Liza Colón-Zayas (born July 15, 1972) is an American actress and playwright. She is best known for playing Tina Marrero on the comedy-drama series The Bear, for which she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series in 2024. Description above from the Wikipedia article Liza Colón-Zayas, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- July 15, 1972 (54)
- Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
- Actor, also producer and writer
- 33 on MovieCove · 45 credits in all
Known for
What are Liza Colón-Zayas' films like?
Across their 6 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 5
Light 0 · Serious 4 · Dark 1
Grounded 4 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0
Gentle 2 · Charged 2 · Intense 1
A split, not a type: Steady 2 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 0
Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0
Casual 3 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 2
Resolved 4 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 1
Roles they play
- Heroas Ida in Allswell in New York (2022)
Moods and endings
- Happy2
- Bittersweet2
- Ambiguous2
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Liza Colón-Zayas' films?
As of October 24, 2026, 27 of their 33 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Prime Video (9).
Subscription and free streaming for Liza Colón-Zayas' titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
45 credits, 33 with a MovieCove page; 8 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
IF(2024)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
Allswell in New York(2022)
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
Cat Person(2023)
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
Driven (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
The Bear(2022)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows
Naked Singularity(2021)
Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films
Our Lady of 121st Street (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Mighty (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
David Makes Man(2019)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all shows
Titans(2018)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows
Breaking Brooklyn(2018)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
Lost Cat Corona (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Collateral Beauty(2016)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
All at Once(2016)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
Bull(2016)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all shows
The Purge: Election Year(2016)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all filmsFather's Day (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
All Is Bright(2013)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
Won't Back Down(2012)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
Margaret(2011)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
Unforgettable(2011)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all shows
Blue Bloods(2010)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows
Louie(2010)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows
Taking Chance(2009)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
Nurse Jackie(2009)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows
Righteous Kill(2008)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
In Treatment(2008)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows
Dexter(2006)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
United 93(2006)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
The Bedford Diaries (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Conviction(2006)
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows
Heights (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Jonny Zero (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
House(2004)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows
Keane(2004)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
Rescue Me(2004)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows
Hope & Faith (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
Unfaithful(2002)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
Deadline (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
Third Watch(1999)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows
No Exit (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)
Law & Order(1990)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all showsFleur (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
Star power in the 95th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 45 titles, 44 of them dated from 1990 to 2026; peak year 2024.
Film career
Peak 2024 · steadily prominent in film for years. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 2002Screen debut· Unfaithful
- 2022Career best· The Bear
- 2022Screen Actors Guild Award nomination· The Bear
- 2026Best so far· Spider-Man: Brand New Day
Billing
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.
Awards
a Primetime Emmy and a Screen Actors Guild Award from 9 major nominations, 2023–2026.
- Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
- Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role on Television
- Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
- Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
+1 other major body · 1 nomination
- Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
- Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
- Screen Actors Guild Award, won · Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
- Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Liza Colón-Zayas' films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 54th percentile, the median of all 17; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 49th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up15
- 50th to 74th8
- 25th to 49th9
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
12 of their 33 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved11
- Divisive1
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser12
- Broadly Agreed4
- Mixed4
Reviewers score the acting 72/100 in their films, across 5 reviewed titles; fans 84, detractors 47. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.