Roma Maffia is an American actress of West Indian, English, and German descent.[1][2] Maffia was born on May 31, 1958, in Manhattan, New York City, New York. As an adult, she is 178 centimeters (5' 10") tall, and so, she is frequently the tallest actress on the screen.

Her most widely seen performance has been 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.

Television career

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.

As of 2006, 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.

Movie career

• Holes (2003)
• I Am Sam (2001)
• Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her (2001)
• Double Jeopardy (1999)
• The Defenders - Taking the First (1998)
• Route 9 (1998)
• The Profiler{TV}(1996) 1996-2000
• The Defenders - Payback (1997)
• Kiss the Girls (1997)
• Eraser (1996)
• Nick of Time (1995)
• Disclosure (1994)
• The Paper (1994)
• American Blue Note (1991)
• Married to the Mob (1988)

External links

• Roma Maffia at the Internet Movie Database
• Curve interview with Roma Maffia
• Interview with Roma Maffia