Biography for
Tia Texada More at IMDbPro »

Date of Birth

14 December 1971, Louisiana, USA

Birth Name

Tia Nicole Tucker

Nickname

T
Cha Cha

Height

5' 5" (1.65 m)

Trivia

Is a musician/recording artist. Her song "Driving You Crazy" was featured in an episode of "Dawson's Creek" (1998), and she has performed as a soloist in the California leg of the Lilith Fair tour in 1995. Tia is also a Latin dance soloist.

Her brother, Tom, is a jewelry designer in California and once served in the American Peace Corps.

She sang the role of Lupe 'the parrot' in the movie Paulie

Her mother was a beauty queen and her father does magic tricks

Her father, Val, is an insurance agent. He is an avid amateur golfer. In the 1970s he was a baseball coach at Centenary College in Shreveport, Louisiana. Her mother, Vickie, is a reflexologist.

Where Are They Now

(January 2004) Tia returns for her second season as: Sgt. Maritza Cruz on NBC's crime-drama "Third Watch"