Valerie Cruz

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Valerie Cruz born July 18 1976 is an American actress Cruz was born in Elizabeth New Jersey of Cuban ancestry She attended Florida State University and received a BFA theatre degree She has appeared in films such as Cellular and played Grace Santiago in NipTuck She played a main character in NipTuck but she left the show just after the first season1 She has made guest appearances in series such as Greys Anatomy and Las Vegas In 2007 she appeared as Connie Murphy a tough Chicago police detective in SciFi Channels now cancelled adaptation of The Dresden Files The show lasted for one season She has also played Maria Nolan on the CWs Hidden Palms In 2008 she appeared in season three of Dexter playing Sylvia Prado the wife of Assistant District Attorney Miguel Prado Jimmy Smits In 2009 she appeared in the horror film The Devils Tomb and the HBO series True Blood in which she played the part of Isabel In 2010 she became part of the cast of the ABC drama Off the Map which was canceled by ABC On May 13 2011 Description above from the Wikipedia article Valerie Cruz licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia