Roma Maffia is an American actress of English, German, and West Indian descent. Maffia was born on May 31, 1958, in Manhattan, New York, New York. As an adult, she is 178 centimeters (5' 10") tall, and so, she is frequently the tallest actress on the screen. May 31 is the 151st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (152nd in leap years), with 214 days remaining. ... Year 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Manhattan is a borough of New York City, USA, coterminous with New York County. ...

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. Disclosure means the giving out of information, either voluntarily or to be in compliance with legal regulations or workplace rules. ... For other people bearing this name, see Michael Douglas (disambiguation). ... Demi Moore (born Demetria Gene Guynes on November 11, 1962 in Roswell, New Mexico) is an American actress. ... Law & Order is an American television police procedural and legal drama set in New York City. ...

She has also performed in the TV series Profiler and in Nip/Tuck. The television crime drama Profiler aired on NBC from 1996 to 2000. ... Nip/Tuck is an American television medical drama series created by Ryan Murphy for FX Networks. ...

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. Off-Broadway plays or musicals are performed in New York City in smaller theatres than Broadway, but larger than Off-Off-Broadway, productions. ... Off-Off-Broadway refers to theatrical productions including plays, musicals or performance art pieces performed in New York City in smaller theatres than Broadway productions or off-Broadway productions. ... For the band, see 1990s (band). ... For the anime character, see Yomiko Readman. ... For other people named Ron Howard, see Ronald Howard. ... Chicago Hope was a popular CBS drama series created by David E. Kelley that ran from September 18, 1994 to May 4, 2000. ...

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. Crime Scene, done by the United States Army Criminal Investigation Command Forensic science (often shortened to forensics) is the application of a broad spectrum of sciences to answer questions of interest to the legal system. ... NBC (an acronym for National Broadcasting Company) is an American television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... ER is a long-running, award winning American serial medical drama created by novelist Michael Crichton and set primarily in the emergency room of fictional County General Hospital in Chicago, Illinois. ... The West Wing is a popular and widely acclaimed American television serial drama created by Aaron Sorkin and produced and co-written by John Wells. ... This article is about the TV series. ...

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. 2006 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Roma Maffia as Liz Cruz Liz Cruz is a character in the American television series Nip/Tuck. ... FX (shorter for Fox Extended Networks) is a name carried by two cable television and satellite channels owned by News Corporations Fox Entertainment Group. ... Nip/Tuck is an American television medical drama series created by Ryan Murphy for FX Networks. ... An anesthesiologist (American English), or anaesthetist (British English), is a medical doctor trained to administer anesthesia and manage patients medically before, during, and after surgery. ...

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)

Holes is a 2003 film based on the novel of the same title. ... I Am Sam DVD cover I am Sam is a 2001 film about a man with a developmental disability, Sam Dawson who is singularly raising his seven year old daughter Lucy . ... Double Jeopardy is a movie made in 1999 starring Tommy Lee Jones and Ashley Judd, about an innocent woman who is framed by her husband for his murder. ... This article is for the film Kiss the Girls. ... Eraser is a 1996 action movie starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Vanessa Williams. ... DVD cover Nick of Time, starring Johnny Depp, Courtney Chase and Christopher Walken, is a 1995 thriller movie about an assassination attempt. ... Disclosure means the giving out of information, either voluntarily or to be in compliance with legal regulations or workplace rules. ... Married to the Mob is a 1988 comedy film. ...

External links

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