Ana Ortiz

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Recent Role:
Lydia on Hung
Gender:
Female
Born:
1-25-1971
Birthplace:
New York City, USA
Birth Name:
Ana Ortiz
AKA:
Ana Ortiz
Born in New York City, Ortiz is the daughter of the first Puerto Rican city councilman in Philadelphia and was the first Latino elected to Philadelphia's City Council in 1984. He served for 19 years. A mother who works in Manhattan with autistic children and runs a soup kitchen.

As a child, Ortiz dreamed of becoming a ballerina, and she studied ballet for eight years, until the pain of dancing en pointes forced her to pursue a different artistic discipline.

Switching to singing, Ortiz attended the La Guardia High School of the Performing Arts (of "Fame" fame)



More to study voice. She then attended the University of 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 Dali Make Me Hot."

After joining LAByrinth Theatre Company, she appeared off-Broadway in "In Arabia, We'd All Be Kings," directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman ("Almost Famous") and named one of the 10-best plays of 1999 by the magazine Time Out New York.

Ortiz has guest-starred on the series "NYPD Blue" and "Dr. Quinn: Medicine Woman," and her feature-film credits include "King of L.A." and "Tortilla Heaven."

As of 2007, Ortiz resides in Manhattan, where she enjoys hiking, horseback riding, softball and water sports in her spare time. Her birthday is January 25.

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  • Ugly Betty's Ana Ortiz Welcomes a Baby Girl

    People Magazine Ugly Betty star Ana Ortiz and her husband, musician Noah Lebenzon, have welcomed their first child, a daughter, on Saturday, PEOPLE has learned exclusively. "She is elated and completely glowing," said Ortiz's rep. "She is surrounded by her friends and family and so happy toMore be a mom. She is just really enjoying the moment. The baby is absolutely beautiful." The baby girl – Paloma Louise Lebenzon – was born at 4:25 p.m. in New York City and weighed 7 lbs., 10 oz. With her Ugly Betty cast members already calling and sending gifts to the hospital, Ortiz's TV son, Mark Indelicato, could not be more thrilled and says she has just the right personality traits in being an incredible mom. "She will be an amazing mom," Indelicato tells PEOPLE. "Ana has the biggest heart and she's so loving. She's also laidback and chill but at the same time she's forceful and knows how to discipline someone if she has to be. It's the perfect combination in being a great mom. She's done it with me a bunch of times when I got out of line. She's definitely my second mom." Ck out the link for the entire article.

    1 comments, last one Jun 29, 2009
  • Ana Ortiz Live in LA!

    I just thought that you all might be interested to know that Ana Ortiz(hilda) is in an improv show tonight (wednesday nov 15)in Los Angeles. It is at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre tonight at 8 for $5. The show is called Mother F'er More www.ucbtheatre.com/la

    1 comments, last one Nov 15, 2006
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    Welcome to the TV.com Forums for Ana Ortiz. Here is your area to discuss, dissect and debate all things about this person.

    1 comments, last one Jul 23, 2006
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