Floriana Lima | |
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Born | Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. | March 26, 1981
Alma mater | Ohio State University |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 2008–present |
Floriana Lima is an American actress. She played Maggie Sawyer on The CW's Supergirl . She began playing recurring character Darcy Cooper in season 2 of the ABC drama A Million Little Things , and was promoted to the main cast for season 3.
Floriana was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, the daughter of Dennis Lima and Angela Maynard. [1] [2] She is of Italian, Irish, English, Spanish and Portuguese descent. [3] She graduated from Fairfield Senior High School in 1999 [4] and went on to study Communications at Ohio State University. [2]
After college, she worked as a production assistant at NBC affiliate WCMH-TV in Columbus, Ohio. [5] She then decided to move to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career. [2] [6]
Lima was a series regular in the internet comedy Poor Paul (2008-2009) and later became a series regular in Fox's medical drama The Mob Doctor (2012-2013). [7] She had a recurring role in NBC's spy series Allegiance (2015), was a series regular in ABC's thriller The Family (2016) and had a recurring role in Fox's action drama Lethal Weapon from 2016 to 2018. From 2016-2017, Lima played lesbian Detective Maggie Sawyer in season two & three of The CW's Supergirl . [8]
In 2018, Lima played the character of psychiatrist Krista Dumont in the second season of Netflix's The Punisher . [9]
In 2019, Lima joined the second season of ABC's A Million Little Things as military veteran and physical therapist Darcy Cooper. She became a series regular in season 3 (2021).
Lima made one-off appearances in episodes of How I Met Your Mother (2008), Ghost Whisperer (2009), Melrose Place (2009), House (2010), In Plain Sight (2010), Franklin & Bash (2011), Psych (2014), and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2014).[ citation needed ]
Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
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2008 | Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles | Franny | Episode: "The Turk" | |
2008 | How I Met Your Mother | Haley | Episode: "Rebound Bro" | |
2008 | Privileged | Bartender | Pilot episode | |
2008 | My Own Worst Enemy | Female Janus Tech | Episode: "Henry and the Terrible... Day" | |
2009 | Ghost Whisperer | Female Co-Ed | Episode: "Body of Water" | |
2009 | The Alyson Stoner Project | Flori | Direct-to-video project | |
2009 | Melrose Place | Carla | Episode: "Nightingale" | |
2008–2009 | Poor Paul | Elizabeth | Web series; main role | |
2010 | Kings by Night | Amanda | TV film | |
2010 | House M.D. | Gabriella | Episode: "Black Hole" | |
2010 | In Plain Sight | Robin Cusato | Episode: "Death Becomes Her" | |
2010 | Glory Daze | Maya | Episodes: "Hungry Like Teen Wolf" and "Why Shant This Be Love?" | |
2011 | The Nine Lives of Chloe King | Lilah Montiero | Episode: "Girls Night Out" | |
2011 | Franklin & Bash | Amelia | Episode: "Go Tell It on the Mountain" | |
2012–2013 | The Mob Doctor | Nurse Rosa "Ro" Quintero | Main role | |
2013 | Hawaii Five-0 | Allison Hutchins | Episode: "Ua Nalohia" | |
2014 | Psych | Love | Episode: "The Breakup" | |
2014 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Keri Torres | Episode: “The Twin Paradox” | |
2014 | Cloudy with a Chance of Love | Fran | Hallmark Film | |
2015 | Allegiance | Michelle Prado | Recurring role | |
2016 | The Family | Bridey Cruz | Main role | |
2016–2018 | Lethal Weapon | Miranda Riggs | Recurring role | |
2016–2017 | Supergirl | Maggie Sawyer | Main role (season 2) Recurring role (season 3) | |
2019 | The Punisher | Krista Dumont | Main role (season 2) | |
2019–2021 | A Million Little Things | Darcy Cooper | Recurring role (seasons 2 and 4) | Main role (season 3) |
2023 | Quantum Leap | Simone | Episode "Secret History" |
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