Tracy Vilar

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Tracy Vilar
Born
Tracy Leigh Vilar

(1968-04-12) April 12, 1968 (age 56)
New York City, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
OccupationActress
Years active1994 – present
Website https://twitter.com/tracyvilar

Tracy Vilar (born Tracy Leigh Vilar[ citation needed ] April 12, 1968; and sometimes credited Tracy Villars) is an American [1] actress.

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Career

She is best known for her roles as Ro-Ro on the CBS sitcom Partners , Sophia Ortiz on The WB sitcom The Steve Harvey Show , and Angela de la Cruz on the TNT television show, Saved . [1] [2]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1994 The Cosby Mysteries CopTV movie
Fresh Girl #1
Crooklyn Monica
1996 Sunset Park Shirley
Joe's Apartment Complaint Handler
Grace of My Heart Annie
1997 Gridlock'd Screaming Woman
Two Came Back Coast GuardswomanTV movie
1998Life in the Fast LaneShirley
1999 Double Jeopardy Orbe
2000DetailsCeciliaShort
2001 K-PAX Maria
Porno OuttakesThe MaidVideo Short
2002 Full Frontal Heather
2004Mean JadineFairy GodmotherShort
2009I.E.P.Ms. Shandra TaylorShort
2014 Search Party Sarah MacLachlan
2016 Officer Downe Hanso
2023 Missing Detective Gomez

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1995 First Time Out RosaMain Cast
1996 Kirk GinaEpisode: "For Whom the Wedding Bells Toll: Part 1 & 2"
1996-97 The Steve Harvey Show Sophia OrtizMain Cast: Season 1
1997 Living Single Ava RiveraEpisode: "Too Good to Screw"
ER DorisEpisode: "Ambush" & "When the Bough Breaks"
Fired Up GinaEpisode: "The Baby-Sitter's Club"
1999 Oh, Grow Up Dr. RinaldiEpisode: "Love Stinks"
NYPD Blue Elvie InglesiasEpisode: "Dead Girl Walking"
2000 Strong Medicine Marisol SantosEpisode: "Do No Harm"
2001 One on One Ms. MoodyEpisode: "Let's Wait Awhile" & "Playing Possum"
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Carla DelgadoEpisode: "Slaves of Las Vegas"
2002 Girlfriends GigiEpisode: "X Does Not Mark the Spot"
For the People VictoriaEpisode: "Lonely Hearts"
The Parkers PaullinaEpisode: "And the Winner Is..."
MDs NICU Nurse LillianRecurring Cast
2003-04 Good Morning, Miami StacyRecurring Cast: Season 2
2004 Curb Your Enthusiasm Nurse #1Episode: "Mel's Offer"
NYPD Blue RosaEpisode: "Peeler? I Hardley Knew Her"
2006 Saved Angela de la CruzMain Cast
2008-12 House Nurse ReginaRecurring Cast: Season 5-8
2012 2 Broke Girls MariaEpisode: "And the Big Buttercream Breakthrough"
Partners Ro-RoRecurring Cast
2013 Grey's Anatomy Becca McMurdoEpisode: "Man on the Moon"
2014 How to Get Away with Murder Ms. BarkerEpisode: "We're Not Friends"
2016 JoJoHead HerselfEpisode: "People Who Probably Meant Well"
2017 Doubt ADA DelgadoEpisode: "Then and Now"
Get Shorty FBI OperatorEpisode: "Turnaround" & "Blue Pages"
2019 Fresh Off the Boat Ms. DugganEpisode: "You've Got a Girlfriend"
For the People Lynda PerezEpisode: "Moral Suasion"
Gods of FoodLaura SepanowitzEpisode: "Laura Sepanowitz: The Passionate Tastemaker"
Epic NightCorrineEpisode: "Part 1"
2020 Mom LorraineEpisode: "Cheddar Cheese and a Squirrel Circus"
Swipe RightJaneEpisode: "Episode #1.4"
Outmatched Principal RamosEpisode: "Principal Ramos"
2021 Maid YolandaMain Cast
2022 The Good Doctor LunaEpisode: "Sorry, Not Sorry"
2023 High Desert TinaRecurring Cast

Awards and nominations

In 1996, Tracy was nominated for Outstanding Individual Performance in a Comedy Series for her role as Sophia Ortiz in The Steve Harvey Show [2] at the NCLR Bravo Awards. In 1998, she was nominated for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series in the same role at the ALMA Awards . [3] [2] That same year, she won the Margo Albert Award for Most Promising Actress. [3] [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "TV Acres: Ethnic Groups". TV Acres. Archived from the original on February 5, 2013. Retrieved March 18, 2010.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Profile of Tracy Vilar". Buddy TV. Retrieved March 18, 2010.
  3. 1 2 Tracy Vilar - Awards