Ana Ortiz (born January , ) is an American actress and singer. Having
pursued a career in ballet and singing from a young age, she
eventually attended University of the Arts. Ortiz began her acting
career in theatre, in early s starred in the short-lived NBC sitcoms
Kristin () and A.U.S.A. (), and had recurring roles on Over There and
Boston Legal.Ortiz garnered widespread attention for her role as Hilda
Suarez in the ABC comedy-drama series Ugly Betty from to . She also
appeared in such films like Labor Pains () and Big Mommas: Like
Father, Like Son (), and starred in Little Girl Lost: The Delimar Vera
Story (). From to , Ortiz starred as Marisol Suarez in the Lifetime
television comedy-drama series Devious Maids, for which she received
the Imagen Award for Best Actress - Television. In , Ortiz starred in
the acclamed Hulu series Love, Victor as Isabel Salazar, mother of the
title character Victor Salazar. Her role is acclamed by critics.Ortiz
was born in New York City, and is the daughter of Angel Ortiz, a
former Philadelphia City Council member of Puerto Rican descent, and
an Irish-American mother, Kathleen Kulhman. As a child, Ortiz studied
ballet for eight years, until the pain of dancing en pointe forced her
to pursue a different artistic discipline. Ortiz graduated from
University of the Arts in Philadelphia.Switching to singing, Ortiz
attended the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and
Performing Arts in New York City and later the University of the Arts
in Philadelphia before making her professional stage debut in a
regional theater production of Dangerous Liaisons. Her additional
stage credits include portraying Chrissy in a European touring
production of Hair, regional theater productions such as Dog Lady and
the Cuban Swimmer and in the South Coast Repertory Theater's
production of References to Salvador Dalà Make Me Hot. After joining
LAByrinth Theatre Company, she appeared Off-Broadway in In Arabia,
We'd All Be Kings, directed by Academy Award-winning actor Philip
Seymour Hoffman and named one of the -best plays of by the magazine
Time Out New York.
pursued a career in ballet and singing from a young age, she
eventually attended University of the Arts. Ortiz began her acting
career in theatre, in early s starred in the short-lived NBC sitcoms
Kristin () and A.U.S.A. (), and had recurring roles on Over There and
Boston Legal.Ortiz garnered widespread attention for her role as Hilda
Suarez in the ABC comedy-drama series Ugly Betty from to . She also
appeared in such films like Labor Pains () and Big Mommas: Like
Father, Like Son (), and starred in Little Girl Lost: The Delimar Vera
Story (). From to , Ortiz starred as Marisol Suarez in the Lifetime
television comedy-drama series Devious Maids, for which she received
the Imagen Award for Best Actress - Television. In , Ortiz starred in
the acclamed Hulu series Love, Victor as Isabel Salazar, mother of the
title character Victor Salazar. Her role is acclamed by critics.Ortiz
was born in New York City, and is the daughter of Angel Ortiz, a
former Philadelphia City Council member of Puerto Rican descent, and
an Irish-American mother, Kathleen Kulhman. As a child, Ortiz studied
ballet for eight years, until the pain of dancing en pointe forced her
to pursue a different artistic discipline. Ortiz graduated from
University of the Arts in Philadelphia.Switching to singing, Ortiz
attended the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and
Performing Arts in New York City and later the University of the Arts
in Philadelphia before making her professional stage debut in a
regional theater production of Dangerous Liaisons. Her additional
stage credits include portraying Chrissy in a European touring
production of Hair, regional theater productions such as Dog Lady and
the Cuban Swimmer and in the South Coast Repertory Theater's
production of References to Salvador Dalà Make Me Hot. After joining
LAByrinth Theatre Company, she appeared Off-Broadway in In Arabia,
We'd All Be Kings, directed by Academy Award-winning actor Philip
Seymour Hoffman and named one of the -best plays of by the magazine
Time Out New York.
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