Elizabeth Rodriguez is an American actress, best known for her role as Aleida Diaz in the Netflix comedy-drama series Orange Is the New Black. After graduation from Lehman College, Rodriguez studied for two years under acclaimed acting teacher Maggie Flanigan at William Esper Studios in NYC. While still at the studio, she began working professionally with appearances in feature films including Fresh, Dead Presidents, and I Think I Do, as well as in TV shows such as Law & Order, and recurring roles on both OZ and New York Undercover. Rodriguez has since appeared in numerous shows, including a recurring role as Aleida Diaz on the Netflix Original series Orange Is The New Black. Other TV credits include roles as series regulars on both NBC's Prime Suspect, opposite Maria Bello, and ABC's All My Children, in addition to recurring roles on The Shield and ER. Other credits include Six Feet Under, FlashForward, Cold Case, Just Shoot Me, NYPD Blue and Law & Order: SVU. Her made-for-TV movies include Inflammable and The Eddie Matos Story, written by Oscar nominated writer Jose Rivera. Some of her feature films include Return to Paradise, Four Lane Highway, Acts of Worship, Blow, All Things Fall Apart, Pound Of Flesh, Tonight at Noon, A Line in the Sand, Jack Goes Boating directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Michael Mann's Miami Vice, opposite Colin Farrell and Jamie Foxx, Tio Papi, Glass Chin, and Animal Rescue with Tom Hardy and James Gandolfini. In addition to her work on screen, Rodriguez remains extremely active in the theater. She has starred in Beauty of the Father (Manhattan Theatre Club), The Last Days of Judas Iscariot (NY's Public Theater), Roger and Vanessa (Actors' Gang), Den of Thieves (Black Dahlia), Robbers (American Place Theater), A View From 151st Street (NY's Public Theater) and Unconditional (NY's Public Theater). Rodriguez is a longtime member of NY's acclaimed Labyrinth Theater Company.

Filmography

• 2025Queen of Manhattan — Mamá
• 2023Allswell in New York — Daisy, Screenplay, Producer, Story
• East New York — Crystal Morales
• 2022We Are Gathered Here Today — Gwen Cantu
• Star Wars: The Bad Batch — Rafa Martez (voice)
• 2020Mighty — Leti
• Power Book II: Ghost — Paz Valdes
• 2019I Was a Stranger — Eliza
• 2019Making Babies — Maria
• 2018Skate Kitchen — Renata
• 201711:55 — Angie
• 2017Logan — Gabriela
• The Good Doctor — Carina Bardo
• Fear the Walking Dead — Liza Ortiz
• Chicago P.D. — Det. Suarez
• 2014Glass Chin — Rita Sierra
• Power — Paz Valdes
• 2014Take Care — Nurse Janet
• 2014The Drop — Detective Romsey
• Devious Maids — Josefina Mercado
• Orange Is the New Black — Aleida Diaz
• 2013Side Effects — Pharmacist
• 2013Tio Papi — Cheeky
• 2011All Things Fall Apart — Mrs. Lopez
• Grimm — Agent Chavez
• 2011Pound of Flesh — Sgt. Rebecca Ferraro
• Shameless — Faye Donahue
• 2010Jack Goes Boating — Waldorf Event Assistant
• FlashForward — Ingrid Alvarez
• 2008A Line in the Sand — Martel
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars — Rafa Martez (voice)
• 2007Four Lane Highway — Sasha
• 2007On Bloody Sunday — Older Isabel
• 2006Miami Vice — Det. Gina Calabrese
• 2005Sueno — Carmen
• Cold Case — Gina Lopresi (2010)
• 2002Diagnosis Murder: Without Warning — Selena Sanchez
• The Shield — Lita Valverde
• 2001Acts of Worship — Jan
• 2001Blow — Martha Oliveras
• 2001Les Filles à papa
• Six Feet Under — Sylvie
• 1999Golfballs! — Bentwood Girl #5
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Carmen Vasquez
• Third Watch — Sergeant Chris Reyes
• 1998Return to Paradise — Gaby
• 1997I Think I Do — Celia
• Just Shoot Me! — Maria
• Oz — Maritza Alvarez
• USA High
• FX: The Series — Kit Marchado
• 1995Dead Presidents — Marisol
• 1995Desperado — Mariachi Fan
• 1995Inflammable — Tanya Santos
• New York News — Tanya
• ER — Sandra
• 1994Fresh — Consuela
• New York Undercover — Gina
• Law & Order — Isabel Alvarez, Caridad Montero, Elvira Jaurez
• Time Zero — Maddie Ortiz, Producer
• Tonight at Noon — Sarah

Appearances as themselves (1)

• Tony Awards — Self - Nominee