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Tia Texada

Tia Texada

Known For Acting
Birthday Dec 14, 1971 (53)
Birthplace Louisiana, USA
Popularity 1 (history)
Updated Aug 08, 2025
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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Biography

​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. Tex ... ada 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tia Texada, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Killer Cheer Mom

Killer Cheer Mom

2021

as Detective Sanchez

The Amazing Spider-Man

The Amazing Spider-Man

2012

as Sheila (Subway)

Firebreather

Firebreather

2010

as Isabel (voice)

Spartan

Spartan

2004

as Jackie Black

Phone Booth

Phone Booth

2003

as Asia

Glitter

Glitter

2001

as Roxanne

Nurse Betty

Nurse Betty

2000

as Rosa

Bait

Bait

2000

as Tika

The Thirteenth Floor

The Thirteenth Floor

1999

as Natasha's Roommate

Paulie

Paulie

1998

as Ruby / Lupe (voice)

The Unknown Cyclist

The Unknown Cyclist

1998

as Lola

Shadow of Doubt

Shadow of Doubt

1998

as Conchita Perez

From Dusk Till Dawn

From Dusk Till Dawn

1996

as Bar Dancer

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Organization Category Movie
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Third Watch

as Maritza Cruz

Episodes: 56

First Aired: Sep 23, 1999

Static Shock

as Talon (voice)

Episodes: 8

First Aired: Sep 23, 2000

I Dated a Psycho

as Narrator (voice)

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Feb 12, 2013

The Unit

as Mariana Ribera

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Mar 07, 2006

The Wild Thornberrys

as Santusa (voice)

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 01, 1998

Ben 10: Ultimate Alien

as Elena Validus (voice)

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Apr 23, 2010

Criminal Minds

as Detective Tina Lopez

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 22, 2005

ER

as Gloria Lopez

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 19, 1994

The American Embassy

as Marissa

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 11, 2002

Brooklyn South

as Sylvia

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 22, 1997

Static Shock

as Rita Velasquez (voice)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 23, 2000

Chuck

as Hortensia Goya

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 24, 2007

Stitchers

as Dr. Sophia Torres

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 02, 2015

Working

as Female Rebel

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 08, 1997

Malibu Shores

Episodes: 10

First Aired: Mar 09, 1996

CSI: Miami

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 23, 2002

High Tide

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 24, 1994

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