Roma Maffia
Highest Rated: 88% The Paper (1994)
Lowest Rated: 12% Measure of Revenge (2022)
Birthday: May 31, 1958
Birthplace: Manhattan, New York, USA
A tall, slender character player whose olive complexion, severe eyebrows and wide, etched cheekbones make her a natural for ethnic roles, Roma Maffia had played small parts in three movies (including a prostitute in her debut, Susan Seidelman's "Smithereens" 1982) and worked on TV, but her career did not really take off until Ron Howard "discovered" her and cast her as an eager, loud-mouthed reporter in "The Paper" (1994). That same year, she displayed her grit as a steel-and-sparks lawyer defending Michael Douglas against Demi Moore's accusations of sexual harassment in Barry Levinson's "Disclosure." Since then, she has had little time to return to her stage roots, an Off-Broadway and regional theater background that saw her act in productions of "Street Venus," "Fool for Love," and "The Caucasian Chalk Circle," among others.
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Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12% | No Score Yet | Measure of Revenge | Unknown (Character) | - | 2022 |
| No Score Yet | 70% | That Gal...Who Was in That Thing: That Guy 2 | Unknown (Character) | - | 2015 |
| 44% | 65% | The Call | Maddy (Character) | $51.9M | 2013 |
| No Score Yet | 27% | The Real St. Nick | Tanya (Character) | - | 2012 |
| 62% | 52% | The Blue Tooth Virgin | Dr. Christopher (Character) | $2.7K | 2008 |
| 55% | 49% | Yonkers Joe | Santini (Character) | $5.0K | 2008 |
| No Score Yet | 18% | Ghost Image | Detective Amos (Character) | - | 2007 |
| No Score Yet | 54% | Totally Baked: A Pot-U-Mentary | Dr. Willa Peterson (Character) | - | 2007 |
| 78% | 76% | Holes | Carla Morengo (Character) | $67.3M | 2003 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The New Women | Virginia VanUpp (Character) | - | 2001 |
| 75% | 64% | Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her | Debbie (Character) | - | 2000 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The David Cassidy Story | Ruth Aarons (Character) | - | 2000 |
| 27% | 61% | Double Jeopardy | Margaret Skolowski (Character) | $116.7M | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | 40% | Route 9 | Agent Ellen Marks (Character) | - | 1998 |
| 33% | 62% | Kiss the Girls | Dr. Ruocco (Character) | $60.5M | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Defenders: Payback | Julie Bishop (Character) | - | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | 6% | Mistrial | Laurie Meisinger (Character) | - | 1996 |
| 38% | 39% | Eraser | Claire Isaacs (Character) | $101.3M | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Her Costly Affair | Sally Canter (Character) | - | 1996 |
| 32% | 47% | Nick of Time | Ms. Jones (Character) | $7.8M | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Her Deadly Rival | Officer Caldwell (Character) | - | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Heidi Chronicles | Unknown (Character) | - | 1995 |
| 60% | 41% | Disclosure | Catherine Alvarez (Character) | $81.3M | 1994 |
| 88% | 66% | The Paper | Carmen (Character) | $36.6M | 1994 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | 58% | Bull | Hazel Diaz (Guest Star) | 2018 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Battle of the Network Stars | Guest | 2017 |
| 98% | 92% | Queen Sugar | Estelle Peterson (Guest Star) | 2016 |
| 81% | 82% | Pretty Little Liars | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2013-2015 |
| 72% | 49% | Drop Dead Diva | Judge Eileen Sears (Guest Star) | 2014 |
| No Score Yet | 82% | NCIS | NCIS Special Agent Vera Strickland (Guest Star) | 2013 |
| 84% | 75% | Grey's Anatomy | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2012-2013 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Reed Between the Lines | Old Therapist (Guest Star) | 2011 |
| 67% | 47% | The Event | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2011 |
| 18% | 66% | Off the Map | Matilda (Guest Star) | 2011 |
| No Score Yet | 76% | Medium | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2010 |
| 75% | 82% | Nip/Tuck |
Dr. Liz Cruz (Character), Unknown (Guest Star) |
2003-2010 |
| 71% | 81% | Dexter | Marriage Therapist (Guest Star) | 2009 |
| 34% | 50% | Eastwick | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2009 |
| 86% | 91% | Boston Legal | Judge Victoria Peyton (Guest Star) | 2007-2008 |
| No Score Yet | 86% | Ghost Whisperer | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2006 |
| No Score Yet | 96% | Law & Order | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2003-2004 2006 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Century City | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2004 |
| No Score Yet | 81% | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Adelle Cross (Guest Star) | 2002 |
| 92% | 97% | The Sopranos | Professor Longo-Murphy (Guest Star) | 2002 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Judging Amy | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2002 |
| No Score Yet | 84% | ER | Ms. Prager (Guest Star) | 2001 |
| 61% | 75% | Ally McBeal | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2001 |
| 75% | 95% | The West Wing | Officer Rhonda Sachs (Guest Star) | 2001 |
| 50% | No Score Yet | Gideon's Crossing | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2000 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Profiler |
Grace Alvarez (Character), Unknown (Guest Star) |
1997-2000 |
| No Score Yet | 93% | The Pretender | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2000 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Welcome to Paradox | Unknown (Character) | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | 100% | Wings | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Courthouse | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | 0% | Chicago Hope | Unknown (Character) | 1995 |