Gentili (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Nando Cunha (2016) - Self - Guest
2016
22nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Winner
2015
The 21st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Winner
2011
The 65th Annual Tony Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Nominee
2006
Miami Vice: Undercover (TV Movie documentary) as
Self / Gina
References
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