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Judy Reyes (born November 5, 1967) is an American actress, model and producer, best known for her roles as Carla Espinosa on the NBC/ABC medical comedy series Scrubs (2001–2009), and as Zoila Diaz in the Lifetime comedy-drama Devious Maids (2013–2016). Beginning in 2017, she stars as Annalise "Quiet Ann" Zayas in the TNT crime comedy-drama Claws.

Judy Reyes
Reyes in 2013
Born	(1967-11-05) November 5, 1967 (age 54)[1] The Bronx, New York, U.S.[1]
Occupation	Actress model producer
Years active	1992–present
Spouse	Edwin M. Figueroa ​ ​ (m. 1997; div. 2008)​ [2]
Partner	George Valencia[3]
Children	1

Early life

Reyes was born in The Bronx, New York,[1] to Dominican immigrants, and has three sisters,[4] including a fraternal twin sister named Joselin Reyes, who played a paramedic on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Reyes grew up on Bainbridge Avenue, from the age of 13 to the age of 25–26.[4] She attended Hunter College in Manhattan, where she began her acting career.[2]

Career

In the early 1990s, Reyes began her television career with guest starring roles in a number of shows, including Law & Order, NYPD Blue, and The Sopranos. She also had a recurring role in Oz as Tina Rivera. She is best known for her portrayal of nurse Carla Espinosa on the NBC comedy Scrubs from 2001 to 2009. She has starred in a number of made for television movies, primarily for Lifetime network, including Little Girl Lost: The Delimar Vera Story (2008), and The Pregnancy Project (2012).

After leaving Scrubs, Reyes guest-starred in several shows, including Castle, Medium, Off the Map, and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. In 2011, she starred as a mother dealing with her estranged husband's return into her life after his stint in prison in the independent drama Gun Hill Road. The film is set in Reyes' native Bronx, and its title refers to a real-life street that intersects Bainbridge Avenue on which Reyes herself grew up.[4] The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.[5] Reyes also had small supporting roles in several films, including Went to Coney Island on a Mission from God... Be Back by Five (1998), Bringing Out the Dead (1999), Washington Heights (2002), and Dirty (2005).

In 2012, Reyes was cast as series regular Zoila Diaz, the senior maid, in the ABC comedy-drama pilot Devious Maids, created by Marc Cherry.[6] On May 14, 2012, the series was not picked up by ABC, but on June 22, 2012, Lifetime ordered a run of thirteen episodes.[7] The series premiered June 23, 2013.[8] The Devious Maids finale episode aired on August 8, 2016.[9] Two weeks following the show's cancellation, Reyes was cast opposite Niecy Nash in the TNT crime comedy-drama Claws.[10] The series premiered on June 11, 2017.

In Succession, which premiered on June 3, 2018 on HBO, Reyes plays Eva, executive producer of media conglomerate Waystar Royco's ATN news channel.

In 2022, Reyes guest-starred in season 3 of Batwoman where she portrayed Kiki Roulette who was responsible for building Joker's joy buzzer.

Personal life

Reyes was married to writer/director Edwin M. Figueroa for 11 years before they divorced.[2] Reyes and her partner George Valencia have a daughter, Leila Rey Valencia, born on November 27, 2009.[3]

Filmography

Film

Key

	Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992	Jack and His Friends	Rosie
1996	No Exit	Maria Lentini	Direct-to-video
1997	Lena's Dreams	Martisa
1998	Went to Coney Island on a Mission from God... Be Back by Five	Waitress
	Godzilla	Woman #1	Uncredited
1999	Bringing Out the Dead	ICU Nurse
2000	King of the Jungle	Lydia Morreto
2002	Washington Heights	Daisy
2004	King of the Corner	Nurse Kathleen Delehant
2005	Dirty	Bryant
2008	The Poker Club	Detective Patterson
	Glow Ropes: The Rise and Fall of a Bar Mitzvah Emcee	Vanessa Dupree
2011	Gun Hill Road	Angela Rodriguez
	Without Men	Magnolia	Direct-to-video
	Kaylien	Teacher	Short film
2015	My Name Is David	His Neighbor
2016	Girl Flu.	Celeste
2017	The Circle	Congresswoman Olivia Santos
2020	All Together Now	Donna
2022	Smile	Victoria Muñoz
TBA	Turtles All the Way Down	Gina Holmes	Post-production
TBA	Christmas, No Filter	Carol
TBA	The Horror of Dolores Roach	TBA

