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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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...
Known for
Criminal MindsSeries • 2005
CSI: MiamiSeries • 2002
ERSeries • 1994
Third WatchSeries • 1999
ChuckSeries • 2007
The UnitSeries • 2006
The Wild ThornberrysSeries • 1998
Arli$$Series • 1996
Ben 10: Ultimate AlienSeries • 2010
In Plain SightSeries • 2008
The Amazing Spider-ManMovie • 2012
Static ShockSeries • 2000
Saving GraceSeries • 2007
From Dusk Till DawnMovie • 1996
WorkingSeries • 1997
StitchersSeries • 2015
Brooklyn SouthSeries • 1997
High TideSeries • 1994
Phone BoothMovie • 2003
Nurse BettyMovie • 2000
The Thirteenth FloorMovie • 1999
BaitMovie • 2000
PaulieMovie • 1998
GlitterMovie • 2001