Roxana Brusso was born in
Lima,
Peru with a Peruvian, Italian, and Spanish background. When she was four years old, her family moved to the United States, and she grew up in
North Hollywood, California. She became interested in an acting career in college. After that, she has appeared in several television series like
Melrose Place,
Beverly Hills 90210,
Crossing Jordan,
Without a Trace,
ER, and
NCIS, among others. In 2007, she landed a recurring role as Maria on the short lived
ABC series
Dirty Sexy Money. After the show was cancelled, Brusso went on another recurring role as Detective Alicia Fernández on
TNT's cop drama
Southland. In 2012, she also started appearing on
Fox's series
Touch. == Filmography ==