Roma Maffia

Roma Maffia (born May 31, 1958) is an American actress.

Maffia was born in Manhattan, New York City, New York of West Indian, English, and German descent; her Italian surname comes from her stepfather.[1][2]

Maffia began her acting career in Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway productions. In the early 1990s, casting director Jane Jenkins asked her to audition for a role in the feature film The Paper, which was directed by Ron Howard. Soon after, she got 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-starring and recurring roles on shows such as ER, The West Wing, and The Sopranos.

Her most widely seen performance may be playing Seattle attorney Catherine Alvarez in the film Disclosure (1994), also starring Michael Douglas and Demi Moore. It is interesting that she followed this up with a series of performances as Vanessa Galiano in the TV series, Law & Order. She has also performed in the TV series Profiler and in Nip/Tuck.

Since 2003 Maffia stars as Liz Cruz on the FX Network series Nip/Tuck, the anesthesiologist colleague of two dysfunctional plastic surgeons. Coincidentally, Roma Maffia and Julian McMahon (Nip/Tuck) also worked on the TV show Profiler together.