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992	Law & Order	Maria Barragon	Episode: "Sisters of Mercy"
1993	Street Justice	Jody	Episode: "Countdown"
1994	As the World Turns	Nita	Episode #1.9826
	The Cosby Mysteries	Laura Montero	Episode: "Only You"
	New York Undercover	Helena	Episode: "After Shakespeare"
1995	CBS Schoolbreak Special	Giselle	Episode: "Stand Up"
1996	NYPD Blue	Anna Ortiz	Episode: "Where'd the Van Gogh?"
	The Prosecutors	Maria Valquez	Television film
1997	Cosby	Miss Reyes	Episode: "About My Life"
	Nothing Sacred	Maritza	Episodes: "Proofs for the Existence of God" and "Song of Songs"
1998	Trinity	Mrs. Cupideros	Episode: "In Loco Parentis"
1999	Mind Prey	Det. Vega	Television film
1999–02	Oz	Tina Rivera	Recurring role, 5 episodes
2000	The Sopranos	Michelle	Episode: "From Where to Eternity"
	Madigan Men	Vera the Dog Walker	Episode: "Pilot"
2001	100 Centre Street	Olivia	Episode: "Things Change"
	Third Watch	Gina Fuentes	Episodes: "Requiem for a Bantamweight" and "Unfinished Business"
	WW 3	Maria Cruz	Television film
2001–09	Scrubs	Nurse Carla Espinosa	Series regular, 169 episodes ALMA Award for Outstanding Actress in a Television Series (2006, 2008) Nominated - ALMA Award for Outstanding Actress in a Television Series (2002, 2009) Nominated - Imagen Award for Best Actress - Television (2005, 2007)
2003	Blue's Clues	Carmen	Episode: "Blue's Big Car Trip"
2005	Strong Medicine	Jane Lopez	Episode: "Family Practice"
2006	Our House	Billy	Television film
2008	Little Girl Lost: The Delimar Vera Story	Luz Cuevas	Television film Nominated - Imagen Award for Best Actress - Television
2009	Castle	Theresa Candela	Episode: "Little Girl Lost"
	Hawthorne	Vita Gonzalez	Episode: "No Guts, No Glory"
2010	Medium	Jane Livingston	Episode: "Native Tongue"
	Ask Alan	Vanessa	Television film
2011	Off the Map	Eva Moran	Episodes: "It's Good" and "Es Un Milagro"
	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Inez Rivera	Episode: "Blood Brothers"
2012	The Pregnancy Project	Juana	Television film Nominated - Imagen Award for Best Supporting Actress - Television
	Happily Divorced	Teresa	Episode: "Cesar’s Wife"
	Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja	Señora Jorge (voice)	Episode: "Viva El Nomicon"
2013–16	Devious Maids	Zoila Diaz	Series regular, 48 episodes Nominated-Imagen Award for Best Actress - Television (2014, 2015)
2015	iZombie	Lola Abano	Episode: "Brother, Can You Spare a Brain?"
	Fresh Off the Boat	Mindy Torres	Episode: "Good Morning Orlando"
2015–17, 2019	Jane the Virgin	Dina Milagro	Recurring role, 11 episodes
2016	The Good Wife	Nola Gades	Episode: "Monday"
	Blue Bloods	Coryna Garza	Episode: "For the Community"
2017–20	One Day at a Time	Ramona	Recurring role, 10 episodes
2017–22	Claws	Annalise "Quiet Ann" Zayas	Series regular, 40 episodes
2017, 2020	Search Party	Deb	Episodes: "Suspicion", "Obsession", "Denial" and "The Reckoning"
2018	Succession	Eva	Episodes: "Shit Show at the Fuck Factory", "Lifeboats" and "Sad Sack Wasp Trap"
	Dirty John	Verga	Episodes: "Red Flags and Parades" and "Remember It Was Me"
2019–22	Better Things	Lala	Episodes: "No Limits", "Show Me the Magic", "Escape Drill" and "We Are Not Alone"
2020	Black-ish	Dr. Paul	Episode: "Hero Pizza"
2021	Torn from Her Arms	Thelma Garcia	Television film
2022	Batwoman	Kiki Roulette	Episodes: "Broken Toys" and "We’re All Mad Here"
TBA	The Horror of Dolores Roach	TBA	8 Episodes

References

External links

• Judy Reyes at IMDb

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[es] Judy Reyes

Judy Reyes (Bronx, Nueva York; 5 de noviembre de 1967) es una actriz de cine estadounidense hija de padres dominicanos. Es conocida por su papel como la enfermera Carla Espinosa en la serie de televisión de la NBC Scrubs, que se mantuvo en pantalla desde 2001 hasta 2010.

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Джуди Рейес (англ. Judy Reyes, род. 5 ноября 1967) — американская телевизионная актриса, наиболее известная по своей роли медсестры Карлы Эспиносы в сериале «Клиника».

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