Born on July 18, 1976, Valerie Cruz is an American actress who is known to cable viewers as Sylvia Prado, the wife of Miguel Prado (Jimmy Smits) on the third season of Showtime's Dexter, vampire Isabel on the HBO series True Blood and Grace Santiago in the first season on Nip/Tuck.
Cruz, who attended Florida State University, where she earned a BFA in theater, has also played Maria Nolan on the CW's Hidden Palms and has guest starred on Grey's Anatomy and Las Vegas. From 2007 to 2008, she played Lt. Connie Murphy on the TV mini-series The Dresden Files. At present, though, she stars as Zee Alvarez on the ABC drama series Off the Map.
FILM:
- Cellular (2004)
- LA Blues (2007)
- No Man's Land: The Rise of Reeker (2008)
- La Linea - The Line (2009)
- The Devil's Tomb (2009)
TELEVISION:
- Nip/Tuck (recurring, 2003)
- Hidden Palms (regular, 2007)
- The Dresden Files (regular, 2007-2008)
- Dexter (recurring, 2008)
- True Blood (recurring, 2009)
- Off the Map (regular, 2011)