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Years active
  
1982–present

Education
  
St. Michael Academy

Height
  
1.78 m

Role
  
Actress

Name
  
Roma Maffia


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Born
  
May 31, 1955 (age 68) (
1955-05-31
)
Manhattan, New York, U.S.

Occupation
  
Actress, Writer, College Theatre Professor

Movies and TV shows
  
Nip/Tuck, Disclosure, Profiler, Nick of Time, Holes

Similar People
  
John Hensley, Dylan Walsh, Kelly Carlson, Joely Richardson, Julian McMahon

Roma Maffia @ Costume Designer Awards 2016


Roma Maffia (born May 31, 1955) is an American actress.

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Life and career

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Roma Maffia was born in Manhattan, New York, of Afro-Caribbean descent; she got her Italian surname from her stepfather. Ever since Maffia was small, she was interested in television, and celebrities. She did her first play in high school, playing one of the Von Trapp family members in The Sound of Music.

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Maffia 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 NBC's Profiler. She has had guest-star and recurring roles on shows such as ER, The West Wing, and Law & Order.

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Her most widely seen performances may be playing Seattle attorney Catherine Alvarez in the film Disclosure (1994), starring Michael Douglas and Demi Moore. 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.

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Since 2003 Maffia has appeared as Liz Cruz on the FX Network series Nip/Tuck, the anesthesiologist colleague of two dysfunctional plastic surgeons. Maffia and Julian McMahon worked on the TV show Profiler.

Maffia is a 1973 graduate of St. Michael Academy (New York City).

In April 2013, Entertainment Weekly announced that Maffia will join Pretty Little Liars in season four. Her character, Linda Tanner, is a state investigator and the co-worker of Gabriel Holbrook (Sean Faris).

References

Roma Maffia Wikipedia