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1-hour season premiere tuesday dec 1st 9/8c Latest Full Episode: My Soul on Fire, Part 2

Carla Espinosa

JUDY REYES

Occupation:
Nurse

Title:
Charge Nurse

Family:
Husband - Dr. Christopher Turk
Daughter - Isabella Turk

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Carla SAYS

Previous Quote

So much crappy stuff happens here all day long. The best way to get past it is to just do what I do: forget it ever happened.

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Turk
to Carla:
"You're always right."
Perry Cox
to Carla:
"Sooner or later, everybody in this place stops caring about hopeless terminally ill, brain dead coma patients and interns who want to save the world."
J.D.
to Carla on Turk:
"You know if I was married to him, I'd be more supportive."

CHARACTER BIO

As Head Nurse, Carla Espinosa Turk is a highly qualified medical professional, and on many occasions knows more than the doctors. Carla shows her dedication by seeing to it that she knows not only everything about Sacred Heart's patients, but also its staff. Nurse Espinosa Turk is fairly sure of what each and every family should do when facing a medical / personal / family / social / relationship / professional dilemma. Although she seems as harmless as a helpful little bunny, don't cross her—she has a caliente side; the consequences of which frighten even the Janitor.

Ethnicity:
Dominican

Ethnicity She Definitely Isn't:
Puerto Rican

Hobbies:
Gossip, trying to help everybody with their problems, competing with Dr. Dorian for her husband's love

ACTOR BIO

Her character has a great bedside manner and a consummately cool attitude with her jokester husband, Turk. And in real life, she’s one electrifying actress, to boot!

Judy Reyes portrays no-nonsense nurse Carla Espinosa on the comedy series Scrubs. "I really admire Carla—she's smart and sassy and a very good nurse," says Reyes. "I like that she remains confident and unapologetic in a world where nurses don't receive the same respect as doctors."

Reyes grew up in the Bronx and became interested in acting while attending Hunter College in Manhattan. In 1992, she landed her first major acting role in the independent feature film Jack and His Friends opposite Sam Rockwell, and went on to perform extensively in the theater. She is particularly proud of her work with the Labyrinth Theatre Company, a multi-cultural acting space in Manhattan where she is a founding member and has served as both actor and producer on numerous productions over the past 10 years.

Reyes' television credits include a recurring role as Tina on Oz. She has also appeared in The Sopranos and 100 Centre Street. Her made for television movies including John Sanford's Mind Prey and The Prosecutors. Her film credits include Bringing Out the Dead with Nicolas Cage, Went to Coney Island on a Mission from God, Be Back at Five, and Washington Heights. She recently completed shooting the Hallmark Channel movie-of-the week Our House, as well as a guest-starring role on Lifetime's episodic series Strong Medicine. Additionally, Reyes acted in and co-produced (with her husband) Glow Ropes which premiered at the 2005 Cannes International Film Festival to glowing reviews and won "Best Film" at the 2005 HBO New York Latino Film Festival. Reyes also starred in the independent film Dirty, and The Poker Club, in which she starred as the detective that cracks the case.

Reyes resides in Los Angeles, but frequently returns to her native New York.