Roma Maffia

Roma Maffia born May 31 1958 is an American actress Maffia began her acting career in OffBroadway and OffOffBroadway productions In 1994 she made her film debut playing the minor role of Carmen in director Ron Howards film The Paper Soon after she landed a role on the television series Chicago Hope Maffias television career continued as she played Grace Alvarez the forensic pathologist for the Violent Crimes Task Force for four seasons on NBCs Profiler She has had gueststar 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 NipTuck She followed this up with a series of performances as Vanessa Galiano in the TV series Law Order and as Judge Victoria Peyton on ABCs Boston Legal Since 2003 Maffia has appeared as Liz Cruz on the FX Network series NipTuck the anesthesiologist colleague of two dysfunctional plastic surgeons Coincidentally Maffia and Julian McMahon also worked on the TV show Profiler together