Floriana Lima
Floriana Lima | |
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| Born | March 26, 1981 Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Ohio State University |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2008–present |
Floriana Lima is an American actress. She played Maggie Sawyer on The CW's Supergirl. She began playing recurring character Darcy Cooper in season 2 of the ABC drama A Million Little Things, and was promoted to the main cast for season 3.
Early life
[edit]Floriana was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, the daughter of Dennis Lima and Angela Maynard.[1][2] She is of Italian, Irish, English, Spanish and Portuguese descent.[3] She graduated from Fairfield Senior High School in 1999[4] and went on to study Communications at Ohio State University.[2]
After college, she worked as a production assistant at NBC affiliate WCMH-TV in Columbus, Ohio.[5] She then decided to move to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career.[2][6]
Career
[edit]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).[7] She had a recurring role in NBC's spy series Allegiance (2015), was a series regular in ABC's thriller The Family (2016) and had a recurring role in Fox's action drama Lethal Weapon from 2016 to 2018. From 2016-2017, Lima played lesbian Detective Maggie Sawyer in season two & three of The CW's Supergirl.[8]
In 2018, Lima played the character of psychiatrist Krista Dumont in the second season of Netflix's The Punisher.[9]
In 2019, Lima joined the second season of ABC's A Million Little Things as military veteran and physical therapist Darcy Cooper. She became a series regular in season 3 (2021).
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), Psych (2014), and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2014).[citation needed]
Filmography
[edit]Television
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles | Franny | Episode: "The Turk" |
| How I Met Your Mother | Haley | Episode: "Rebound Bro" | |
| Privileged | Bartender | Pilot episode | |
| My Own Worst Enemy | Female Janus Tech | Episode: "Henry and the Terrible... Day" | |
| 2009 | Ghost Whisperer | Female Co-Ed | Episode: "Body of Water" |
| The Alyson Stoner Project | Flori | Direct-to-video project | |
| Melrose Place | Carla | Episode: "Nightingale" | |
| 2008–2009 | Poor Paul | Elizabeth | Web series; main role |
| 2010 | Kings by Night | Amanda | TV film |
| House M.D. | Gabriella | Episode: "Black Hole" | |
| In Plain Sight | Robin Cusato | Episode: "Death Becomes Her" | |
| 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" |
| 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" |
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Keri Torres | Episode: “The Twin Paradox” | |
| 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) |
| 2019 | The Punisher | Krista Dumont | Main role (season 2) |
| 2019–2021 | A Million Little Things | Darcy Cooper | Recurring role (seasons 2 and 4)
Main role (season 3) |
| 2023 | Quantum Leap | Simone | Episode "Secret History" |
| 2024 | Grey's Anatomy | Nora Young | Recurring role (season 21) |
| Tracker | Camille Picket | Recurring role (season 2) |
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ "Fairfield Grad on 'Mob Doctor'". The Cincinnati Enquirer. Cincinnati, Ohio. July 1, 2012. p. D2. Retrieved January 31, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ 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". Archived from the original on 4 January 2013. 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.
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