on the NBC sitcom Scrubs, and as Zoila Diaz in the Lifetime comedy-drama Devious Maids.

Early life Reyes was born in The Bronx, New York to Dominican

immigrants and has three sisters, including a twin sister named Joselin, who played a

paramedic on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Reyes grew up on Bainbridge Avenue,

from the age of 13 to the age of 25-26. She attended Hunter College in Manhattan, where

she began her acting career. Career

In the early 1990s, Reyes began her television career with guest starring roles in number

of shows, including Law & Order, NYPD Blue, The Sopranos. She also had a recurring role

in Oz as Tina Rivera. She is best known for her portrayal of nurse Carla Espinosa on the

NBC comedy Scrubs from 2001 to 2009. She has starred in a number of made for television

movies, primarily for Lifetime network, including Little Girl Lost: The Delimar Vera Story,

and The Pregnancy Project. After leaving Scrubs Reyes guest-starred in

several shows, including Castle, Medium, Off the Map, and Law & Order: Special Victims

Unit. In 2011 she starred as a mother dealing with the return into her life of her estranged

husband after his stint in prison in the independent drama Gun Hill Road. The film is set in Reyes'

native Bronx, and its title refers to a real-life street that intersects Bainbridge Avenue on

which Reyes herself grew up. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. Reyes also

had and small supporting roles in several films, including Went to Coney Island on a

Mission from God... Be Back by Five, Bringing Out the Dead, Washington Heights, and Dirty.

In 2012, Reyes was cast as series regular Zoila Diaz in ABC comedy-drama pilot Devious

Maids, created by Marc Cherry. On May 14, 2012, the series was not picked up by ABC,

but on June 22, 2012, Lifetime ordered a run of thirteen-episodes. The series premiered

June 23, 2013. Personal life

Reyes was married to writer/director Edwin M. Figueroa for 11 years before they divorced.

Reyes and her boyfriend George Valencia have a daughter, Leila Rey, born on November 27,

2009. Filmography

References

External links Judy Reyes at the Internet Movie Database