Floriana Lima
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 (born March 26, 1981[1]) is an American actress. She played Maggie Sawyer on The CW's Supergirl.
Early life
Floriana was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, the daughter of Dennis Lima and Angela Maynard.[2][3] She is of Italian, Irish, English, Spanish and Portuguese descent.[4] She graduated from Fairfield Senior High School in 1999[5] and went on to study Communications at Ohio State University.[3]
After college, she worked as a production assistant at NBC4 in Columbus, Ohio.[6] She then decided to move to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career.[3][7]
Career
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).[8] She had a recurring role in NBC's spy series Allegiance (2015), was a series regular in ABC's thriller The Family (2016) and has a recurring role in Fox's action drama Lethal Weapon (2016). Also in 2016, Lima was cast as Maggie Sawyer in season two of The CW's Supergirl.[9]
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) and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2014).[citation needed]
In 2018, Lima played the recurring character of psychiatrist Krista Dumont in the second season of Netflix's The Punisher.[10]
Personal life
In 2016, she began a relationship with actor Casey Affleck.[11]
Filmography
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 | 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) |
2018 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Keri Torres | Episode: “The Twin Paradox” |
2019 | The Punisher | Krista Dumont | Main role (season 2) |
2020 | A Million Little Things | Darcy | Recurring role (season 2) |
References
- ^ "leanna on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2017-03-04.
- ^ Porter, Rick (September 17, 2012). "'The Mob Doctor's' Floriana Lima: Her 'Downton Abbey' obsession and 13 other revelations". Zap2it.com. Tribune Media Services, Inc. Archived from the original on 18 September 2012. Retrieved November 29, 2012.
- ^ a b c "Angelique River and Floriana Lima". Gladys Magazine. 25 January 2016. Archived from the original on 10 September 2016. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
- ^ Floriana Lima [@florianalima] (1 March 2017). "@otpkaramel Italian, Irish, English, Spanish, Portuguese. I'm a mutt 😘" (Tweet). Retrieved 2 December 2019 – via Twitter.
- ^ The Cincinnati Enquirer. Cincinnati, Ohio. July 1, 2012. p. D2 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/104219411/. Retrieved 31 January 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
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(help) - ^ Kolk, Doug (April 21, 2016). "Floriana Lima Talks about Getting her Start". KTLA. Tribune Broadcasting Station. Archived from the original on 22 July 2018. Retrieved November 29, 2017.
- ^ "Floriana Lima". Regard Magazine: 220. February 2016. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
- ^ "FOX Broadcasting Company - The Mob Doctor - Floriana Lima as Nurse Rosa "Ro" Quintero". Retrieved 29 November 2017.
- ^ Stanhope, Kate (July 13, 2016). "'Supergirl' Adds 'The Family' Grad as Gay DC Character Maggie Sawyer (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 21, 2018.
- ^ Andreeva, Nellie; Petski, Denise (February 26, 2018). "'Marvel's The Punisher': Josh Stewart, Floriana Lima & Giorgia Whigham Join Cast Of Netflix Series For Season 2". Deadline. Retrieved February 26, 2018.
- ^ Guglielmi, Jodie (15 November 2016). "Casey Affleck's New Supergirl Girlfriend — and Ben Affleck! — Join Him at Manchester By the Sea Premiere". People. Meredith Corporation. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
External links
- Floriana Lima at IMDb
- Floriana Lima on X
- 1981 births
- Living people
- Actresses from Cincinnati
- Actresses of Italian descent
- Actresses of Portuguese descent
- American people of Irish descent
- American people of Italian descent
- American people of Portuguese descent
- American people of Spanish descent
- American television actresses
- 21st-century American actresses
- Ohio State University alumni