Unlike Academy Award winner Penelope Cruz or porn star Catalina Cruz, actress Valerie Cruz can primarily be seen on TV. In other words, other than their last names, these sexy starlets have little in common. Born of Cuban ancestry in New Jersey, Valerie cruised to Florida State University where she received a BFA in theater. The exotic ingénue then began nabbing guest spots on several small screen hits, such as American Family (2002), Las Vegas (2004), Grey’s Anatomy (2005), Invasion (2006), True Blood (2009), Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2010), Scandal (2012), and Quantico (2015). In between, the hardworking hottie warmed up couch potatoes by strutting her stuff in black panties as Grace Santiago in Nip/Tuck (2003). She then made her movie debut in the thriller Cellular (2004) alongside Chris Evans, Kim Basinger, and Jessica Biel. But the busy beauty soon bounced back to the boob tube to play Sylvia Prado on Dexter (2006-2013), Lieutenant Connie Murphy on The Dresden Files (2007-2008), Dr. Zee Alvarez on Off the Map (2011), and Agent Gina Mendez on The Following (2014-2015). Of course, here at Skin Central, we hid our palms in our pants while watching Ms. Cruz on Hidden Palms (2007). Val’s revealing recurring role of Maria Nolan afforded us peeks at her bra-clad peaks and brief-hanging butt cheeks during a sizzling sex scene! Since then, the pretty performer was cast as Marisol Vera on the fantasy series Charmed (2018-present). No doubt, she’s perfect for the part since Valerie is one charming fantasy!
