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Aloma Wright
Born	March 10, 1950 (1950-03-10) (age 59) New York
Occupation	Actress

Aloma Wright (born March 10, 1950) is an American actress.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Early life

Wright was born in New York and raised in California.

[edit] Career

Wright has played extra and small roles in several television sitcoms like Friends (Dealer who offers $ 4 as store credit for Ross's couch which has been broken in two)& ER (Talkative Parkinsons Patient who has faked the insurance forms).

Wright was cast as Laverne Roberts for Scrubs. After six seasons, her character was killed off in My Long Goodbye. She returned in season seven playing a new character, Nurse Shirley. Initial reports stated that her character would be the alcoholic, irreligious sister of Laverne, but these turned out to be inaccurate. She later returned to play Nurse Roberts in the final episode as JD is looking back on all the people in his life.

She has appeared in other programs such as Mad Men, Power Rangers in Space, sitcoms Malcolm in the Middle, Friends and Frasier, the short-lived series Medical Investigation in addition to the TV movie When Billie Beat Bobby and the 2000 drama Shadow Hours. In 2000, Wright also appeared as Pauletta in the teen romcom Bring It On as a fictional talkshow host. She also appeared in the film Mr. Deeds, as well as the deleted scenes for the film Thank You for Smoking, in which she portrays a secretary. She appeared as the mother of Cedric the Entertainer in Johnson's Family Vacation. She also appeared in the TV movie Ben 10: Race Against Time. She has a minor role in the 2002 made-for-TV Movie All I Want, which is also known as Try Seventeen. She has appereared in NCIS as the head nurse at a hospital in the episode "Hiatus". She also recently appeared in NBC's soap opera Days of Our Lives.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Aloma Wright at the Internet Movie Database

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