Kali Rocha

Kali Michele Rocha is an American actress.

Rocha was born in Memphis, Tennessee and grew up in Providence, Rhode Island, graduating from Carnegie Mellon School of Drama in 1993. Kali is best known to comedic audiences as the Atlantic American flight attendant who had a humorous fight with Ben Stiller's character at the airport in the 2000 hit comedy Meet The Parents (2000), a role she reprised in sequel Meet The Fockers (2004). She also recurred memorably on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" as Anya's vengeance demon pal, Halfrek, as well as William the Bloody's love affection, Cecily. The two characters are considered the same person. Kali played Stonewall Jackson's wife, Anna in Ron Maxwell's Gods and Generals (2003), an epic drama about the first two years of the American Civil War. Other films include The Crucible (1996) , White Oleander (2002) and The Object of My Affection (1998).

She has appeared on the Will and Grace episode "Strangers With Candice", she played a straight woman who flirted with Will. In spring 2006, Rocha began acting in the short-lived NBC sitcom "Teachers." Kali guest-starred in on the February 20, 2007, episode of "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" as Cindy Marino, an aggressive TV reporter. Notably, Rocha plays the character of a fourth-year resident surgeon, Dr. Sydney Heron, at Seattle Grace Hospital in the hit ABC TV series "Grey's Anatomy."