Marisa Ramirez

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Marisa Carolina Ramirez height 5 6 168 m born September 15 1977 is an American actress Ramirez attended an allgirls school in Alhambra California at the Ramona Convent Secondary School Her career began at age 13 when she was brought to the attention of a major LA modelling agency which led to an international modeling career Upon her return home she transitioned into hosting and actingRamirez is known to TV audiences from starring roles on four prime time and two notable daytime series Currently she plays Detective Maria Baez on the fourth season of CBSs Blue Bloods and recurred as Officer Riley Dunn on ABCs Body of Proof In 2011 she was a series regular on Lifetimes Against the Wall playing Detective Lina Flores Despite respectable ratings the series was not renewed for a second season Immediately prior to landing that role Ramirez starred as Melitta on Starzs Spartacus Gods of the Arena which was filmed in New Zealand After several guest appearances on Days of our Lives and The Bold and the Beautiful Ramirez finally got her big break in July 2000 when she was cast in the contract role of supermodel Gia Campbell on General Hospital She left this role in December 2002 to star in the shortlived ABC drama Miracles During her time on GH she was nominated for ALMA and NAACP Awards In April 2006 she joined the cast of The Young and the Restless as Jabot Cosmetics public relations consultant Carmen Mesta for five months The character of Carmen was killed off Ramirez briefly returned to the show in early 2007 as Carmens cousin Ines Vargas Shortly after she moved to Colombia to film the Fox summer series Mental opposite Chris Vance and Annabella Sciorra She married Nathan Lavezoli on September 22 2002 The couple divorced in November 2011