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She has appeared in films such as Cellular and played Grace Santiago, a main character in Nip/Tuck, but she left the show just after the first season. She has made guest appearances in series such as Grey's Anatomy and Las Vegas.
YearTitleRoleNotes2022Teresa Davidsonguest2018–2021Marisol VeraRecurring role (seasons 1–2), guest ...2019Elena Ruiz"The Checklist", "Free Fall"2018GinaRecurring roleValerie Cruz: Grace Santiago. Showing all 7 items. Jump to: Photos (5) Quotes (2) Photos. Quotes. Christian Troy : You didn't have an orgasm, is that right? Grace Santiago : Not a shudder. Christian Troy : You're a liar. I rode you like a triple crown jockey, and you came. Grace Santiago : Get out of my face right now.
Valerie Cruz. Dr. Grace Santiago was first introduced into the show by meeting Sean for advice for two of his potential patients, identical twins who wanted to look different to express their own individuality. She gives Sean her expert advice as a psychologist that their surgery is needed.
- Dylan Walsh as Dr. Sean Mcnamara
- Julian Mcmahon as Dr. Christian Troy
- John Hensley as Matt Mcnamara
- Joely Richardson as Julia Mcnamara
- Roma Maffia as Liz Cruz
- Kelly Carlson as Kimber Henry
- Valerie Cruz as Grace Santiago
- Jessalyn Gilsig as Gina Russo
- Bruno Campos as Quentin Costa
Walsh was cast as Doctor Sean McNamara after being spotted by popular television producer and series creator Ryan Murphy in a coffee shop. Walsh did have a decent resume before landing what’s still the most popular role in his ongoing career. Before Nip/Tuck, he was a steady actor from the beginning of his career in the late eighties and through th...
Julian McMahon, an Australian-American actor, had started his career in his native Australia before working primarily stateside in 1993 with a regular role on the NBC daytime soap opera Another World, followed by a main role in the crime drama Profiler. He eventually became even more popular by playing Cole Turner for a few seasons on the hit super...
Actor John Hensley played Matt, the son of Dr. McNamara during all six seasons of the show. He got his start on TV in 1999 with a small role in an episode of the Comedy Central series Strangers With Candy. He then followed that up with another small role a year later in an episode of The Sopranos before landing a main role on the short-lived TNT co...
English actress Joely Richardson portrayed Juila, the troubled wife of Dr. McNamara throughout the entire course of the series. Julia was often trying to make peace with her husband’s often questionable work, making things sometimes difficult for both doctors on the show. Back in her native England, Richardson began her acting career appearing in s...
Originally a stage actress when she first broke into acting, Maffia played Liz, an anesthesiologist who bore witness to the frequent disfunction of the plastic surgery clinic. Maffia worked consistently on several television shows during the nineties, including very popular programs like ER, Law & Order, Chicago Hope, and Profiler, on which Julian ...
An American actress and model, Kelly Carlson is most known for her performance as Nip/Tuck’s troubled blonde bombshell Kimber. The character was originally only supposed to appear in the show’s pilot episode but rave reviews had her return first in a recurring role, then as a regular throughout all six seasons. Carlson started her acting career in ...
Cruz’s first acting gig came to pass on the Lifetime medical drama Strong Medicine in 2002. She also appeared in the PBS series American Family and also the CBS action-drama The Agency, that same year. A year later, she would be cast as a series regular in Nip/Tuck. However, Cruz would leave the show after the first season. She would go on to have ...
Veteran television actress Jessalyn Gilsig was brought into the fold on Nip/Tuckas Gina Russo, a recurring character that always showed Dr. Troy only the two ends of their love/hate relationship. She first appeared in season one and continued to appear on and off in various episodes for all but the sixth and final season, even given main character ...
Campos played Quentin Costa, sometimes known as “The Carver,” a serial attacker that left his victims in need of plastic surgery to repair the gruesome injuries he caused. It was obvious and often graphic trauma that the doctors at McNamara/Troy saw all too frequently at times. The character first appeared during season two and was made the main an...
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The first season of Nip/Tuck premiered on July 23, 2003, and concluded on October 21, 2003. It consisted of 13 episodes. Cast and characters [ edit] Main cast [ edit] Dylan Walsh as Dr. Sean McNamara. Julian McMahon as Dr. Christian Troy. John Hensley as Matt McNamara. Valerie Cruz as Dr. Grace Santiago. Joely Richardson as Julia McNamara.
She has been a series regular on shows hailing from some of most prolific and critically acclaimed creators, counting among these credits, "Nip Tuck" for Ryan Murphy, "Off The Map" for Shonda Rhimes and "The Following" and "Hidden Palms" for Kevin Williamson.
Nip/Tuck is a slick melodrama that cuts deep when it mines the pathos of its vivid ensemble, but the series' calling card grotesquerie and gaudy symbolism can be more of a hindrance than a boon...
