Floriana Lima

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Floriana Lima
Born (1981-03-26) March 26, 1981 (age 42)
Alma mater Ohio State University
OccupationActress
Years active2008–present

Floriana Lima is an American actress. She played Maggie Sawyer on The CW's Supergirl . She began playing recurring character Darcy Cooper in season 2 of the ABC drama A Million Little Things , and was promoted to the main cast for season 3.

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Early life

Floriana was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, the daughter of Dennis Lima and Angela Maynard. [1] [2] She is of Italian, Irish, English, Spanish and Portuguese descent. [3] She graduated from Fairfield Senior High School in 1999 [4] and went on to study Communications at Ohio State University. [2]

After college, she worked as a production assistant at NBC affiliate WCMH-TV in Columbus, Ohio. [5] She then decided to move to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career. [2] [6]

Career

Lima was a series regular in the internet comedy Poor Paul (2008-2009) and later became a series regular in Fox's medical drama The Mob Doctor (2012-2013). [7] She had a recurring role in NBC's spy series Allegiance (2015), was a series regular in ABC's thriller The Family (2016) and had a recurring role in Fox's action drama Lethal Weapon from 2016 to 2018. From 2016-2017, Lima played lesbian Detective Maggie Sawyer in season two & three of The CW's Supergirl . [8]

In 2018, Lima played the character of psychiatrist Krista Dumont in the second season of Netflix's The Punisher . [9]

In 2019, Lima joined the second season of ABC's A Million Little Things as military veteran and physical therapist Darcy Cooper. She became a series regular in season 3 (2021).

Lima made one-off appearances in episodes of How I Met Your Mother (2008), Ghost Whisperer (2009), Melrose Place (2009), House (2010), In Plain Sight (2010), Franklin & Bash (2011), Psych (2014), and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2014).[ citation needed ]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2008 Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles FrannyEpisode: "The Turk"
2008 How I Met Your Mother HaleyEpisode: "Rebound Bro"
2008 Privileged BartenderPilot episode
2008 My Own Worst Enemy Female Janus TechEpisode: "Henry and the Terrible... Day"
2009 Ghost Whisperer Female Co-EdEpisode: "Body of Water"
2009The Alyson Stoner ProjectFloriDirect-to-video project
2009 Melrose Place CarlaEpisode: "Nightingale"
2008–2009 Poor Paul ElizabethWeb series; main role
2010Kings by NightAmandaTV film
2010 House M.D. GabriellaEpisode: "Black Hole"
2010 In Plain Sight Robin CusatoEpisode: "Death Becomes Her"
2010 Glory Daze MayaEpisodes: "Hungry Like Teen Wolf" and "Why Shant This Be Love?"
2011 The Nine Lives of Chloe King Lilah MontieroEpisode: "Girls Night Out"
2011 Franklin & Bash AmeliaEpisode: "Go Tell It on the Mountain"
2012–2013 The Mob Doctor Nurse Rosa "Ro" QuinteroMain role
2013 Hawaii Five-0 Allison HutchinsEpisode: "Ua Nalohia"
2014 Psych LoveEpisode: "The Breakup"
2014 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Keri TorresEpisode: “The Twin Paradox”
2014 Cloudy with a Chance of Love FranHallmark Film
2015 Allegiance Michelle PradoRecurring role
2016 The Family Bridey CruzMain role
2016–2018 Lethal Weapon Miranda RiggsRecurring role
2016–2017 Supergirl Maggie Sawyer Main role (season 2)
Recurring role (season 3)
2019 The Punisher Krista DumontMain role (season 2)
2019–2021 A Million Little Things Darcy CooperRecurring role (seasons 2 and 4)Main role (season 3)
2023 Quantum Leap SimoneEpisode "Secret History"

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