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Liza Colón-Zayas (born 1972) is an American actress and playwright.

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Liza Colón-Zayas
Born	Liza Colón 1972 (age 49–50) The Bronx, New York City, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Actress, playwright
Years active	1994–present
Spouse	David Zayas

Early life and education

Liza Colón was born and raised in The Bronx borough of New York City in 1972 and began her career off-Broadway. She broke into mainstream theatre when she wrote, produced, and starred in a one-woman show titled Sistah Supreme, a semi-autobiographical play in which she chronicles growing up as a Latina woman in New York during the 1970s and 1980s.[1]

Career

Colón-Zayas has been a member of the LAByrinth Theatre Company,[2] a New York-based traveling actors' group, since 1992. On stage, she originated the role of Norca in the off-Broadway productions of Our Lady of 121st Street[3] and appeared in In Arabia, We'd All Be Kings (co-starring Ana Ortiz and directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman). Time Out New York named the latter production one of the ten best plays of 1999.^{[citation needed]}

She has also appeared in television series such as Sex and the City, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and Blue Bloods episode 124, "Stomping Grounds" (in the latter, as Ana Baez, the sister of Detective Maria Baez). She guest starred in Dexter (season 5, episode 8), as the mother of Yasmin Aragon, a snitch to the detectives investigating the "Santa Muerte killings." She came into the detachment to identify her daughter's body, after she was killed during a sting by Miami Metro Homicide. On the large screen, she played a passenger in the film United 93 (2006) and Judge Angel Rodriguez in Righteous Kill (2008). In 2016, she played Dawn in the horror film The Purge: Election Year.^{[citation needed]}

Personal life

Colón-Zayas is married to actor David Zayas, known for his role as Angel Batista on Showtime's Dexter.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	The Keeper	C.O. Melendez
2002	Unfaithful	Grumpy teacher
2002	Apartment #5C	Yolanda
2004	Keane	1st Ticket Agent
2005	Heights	Ana
2006	Freedomland	Bea
2006	United 93	Waleska Martinez
2007	Goodbye Baby	Host
2008	Righteous Kill	Judge Angel Rodriguez
2011	Margaret	Nurse
2012	Won't Back Down	Yvonne
2013	All Is Bright	Mother of Six
2015	The Stockroom	April
2016	The Purge: Election Year	Dawn
2016	All at Once	Linda Ramirez
2016	Collateral Beauty	Trevor's Mom
2017	Lost Cat Corona	Jasmine
2018	Breaking Brooklyn	Ms. Cruz
2020	Before/During/After	Juanita
2021	Naked Singularity	Liszt
2022	Cat Person	Officer Elaine	Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	New York Undercover	Speaker	Episode: "Los Macheteros"
2000	Deadline	Social Worker	Episode: "Daniel in the Lion's Den"
2001	Third Watch	Maria	Episode: "Adam 55-3"
2002, 2005	Law & Order	Luisa / Sherry Velez	2 episodes
2004	Sex and the City	Melita	Episode: "Splat!"
2004	Hope & Faith	Rusti	Episode: "Queer as Hope"
2004–2015	Law & Order: SVU	Dolores Rodriguez / Cyndi	2 episodes
2005	Jonny Zero	Lucia	Episode: "La Familia"
2006	Conviction	M.E. Muldoon	Episode: "Breakup"
2006	The Bedford Diaries	Dr. Stern	Episode: "Abstinence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder"
2007	Rescue Me	Sarah	Episode: "Balance"
2008	House	Maria	Episode: "Emancipation"
2009	Taking Chance	Ticketing Agent	Television film
2009	Nurse Jackie	Mrs. Armando	Episode: "School Nurse"
2010	How to Make It in America	Gloria	Episode: "Big in Japan"
2010	Dexter	Paloma Aragon	Episode: "Take It!"
2011	Louie	Miss Hernandez	2 episodes
2011	Hung	Gloria	Episode: "The Whole Beefalo"
2013	Assistance	Dorothy	Television film
2015	Get Some!	Mickie Martell	Episode: "Chopped"
2016	Unforgettable	Laura Barton	Episode: "Bad Company"
2016	Blue Bloods	Ana Baez	Episode: "Stomping Grounds"
2016	The Pearl	Eileen Rosado	Television film
2017	Bull	ADA Jessica Goodman	Episode: "Already Gone"
2018	Titans	Detective Jessica Perez	2 episodes
2019	Proven Innocent	Lucia Rincon	Episode: "Pilot"
2019	David Makes Man	Principal Fallow	6 episodes
2021	In Treatment	Rita Ortiz
2022	The Bear	Tina	8 episodes

See also

• List of Puerto Ricans

References

External links

• Liza Colón-Zayas at IMDb
• Liza Colón-Zayas at the Internet Off-Broadway Database

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