Elizabeth Rodriguez

Elizabeth Rodriguez (born December 27, 1980) is an American actress. Rodriguez is best known for her role as Aleida Diaz in the Netflix comedy-drama series, Orange Is the New Black (2013–present). She received a Tony Award nomination, and won an Outer Critics Circle Award and a Theatre World Award for her performance in Stephen Adly Guirgis\' 2011 play, The Motherfucker with the Hat. In 2015, she starred as a series regular on the first season of AMC\'s pre-apocalyptic drama series, Fear the Walking Dead. She played Gabriela Lopez, a nurse working in a secret research facility in the 2017 film Logan.\n', ' Rodriguez was born and raised in Manhattan, New York City to Puerto Rican parents.\n', ' While still studying, Rodriguez began appearing on-screen in small parts in films like Fresh (1994) and television shows such as New York Undercover, New York News, Law & Order, NYPD Blue and Oz.\n', '