Liza Lapira

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Liza Lapira

Born	Queens, New York
Occupation	Film, stage, television actress

Liza Lapira is a Filipino American actress, and plays Kianna in the 2008 film 21 alongside Kevin Spacey, Kate Bosworth and Aaron Yoo. She is also known for her recurring role on NCIS as NCIS Special Agent Michelle Lee. She played Maggie Del Rosario, a secondary character on the Showtime TV series Huff.^[1] She also has several film and New York off-Broadway stage credits, in addition to many guest roles on TV.

Lapira, a Filipino American, is originally from Queens, New York, and moved to Los Angeles in 2004. Lapira appeared in director Tony Scott's Domino. She was featured in the independent feature The Big Bad Swim, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2006.

Lapira's New York stage credits include As You Like It, The School for Wives, The Odyssey, and Alexandra Cunningham's No. 11 Blue and White. Besides NCIS and Huff, her television credits include The Parkers, Without A Trace, Law & Order, Law & Order: SVU, Sex and the City, and The Sopranos.

In 2008, Lapira has also appeared in Cloverfield as Heather, and is in the film See You In September. She is slated to play Agent Sophie Trinh in the upcoming 2009 film Fast And Furious, which also stars Vin Diesel, Paul Walker and Michelle Rodriguez, and also has a role in the 2009 film Repossession Mambo, which stars Jude Law and Forest Whitaker.