Elizabeth Rodriguez

Born: 1980-12-27

Elizabeth Rodriguez is an American actress, best known for her role as Aleida Diaz in the Netflix comedy-drama series Orange Is the New Black. After graduation from Lehman College, Rodriguez studied for two years under acclaimed acting teacher Maggie Flanigan at William Esper Studios in NYC. While still at the studio, she began working professionally with appearances in feature films including Fresh, Dead Presidents, and I Think I Do, as well as in TV shows such as Law & Order, and recurring roles on both OZ and New York Undercover. Rodriguez has since appeared in numerous shows, including a recurring role as Aleida Diaz on the Netflix Original series Orange Is The New Black. Other TV credits include roles as series regulars on both NBC's Prime Suspect, opposite Maria Bello, and ABC's All My Children, in addition to recurring roles on The Shield and ER. Other credits include Six Feet Under, FlashForward, Cold Case, Just Shoot Me, NYPD Blue and Law & Order: SVU. Her made-for-TV movies include Inflammable and The Eddie Matos Story, written by Oscar nominated writer Jose Rivera. Some of her feature films include Return to Paradise, Four Lane Highway, Acts of Worship, Blow, All Things Fall Apart, Pound Of Flesh, Tonight at Noon, A Line in the Sand, Jack Goes Boating directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Michael Mann's Miami Vice, opposite Colin Farrell and Jamie Foxx, Tio Papi, Glass Chin, and Animal Rescue with Tom Hardy and James Gandolfini. In addition to her work on screen, Rodriguez remains extremely active in the theater. She has starred in Beauty of the Father (Manhattan Theatre Club), The Last Days of Judas Iscariot (NY's Public Theater), Roger and Vanessa (Actors' Gang), Den of Thieves (Black Dahlia), Robbers (American Place Theater), A View From 151st Street (NY's Public Theater) and Unconditional (NY's Public Theater). Rodriguez is a longtime member of NY's acclaimed Labyrinth Theater Company.


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as Gabriela
Released: 2017-02-28

In the near future, a weary Logan cares for an ailing Professor X in a hideout on the Mexican...

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Blow

as Martha Oliveras
Released: 2001-04-04

A boy named George Jung grows up in a struggling family in the 1950's. His mother nags at her...

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as Detective Romsey
Released: 2014-09-12

Bob Saginowski finds himself at the center of a robbery gone awry and entwined in an...

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as Mariachi Fan
Released: 1995-08-25

El Mariachi plunges headfirst into the dark border underworld when he follows a trail of blood...

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Miami Vice

as Det. Gina Calabrese
Released: 2006-07-27

A case involving drug lords and murder in South Florida takes a personal turn for undercover...

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as Pharmacist
Released: 2013-02-07

A woman turns to prescription medication as a way of handling her anxiety concerning her...

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as Marisol
Released: 1995-09-29

On the streets they call cash dead presidents. And that's just what a Vietnam veteran is after...

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Fresh

as Consuela
Released: 1994-06-15

Death and violence anger twelve year old drug courier Fresh, who sets his employers against each...

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Return to Paradise

as Gaby
Released: 1998-08-10

Lewis, Sheriff and Tony are three friends vacationing in Malaysia. Sheriff and Tony eventually...

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Take Care

as Nurse Janet
Released: 2014-03-07

When a car crash leaves Frannie immobilized, she is brushed off by everyone she can count on....

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All Things Fall Apart

as Mrs. Lopez
Released: 2011-03-05

50 Cent stars as gifted college running back Deon in this touching drama. Deon's world turns...

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Skate Kitchen

as Renata
Released: 2018-08-10

Camille's life as a lonely suburban teenager changes dramatically when she befriends a group of...

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Jack Goes Boating

as Waldorf Event Assistant
Released: 2010-09-17

A limo driver's blind date sparks a tale of love, betrayal, friendship and grace—centered around...

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Making Babies

as Maria
Released: 2019-03-29

After years of "manually" trying to conceive, John and Katie Kelly put their bodies, wallet and...

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A Line in the Sand

as Martel
Released: 2008-05-15

A human story unfolds when detectives aggravated by a major bust gone wrong are forced to deal...

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Glass Chin

as Rita Sierra
Released: 2014-04-19

After going down in the fifth round, boxer Bud Gordon bowed out of the limelight. Now residing...

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Tio Papi

as Cheeky
Released: 2013-09-06

It was a bachelor’s life for hard-working and fun-loving Ray Ray Dominguez (Joey Dedio) who...

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I Think I Do

as Celia
Released: 1997-06-20

The marriage of mutual friends reunites former college roommates Bob and Brendan, who tried to...

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Sueno

as Carmen
Released: 2005-09-30

A Mexican immigrant new to Los Angeles enters into a love triangle with two very different women.

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Bedhead

as Nurse
Released: 1991-04-19

David defaces his sister's doll. In the fight that follows Rebecca falls and hits her head. When...

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We Are Gathered Here Today

as Gwen Cantu
Released: 2022-08-16

The patriarch of the family enters the hospital with COVID-19 and because of hospital protocols...

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The Latin from Manhattan

as Mamá
Released: 2022-06-11

Follows the wild, exhilarating life of legendary adult film icon Vanessa Del Rio, set against...

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Diagnosis Murder: Without Warning

as Selena Sanchez
Released: 2002-04-26

A dead body washes up on the ocean. Steve's investigation leads to a farm with migrant workers....

