Ana Alicia Ortiz Torres (born December , ) is a Mexican-American
former actress who performed in theatre and on television. She is
known for playing scheming vineyard heiress Melissa Agretti on the
long-running primetime soap opera Falcon Crest for seven seasons. She
got her television start spending a year on the daytime soap-opera
Ryan's Hope and also performed in few single episode guest-starring
roles on various televisions shows or in television movies most years
from the late-s to the mid-s.Ana Alicia Ortiz was born in Mexico City
to Carlos Celestino Ortiz and Alicia Torres Ortiz, who ran businesses
in Acapulco, Mexico. She was the third of four children. Her family
moved to El Paso, Texas, when she was six years old after the death of
her father. There, she lived with her grandmother, mother, her uncle
Louie and three siblings in a house that her father had purchased for
her grandmother. Upon graduating high school in , Ortiz earned a
scholarship to Wellesley College. Upon arrival at Wellesley College,
Ortiz auditioned and won the lead role for Jules Feiffer's "Crawling
Arnold". On summer break after her freshman year, Ortiz auditioned for
The Adobe Horseshoe Dinner Theatre outside El Paso, Texas. The theatre
offered her a position as a recurring actress in all feature
productions. The opportunity would allow her to work with name actors
from Hollywood and New York and receive a large weekly salary. She
accepted the offer and also acquired her actor's equity card through
her term. She left Wellesley College, instead pursuing her bachelor's
degree in drama at the University of Texas at El Paso to be closer to
her mother and three brothers. Her first professional role under an
AEA contract was as one of the Pigeon Sisters in a production of The
Odd Couple starring Bob Denver at The Adobe Horseshoe Dinner Theater
in El Paso.Ana Alicia spent the next three years performing in main
stage productions at UTEP as well as having significant roles in the
Adobe Horseshoe repertoire.After earning her degree in , Ortiz moved
to Los Angeles and started auditioning for roles in various
productions. She won the part of Alicia Nieves on Ryan's Hope, a
daytime soap opera, moving to New York City for taping. After fifteen
months on the show, Ortiz moved back to Los Angeles part-time and kept
auditioning while attending law school at Southwestern University at
night back in Texas. Eventually, her acting opportunities suffered and
she decided to pursue acting full-time.
former actress who performed in theatre and on television. She is
known for playing scheming vineyard heiress Melissa Agretti on the
long-running primetime soap opera Falcon Crest for seven seasons. She
got her television start spending a year on the daytime soap-opera
Ryan's Hope and also performed in few single episode guest-starring
roles on various televisions shows or in television movies most years
from the late-s to the mid-s.Ana Alicia Ortiz was born in Mexico City
to Carlos Celestino Ortiz and Alicia Torres Ortiz, who ran businesses
in Acapulco, Mexico. She was the third of four children. Her family
moved to El Paso, Texas, when she was six years old after the death of
her father. There, she lived with her grandmother, mother, her uncle
Louie and three siblings in a house that her father had purchased for
her grandmother. Upon graduating high school in , Ortiz earned a
scholarship to Wellesley College. Upon arrival at Wellesley College,
Ortiz auditioned and won the lead role for Jules Feiffer's "Crawling
Arnold". On summer break after her freshman year, Ortiz auditioned for
The Adobe Horseshoe Dinner Theatre outside El Paso, Texas. The theatre
offered her a position as a recurring actress in all feature
productions. The opportunity would allow her to work with name actors
from Hollywood and New York and receive a large weekly salary. She
accepted the offer and also acquired her actor's equity card through
her term. She left Wellesley College, instead pursuing her bachelor's
degree in drama at the University of Texas at El Paso to be closer to
her mother and three brothers. Her first professional role under an
AEA contract was as one of the Pigeon Sisters in a production of The
Odd Couple starring Bob Denver at The Adobe Horseshoe Dinner Theater
in El Paso.Ana Alicia spent the next three years performing in main
stage productions at UTEP as well as having significant roles in the
Adobe Horseshoe repertoire.After earning her degree in , Ortiz moved
to Los Angeles and started auditioning for roles in various
productions. She won the part of Alicia Nieves on Ryan's Hope, a
daytime soap opera, moving to New York City for taping. After fifteen
months on the show, Ortiz moved back to Los Angeles part-time and kept
auditioning while attending law school at Southwestern University at
night back in Texas. Eventually, her acting opportunities suffered and
she decided to pursue acting full-time.
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