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| Years active | 2002–present |
Valerie Cruz is an American actress.
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Valerie Cruz | |
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| Years active | 2002–present |
Valerie Cruz is an American actress.
Valerie Cruz is of Cuban ancestry. [1]
She attended Florida State University and received a BFA theatre degree.[ citation needed ]
Cruz appeared in the film Cellular and played Grace Santiago, a main character in Nip/Tuck , but she left the show just after the first season. [2] She has made guest appearances in series such as Grey's Anatomy and Las Vegas . In 2007, she appeared as Connie Murphy, a tough Chicago police detective, in SciFi Channel's adaptation of The Dresden Files . The show lasted for one season.[ citation needed ]
Cruz played Maria Nolan on the CW's Hidden Palms . In 2008, she appeared in the third season of Dexter , playing Syl Prado, the wife of assistant district attorney Miguel Prado (Jimmy Smits).[ citation needed ]
In 2009, she appeared in the horror film The Devil's Tomb and the HBO series True Blood , in which she played the part of Isabel. That same year, Cruz played Olivia in the film La Linea . In 2010 she became part of the cast of the ABC drama Off the Map , which was canceled by ABC On May 13, 2011. In 2011 she had a recurring role as a Homeland Security agent in the Syfy series Alphas .[ citation needed ]
In 2012, she played an evil doctor in the "Organ Grinder" episode of Grimm ; the wife of a dictator in the "Enemy of the State" episode of Scandal ; and an investigator for the football league in the episode "Spell It Out" of Necessary Roughness . She also starred on The Following as Agent Gina Mendez.[ citation needed ]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2004 | Cellular | Detective Dana Bayback | |
| 2008 | No Man's Land: The Rise of Reeker | Allison | |
| 2009 | The Line | Olivia | |
| 2009 | The Devil's Tomb | Dr. Elissa Cardell | Direct-to-Video |
| 2014 | The Loft | Barbara Stevens | |
| 2016 | Custody | Claudia Sanjuro | |
| 2016 | My First Miracle | Heidi | |
| 2018 | Locating Silver Lake | Luisa |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2002 | Strong Medicine | Almira | "Precautions" |
| 2002 | American Family | Officer #1 | "La Llorona: Part 1" |
| 2002 | The Agency | Ms. Constanza Diaz | "Heartless" |
| 2003 | Nip/Tuck | Grace Santiago | Main role (Season 1) |
| 2004 | Missing | Karen Moore | "Delusional" |
| 2004 | Crossing Jordan | Madeline Pillsbury | "What Happens in Vegas Dies in Boston" |
| 2004 | Las Vegas | Madeline Pillsbury | "Two of a Kind" |
| 2005 | LAX | Carla | "Mixed Signals" |
| 2005 | Grey's Anatomy | Zona Cruz | "No Man's Land" |
| 2005 | Inconceivable | Vanessa Calder | "The Last Straw" |
| 2006 | Invasion | Colonel Sabrina Lopez | "Re-Evolution", "The Last Wave Goodbye" |
| 2006, 2013 | Dexter | Syl Prado | Recurring role (season 3), guest (season 8) |
| 2007 | Hidden Palms | Maria Nolan | Recurring role |
| 2007–2008 | The Dresden Files | Lieutenant Connie Murphy | Main role |
| 2008 | Street Warrior | Maggie Kuerner | TV film |
| 2009 | Eleventh Hour | Coco Delgado | "Olfactus" |
| 2009 | Dollhouse | Selena Ramirez | "A Spy in the House of Love" |
| 2009 | True Blood | Isabel Beaumont | Recurring role |
| 2010 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | U.S. Attorney Camilla Velez | "Shadow" |
| 2010 | Criminal Minds | Brooke Sanchez | "Parasite" |
| 2011 | Off the Map | Dr. Zee Alvarez | Main role |
| 2011 | The Glades | Dr. Sophie Perez | "Dirty Little Secrets" |
| 2011 | Alphas | Kathy Sullivan | Recurring role |
| 2012 | The Secret Lives of Wives | Alyse | TV film |
| 2012 | Grimm | Dr. Levine | "Organ Grinder" |
| 2012 | Scandal | Carolina Flores | "Enemy of the State" |
| 2012 | Necessary Roughness | Vera Dade | "Spell It Out", "Double Fault" |
| 2012 | Homeland | Major Joy Mendez | Recurring role |
| 2013 | NCIS | Anna | "Detour" |
| 2014 | Bosch | Teresa Corazon | "'Tis the Season" |
| 2014–2015 | The Following | Agent Gina Mendez | Regular role |
| 2015 | Quantico | Vera Rodriguez | "God." |
| 2017 | Chicago Justice | Miranda Sharp | "Lily's Law" |
| 2017 | Doubt | Commander Olivia Jimenez | "Top Dog/Underdog" |
| 2018 | The Resident | Renata Lopez | "Pilot" |
| 2018 | Life Sentence | Gina | Recurring role |
| 2019 | The Rookie | Elena Ruiz | "The Checklist", "Free Fall" |
| 2018–2021 | Charmed | Marisol Vera | Recurring role (seasons 1–2), guest (season 3) |
| 2022 | Walker: Independence | Teresa Davidson | guest |
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