Tia Texada
Actor
Biography
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Tia Texada (born Tia Nicole Tucker on December 14, 1971) is an American actress and singer. She is probably best known for portraying the role of Sgt. Maritza Cruz from the American television show Third Watch and for her role as Shay on ABC Family's Huge. Texada was born in Louisiana to a reflexologist mother and an insurance agent father. She has been acting since she was young. Texada's most recent appearance was as a guest star in an episode of Chuck ("Chuck Versus the Coup d'Etat"). Before that she was a guest star in Saving Grace and in two episodes of The Unit and appeared in Criminal Minds (Season 3, Episode 17) as Detective Tina Lopez[2] . She played Sgt. Maritza Cruz in the NBC Drama Third Watch. She also has appeared in movies such as Paulie (1998), Nurse Betty (2000), Glitter (2001), Phone Booth (2003) Spartan (2004) and Everybody Hates Chris (2008) (as Miss Rivera) . She also has a singing career, and her songs have been featured on shows such as Dawson's Creek. She also played at the Lilith Fair tour in 1998. She has lent her voice to TV's Static Shock as well as many television commercials. She has also done layouts for magazines, and has been featured in FHM.
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Filmography
From Dusk Till Dawn
as Bar Dancer 1996
Phone Booth
as Asia 2003
The Thirteenth Floor
as Natasha's Roommate 1999
Paulie
as Ruby / Lupe (voice) 1998
Nurse Betty
as Rosa 2000
Spartan
as Jackie Black 2004
Firebreather
as Isabel (voice) 2010
Bait
as Tika 2000
Glitter
as Roxanne 2001
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
as Dorrie 2001
Shadow of Doubt
as Conchita Perez 1998
Runaway Car
as Lupe 1997
Killer Cheer Mom
as Detective Sanchez 2021