Roma Maffia

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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA, 1958-05-31

Died: null

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1978	Greta's Girls	Sarah	30
2	1982	Smithereens	Prostitute	66
3	1988	Married to the Mob	Angie's First Customer!	59
4	1988	Internal Affairs	Diane	70
5	1994	The Paper	Carmen	66
6	1994	Disclosure	Catherine Alvarez	62
7	1995	Her Deadly Rival	Officer Caldwell	45
8	1995	The Heidi Chronicles	Andrea	75
9	1995	Nick of Time	Ms. Jones	62
10	1996	Eraser	Claire Isaacs	61
11	1996	Her Costly Affair	Sally Canter	40
12	1996	Mistrial	Laurie Meisinger	50
13	1997	Kiss the Girls	Dr. Ruocco	65
14	1997	The Defenders: Payback	Julie Bishop	35
15	1998	Route 9	Agent Ellen Marks	67
16	1999	Double Jeopardy	Margaret Skolowski	66
17	2000	The David Cassidy Story	Ruth Aarons	45
18	2000	Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her	Debbie (segments "Fantasies About Rebecca" and "Love Waits For Kathy")	58
19	2001	The New Women	Virginia VanUpp	25
20	2003	Holes	Carla Morengo	69
21	2007	Ghost Image	Detective Amos	45
22	2008	Yonkers Joe	Irene Santini	51
23	2008	The Blue Tooth Virgin	Dr. Christopher	80
24	2010	Kingshighway	Rosa	0
25	2012	The Real St. Nick	Tanya	56
26	2013	The Call	Maddy	68
27	2015	That Gal...Who Was in That Thing: That Guy 2	Self	68
28	2015	Safelight	Rose	58
29	2017	Charlotte	Karen (segment "Dollface")	54
30	2022	Measure of Revenge	Mona	47
31	2024	The Curse of the Necklace	Beatrice Villalobos	59

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1985	The Equalizer	Sindee	71
2	1990	Wings	Claire Barnett	69
3	1990	Law & Order	Vanessa Galiano	74
4	1994	Chicago Hope	Angela Giandamenicio	72
5	1994	ER	Ms. Prager	78
6	1995	Courthouse	Ms. Marino	0
7	1996	Profiler	Grace Alvarez	70
8	1997	Ally McBeal	Attorney Beckerwith	66
9	1999	The Sopranos	Professor Longo-Murphy	86
10	1999	The West Wing	Officer Rhonda Sachs	82
11	2000	Strong Medicine	Rafael's mother	71
12	2000	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Adelle Cross	76
13	2003	Nip/Tuck	Liz Cruz	72
14	2003	Nip/Tuck	Dr. Liz Cruz	72
15	2003	NCIS	Vera Strickland	76
16	2005	Medium	Victoria Gossett	75
17	2005	Grey's Anatomy	Roberta Thompson	82
18	2005	Criminal Minds	Det. Reese Evans	83
19	2005	Ghost Whisperer	Dr. Hillary Sloan	81
20	2006	Dexter	Marriage Therapist	82
21	2010	Pretty Little Liars	Lieutenant Linda Tanner	80
22	2016	Billions	Mary Ann Gramm	77
23	2016	High Maintenance		69
24	2021	The Equalizer	Dr. Willa Roszak	75
25	2023	Bookie	Nancy	70