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On Bloody Sunday

as Older Isabel
Released: 2007-11-20

Isabel is a high school journalist who has stumbled into a frightening - and potentially deadly...

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11:55

as Angie
Released: 2017-06-09

Upon his return home, a U.S. Marine must face up to the consequences of a shameful tragedy that...

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Allswell in New York

as Daisy
Released: 2023-11-03

Three Nuyorican sisters navigate the daunting life challenges of single motherhood, career, and...

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Inflammable

as Tanya Santos
Released: 1995-11-28

An ambitious young female lawyer meets a former lover while investigating a sexual harassment...

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Les Filles à papa

as uncredited
Released: 2001-02-19

Jean-Jacques Daloiseau has worked as civil servant in the Ministry of Health and his now...

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Pound of Flesh

as Sgt. Rebecca Ferraro
Released: 2011-04-29

Noah Melville, a popular college professor and confirmed sensualist, provides scholarships for...

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Golfballs!

as Bentwood Girl #5
Released: 1999-07-06

Ah, the Pennytree Golf Club...lavish clubhouse, manicured greens, 18 holes of golfing...

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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Carmen Vasquez
First aired: 1999-09-20

In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In...

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Law & Order

as Isabel Alvarez
First aired: 1990-09-13

In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing...

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Law & Order

as Caridad Montero
First aired: 1990-09-13

In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing...

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Law & Order

as Elvira Jaurez
First aired: 1990-09-13

In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing...

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Shameless

as Faye Donahue
First aired: 2011-01-09

Chicagoan Frank Gallagher is the proud single dad of six smart, industrious, independent kids,...

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The Good Doctor

as Carina Bardo
First aired: 2017-09-25

Shaun Murphy, a young surgeon with autism and savant syndrome, relocates from a quiet country...

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Chicago P.D.

as Det. Suarez
First aired: 2014-01-08

A riveting police drama about the men and women of the Chicago Police Department's District 21...

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Grimm

as Agent Chavez
First aired: 2011-10-28

After Portland homicide detective Nick Burkhardt discovers he's descended from an elite line of...

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Fear the Walking Dead

as Liza Ortiz
First aired: 2015-08-23

What did the world look like as it was transforming into the horrifying apocalypse depicted in...

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Orange Is the New Black

as Aleida Diaz
First aired: 2013-07-11

A crime she committed in her youthful past sends Piper Chapman to a women's prison, where she...

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Star Wars: The Clone Wars

as Rafa Martez (voice)
First aired: 2008-10-03

Yoda, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker, Mace Windu and other Jedi Knights lead the Grand Army of...

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ER

as Sandra
First aired: 1994-09-19

ER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by...

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ER

as Nurse Sandra
First aired: 1994-09-19

ER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by...

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Oz

as Maritza Alvarez
First aired: 1997-07-12

The daily lives of prisoners in Emerald City, an experimental unit of the Oswald Maximum...

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The Shield

as Lita Valverde
First aired: 2002-03-12

The story of an inner-city Los Angeles police precinct where some of the cops aren't above...

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Cold Case

as Gina Lopresi (2010)
First aired: 2003-09-28

The Philadelphia homicide squad's lone female detective finds her calling when she is assigned...

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Third Watch

as Sergeant Chris Reyes
First aired: 1999-09-23

The exploits of a group of men and women who serve the City of New York as police officers,...

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Power

as Paz Valdes
First aired: 2014-06-07

A successful New York entrepreneur lives a double life as the head of a drug empire that serves...

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Power

as uncredited
First aired: 2014-06-07

A successful New York entrepreneur lives a double life as the head of a drug empire that serves...

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Tony Awards

as Self - Nominee
First aired: 1956-04-01

The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award,...

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Six Feet Under

as Sylvie
First aired: 2001-06-03

When death is your business, what is your life? For the Fisher family, the world outside of...

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Power Book II: Ghost

as Paz Valdes
First aired: 2020-09-06

Picking up just days after the “Power” finale, this sequel series follows Tariq navigating his...

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Star Wars: The Bad Batch

as Rafa Martez (voice)
First aired: 2021-05-04

The 'Bad Batch' of elite and experimental clones make their way through an ever-changing galaxy...

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Devious Maids

as Josefina Mercado
First aired: 2013-06-23

The series centers on four Latina maids working in the homes of Beverly Hills’ wealthiest and...

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FlashForward

as Ingrid Alvarez
First aired: 2009-09-24

When the entire world blacks out for two minutes and seventeen seconds, everyone sees a flash of...

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Just Shoot Me!

as Maria
First aired: 1997-03-04

Just Shoot Me! is an American television sitcom that aired for seven seasons on NBC from March...

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FX: The Series

as Kit Marchado
First aired: 1996-09-09

Rollie Tyler, a special effects expert, helps his detective friend solve crimes by making...

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New York Undercover

as Gina
First aired: 1994-09-08

New York Undercover is an American police drama The series stars Detective J.C. Williams and...

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East New York

as Crystal Morales
First aired: 2022-10-02

Regina Haywood is the newly promoted deputy inspector of East New York, a working-class...

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New York News

as Tanya
First aired: 1995-09-28

New York News is a newspaper drama which was broadcast in the United States by CBS as part of...

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USA High

as uncredited
First aired: 1997-08-04

USA High is an American teen sitcom which ran from August 1997 to June 1999, and ended after 95...

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