Roma Maffia

Roma Maffia (born May 31, 1958) is an American actress.
== Life and career ==
Roma Maffia was born in Manhattan, New York, of Afro-Caribbean descent;[1]she got her Italian surname from her stepfather.[1][2][3] 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.
Maffia began her official acting career in off-Broadway and off-off-Broadwayproductions. 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-starring and recurring roles on shows such as ER, The West Wing, and Law & Order.
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.
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).[4]
== Filmography ==
=== Film ===
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
1982	Smithereens 	Prostitute 	
1983	Stuck on You! 	Attila's Sister 	
1988	Married to the Mob 	Angie's First Customer 	
1991	American Blue Note 	Marie 	
1994	The Paper 	Carmen 	
1994	Disclosure 	Catherine Alvarez 	
1995	Nick of Time 	Ms. Jones 	
1996	Eraser 	Claire Isaacs 	
1997	Kiss the Girls 	Dr. Ruocco 	
1999	Double Jeopardy 	Margaret 	
2000	Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her	Debbie 	Segment: "Love Waits For Kathy"
2001	The New Women 	Virginia VanUpp 	
2001	I Am Sam 	First Family Court Judge	uncredited
2002	Treading Water 	The Agent 	
2003	Holes 	Atty. Carla Morengo 	
2006	Scarface: The World Is Yours 	Voice 	Video game
2007	Totally Baked: A Pot-U-Mentary 	Dr. Willa Peterson 	
2007	Ghost ImageI 	Detective Amos 	
2008	Yonkers Joe 	Santini 	
2008	The Blue Tooth Virgin 	Dr. Christopher 	
2009	Kingshighway 	Rosa 	
2013	The Call 	Maddy 	
=== Television ===
Year 	Title 	Role 	Notes
1985–86 	The Equalizer 	Sindee 	Episode: "Desperately" 
Episode: "Dead Drop"
1988 	Internal Affairs 	Diane 	TV film
1993 	The X-Files 	Uncredited 	Episode: "Born Again"
1993 	The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles 	New York Cabbie 	Episode: "Young Indiana Jones and the Scandal of 1920"
1994–95 	Chicago Hope 	Angela Giandamenicio 	Episodes: "Pilot" 
"Over the Rainbow" 
"Food Chains" 
"With the Greatest of Ease" 
"You Gotta Have Heart" 
"Great White Hope"
1995 	Her Deadly Rival 	Officer Caldwell 	TV film
1995 	The Heidi Chronicles 	 	TV film
1995 	Courthouse 	Ms. Marino 	Episodes: "Order on the Court" 
"One Strike and You're Out" 
"Injustice for All"
1996 	Wings 	Claire Barnett 	Episode: "Porno for Pyros"
1996 	Her Costly Affair 	Sally Canter 	NBC TV film
1996 	Mistrial' 	Laurie Meisinger 	TV film
1996–2000	Profiler 	Grace Alvarez 	82 episodes
1997 	The Defenders: Payback 	Julie Bishop 	TV film
1998 	The Daily Show 	Herself 	Episode dated 06-23-98
1998 	Welcome to Paradox 	Barbara Cloak 	Episode: "Research Alpha"
1998 	Route 9 	Agent Ellen Marks 	TV film
2000 	The David Cassidy Story 	Ruth Aarons 	TV film
2001 	The West Wing 	Officer Rhonda Sachs 	Episode: "Somebody's Going to Emergency, Somebody's Going to Jail"
2001 	Gideon's Crossing 	Valerie Thomlinson 	Episode: "Freak Shows"
2001 	The Division 	Sandra 	Episode: "Intervention"
2001 	Ally McBeal 	Werner's Attorney 	Episode: "Fear of Flirting"
2001 	ER 	Ms. Prager 	Episodes: "Partly Cloudy, Chance of Rain" 
"Quo Vadis?" 
"I'll be Home for Christmas"
2002 	Judging Amy 	Amanda York 	Episode: "Tidal Wave"
2002 	Taina 	Gladys 	Episode: "The Fear Factors"
2002 	For the People 	Sophia 	Episode: "Lonely Hearts"
2002 	Endgame: Ethics and Values in America	Julia 	TV film
2002 	The Sopranos 	Professor Longo-Murphy 	Episode: "Christopher"
2002 	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 	Adelle Cross 	Episode: "Fight Night"
2003 	Boomtown 	Sally Jacobson 	Episode: "Inadmissible"
2003–06 	Law & Order 	Vanessa Galliano 	Episodes: "Ill-Conceived" 
"The Dead Wives Club" 
"Cost of Capital"
2003–10 	Nip/Tuck 	Dr. Elizabeth "Liz" Troy Cruz 	Series Regular
2004 	Century City 	Janice Cahn 	Episode: "To Know Her"
2005 	Strong Medicine 	Rafael's mother 	Episode: "Dying Inside"
2006 	Ghost Whisperer 	Dr. Hillary Sloan 	Episode: "The Ghost Within"
2007–08 	Boston Legal 	Judge Victoria Peyton 	9 episodes
2009 	Dexter 	Marriage Therapist 	Episode: "If I Had a Hammer"
2009 	Criminal Minds 	Det. Reese Evans 	Episode: "Conflicted"
2009 	Eastwick 	Mme. Aleksandra 	Episode: "Madams and Madames"
2010 	Medium 	Victoria Gossett 	Episode: "Dead Meat"
2011 	Off the Map 	Matilda 	Episode: "Everything's as It Should Be"
2012 	Grey's Anatomy 	Roberta Thompson 	4 episodes
2013–2017	Pretty Little Liars 	Linda Tanner 	17 episodes
2013 	NCIS 	NCIS Special Agent Vera Strickland	Episode: "Under the Radar"
2018 	Bull 	Hazel Diaz 	Episode: "Witness for the Prosecution"