Liza Colón-Zayas

Biography

Liza Colón-Zayas is an American actress and playwright of Puerto Rican descent, born on July 15, 1972, in The Bronx borough of New York City. She began her career off-Broadway and gained recognition for writing, producing, and starring in the one-woman show "Sistah Supreme." A longtime member of the LAByrinth Theatre Company, she has appeared in numerous productions and won a Primetime Emmy Award for her role as Tina Marrero on the comedy-drama series The Bear.