Career

She has appeared in films such as Cellular and played Grace Santiago in Nip/Tuck. She played a main character in Nip/Tuck, but she left the show just after the first season. She has made guest appearances in series such as Grey's Anatomy and Las Vegas. In 2007, she appeared as Connie Murphy, a tough Chicago police detective, in SciFi Channel's adaptation of The Dresden Files. The show lasted for one season.

She has also played Maria Nolan on the CW's Hidden Palms. In 2008, she appeared in season three of Dexter, playing Sylvia Prado, the wife of Assistant District Attorney Miguel Prado (Jimmy Smits).

In 2009, she appeared in the horror film The Devil's Tomb and the HBO series True Blood, in which she played the part of Isabel. In 2009, she also played Olivia in the film La Linea. In 2010 she became part of the cast of the ABC drama Off the Map, which was canceled by ABC On May 13, 2011 . In 2011 she had a recurring role as a Homeland Security agent in the Syfy series Alphas. In 2012, she played an evil doctor in the "Organ Grinder" episode of Grimm; the wife of a dictator in the "Enemy of the State" episode of Scandal; and an investigator for the football league in the episode "Spell It Out" of Necessary Roughness. She also starred on The Following as Agent Gina Mendez.

Awards

• 2008 ALMA Awards Nomination; Best lead actress in a drama series for The Dresden Files on SciFi Channel
• 2009 Screen Actors Guild Award Nomination; Best ensemble cast in a drama series for Dexter on Showtime Networks

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Cellular	Dana Bayback
2007	LA Blues	Female Cop
2008	No Man's Land: The Rise of Reeker	Allison
2009	La Linea	Olivia
2009	Devil's Tomb, TheThe Devil's Tomb	Dr. Elissa Cardell
2014	Loft, TheThe Loft	Barbara Stevens
2015	My First Miracle	Heidi	Post-production
2015	Custody	TBA	Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	Strong Medicine	Almira	"Precautions"
2002	American Family	Officer #1	"La Llorona: Part 1"
2002	Agency, TheThe Agency	Ms. Constanza Diaz	"Heartless"
2003	Nip/Tuck	Grace Santiago	Recurring role
2004	Missing	Karen Moore	"Delusional"
2004	Crossing Jordan	Madeline Pillsbury	"What Happens in Vegas Dies in Boston"
2004	Las Vegas	Madeline Pillsbury	"Two of a Kind"
2005	LAX	Carla	"Mixed Signals"
2005	Grey's Anatomy	Zona Cruz	"No Man's Land"
2005	Inconceivable	Vanessa Calder	"The Last Straw"
2006	Invasion	Col. Sabrina Lopez	"Re-Evolution", "The Last Wave Goodbye"
2007	Hidden Palms	Maria Nolan	Recurring role
2007-2008	Dresden Files, TheThe Dresden Files	Lt. Connie Murphy	Main role
2008	Street Warrior	Maggie Kuerner	TV film
2008-2013	Dexter	Sylvia Prado	Recurring role
2009	Eleventh Hour	Coco Delgado	"Olfactus"
2009	Dollhouse	Selena Ramirez	"A Spy in the House of Love"
2009	True Blood	Isabel Beaumont	Recurring role
2010	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	U.S. Atty. Camilla Velez	"Shadow"
2010	Criminal Minds	Brooke Sanchez	"Parasite"
2011	Off the Map	Dr. Zita Alvarez	Main role
2011	Glades, TheThe Glades	Dr. Sophie Perez	"Dirty Little Secrets"
2011	Alphas	Kathy Sullivan	Recurring role
2012	Secret Lives of Wives, TheThe Secret Lives of Wives	Alyse	TV film
2012	Grimm	Dr. Levine	"Organ Grinder"
2012	Scandal	Carolina Flores	"Enemy of the State"
2012	Necessary Roughness	Vera Dade	"Spell It Out", "Double Fault"
2012	Homeland	Major Joy Mendez	Recurring role
2013	NCIS	Anna	"Detour"
2014	Bosch	Teresa Corazon	"'Tis the Season"
2014-2015	Following, TheThe Following	Agent Gina Mendez	Regular role

[ Source: Wikipedia ]