Liza Colón-Zayas
Theatre Credits, Bio and Tickets
Liza Colón-Zayas stars in Downstate on Broadway at the Booth Theatre from October 17, 2026.
Colón-Zayas is best known for her Emmy, Screen Actors Guild, and Imagen Award-winning performance as Tina Marrero on The Bear; she became the first Latina to win the Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series.
Additional screen roles include Jean DeWolff in Spider-Man: Brand New Day, Janet in John Krasinski's comedy film IF, Rita on HBO's In Treatment, and Principal Fallow on OWN's David Makes Man.
Colón-Zayas is also a theatre veteran who has collaborated with artists like Philip Seymour Hoffman and Quiara Alegría Hudes, including as a member of LAByrinth Theatre Company since 1992. Most notably, she originated the role of the Church Lady in Stephen Adly Guirgis's Pulitzer Prize-winning Between Riverside and Crazy both off and on Broadway. She won a Lucille Lortel Award for her Off-Broadway performance.
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Oct 17, 2026 -
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Nov 30, 2022 - Feb 19, 2023
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