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Dianna Maria Riva

Highest Rated: 80% McFarland, USA (2015)

Lowest Rated: 15% Our Family Wedding (2010)

Birthday: Jul 22, 1969

Birthplace: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

To call Diana-Maria Riva a successful working actor would be quite an understatement, considering the width and breadth of her TV and film work. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1969, Riva described her youth as being impacted by the strong Latina women in her family who encouraged her to follow her dream. Studying acting at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, she eventually earned her MFA in Theater Performance in 1995. The following year, Riva moved to California in order to reprise a role she'd been performing in Michael Weller's "Help!" with the Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati when the production opened in Los Angeles. She simultaneously began pursuing a career on screen, and was off and running with a recurring role on the short-lived series "Common Law" (ABC, 1996) a few months later. Next came a recurring role on "Murder One" (ABC, 1995-97), the first of several collaborations with show creator Steven Bochco. She would co-star on shows like "Philly" (ABC, 2001-02), "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip" (NBC, 2006-07), and "The Good Guys" (Fox, 2010), in addition to supporting character roles in movies like "What Women Want" (2000) and "17 Again" (2009). In 2015, Riva starred alongside Eva Longoria as a sardonic wardrobe supervisor on the behind-the-scenes sitcom "Telenovela" (NBC, 2015-16). The following year, she joined "Friends" (NBC, 1994-2004) alum Matt LeBlanc on the sitcom "Man with a Plan" (CBS, 2016-), playing a no-nonsense kindergarten teacher who battles with LeBlanc in his new role as a stay-at-home dad.

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Highest rated movies

80% 88% McFarland, USA
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15% 48% Our Family Wedding
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Operating Instructions
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
80% 88% McFarland, USA Senora Diaz (Character) $44.5M 2015
15% 48% Our Family Wedding Sonia Ramirez (Character) $20.2M 2010
No Score Yet No Score Yet Operating Instructions Unknown (Character) - 2009

TV

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet Lopez vs Lopez Olga (Guest Star) 2024
No Score Yet 11% The View Guest 2022
100% 84% Gordita Chronicles Adela Torres Castelli (Character) 2022
88% 84% Dead to Me Detective Ana Perez (Character) 2020
36% 57% Sunnyside Griselda (Character) 2019
No Score Yet No Score Yet Home & Family Guest 2016 2019
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Talk Guest 2012 2019
No Score Yet 79% Madam Secretary Sister Anne Gutirrez (Guest Star) 2018
No Score Yet 72% Man With a Plan Mrs. Rodriguez (Character) 2016-2017
64% 61% Telenovela Mimi (Character) 2015-2016
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hollywood Game Night Guest 2016
No Score Yet 84% Girl Meets World Chairperson Sanchez (Guest Star) 2015
27% 60% Manhattan Love Story Angie (Guest Star) 2014
No Score Yet 63% NCIS: Los Angeles Unknown (Guest Star) 2014
0% 31% Saint George Concepcion (Character),
Concepion (Guest Star)
2014
11% 20% Rob Rosa (Character) 2012
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Good Guys Lt. Ana Ruiz (Character) 2010
82% 87% Castle Detective Roselyn Karpowski (Guest Star) 2009
No Score Yet No Score Yet In Plain Sight Roberta Procter (Guest Star) 2009
No Score Yet 87% Ghost Whisperer Unknown (Guest Star) 2008
No Score Yet No Score Yet Side Order of Life Vivy Porter (Character) 2007
40% No Score Yet The Loop Unknown (Guest Star) 2007
74% 90% Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip Lilly Rodriguez (Guest Star) 2006
81% 95% The West Wing Edie Ortega (Guest Star) 2005-2006
No Score Yet No Score Yet Yes, Dear Unknown (Guest Star) 2006
No Score Yet No Score Yet Less Than Perfect Unknown (Guest Star) 2004-2005
No Score Yet No Score Yet Reba Miss Laurie (Guest Star) 2004
No Score Yet 80% CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Juanita (Guest Star) 2004
23% No Score Yet Luis Unknown (Character) 2003
No Score Yet 67% Sabrina, the Teenage Witch Annie (Character),
Unknown (Guest Star)
2002-2003
64% No Score Yet Philly Patricia (Character) 2001-2002
23% No Score Yet Kate Brasher Unknown (Guest Star) 2001
No Score Yet 86% Everybody Loves Raymond Sarah (Guest Star) 1999 2001
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Hughleys Unknown (Guest Star) 2000
20% No Score Yet City of Angels Unknown (Guest Star) 2000
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Drew Carey Show Unknown (Guest Star) 2000
No Score Yet No Score Yet Family Law Unknown (Guest Star) 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet L.A. Doctors Unknown (Guest Star) 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet Martial Law Unknown (Guest Star) 1999
74% 86% The X-Files Angela Villareal (Guest Star) 1999
No Score Yet 91% Party of Five Unknown (Guest Star) 1999
11% No Score Yet Living in Captivity Unknown (Guest Star) 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet Common Law Maria Marquez (Character) 1996