Liza Colón-Zayas
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Liza Colón-Zayas | |
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| Born | Liza Colón c. 1972 (age 51–52) |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, playwright |
| Years active | 1994–present |
| Spouse | David Zayas |
Liza Colón-Zayas (born c. 1972) is an American actress and playwright.
Early life and education
Colón-Zayas was born and raised in The Bronx borough of New York City, and began her career starring in Off-Broadway productions. 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 an 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, episodes 7 and 8), as a snitch to the detectives investigating the "Santa Muerte killings".
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.
Personal life
Colón-Zayas is married to the actor David Zayas.
See also
References
- ^ "Liza Colón-Zayas". theHotness. No. 2.
- ^ "Company Members". LAByrinth Theatre Company. Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-06-10.
- ^ "Review of Our Lady of 121st Street". New York Times.
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