Ana Ortiz Biography, Age, Family, Husband, Kids, Movies and Net Worth

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Who is Ana Ortiz?

Ana Ortiz (Ana Lebenzon) is an American actress known for Ugly Betty (2006), Devious Maids (2013), and Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son (2011). Ortiz eventually attended the University of the Arts having pursued a career in performing arts-ballet and singing from a young age.

She began her acting career in theatre. In the early 2000s, she starred in the short-lived NBC sitcoms Kristin (2001) and A.U.S.A. (2003) and had recurring roles on Over There and Boston Legal.

Ana got widespread attention for her role as Hilda Suarez in the ABC comedy-drama series Ugly Betty from 2006 to 2010. Ortiz has also appeared in films such as Labor Pains (2009) and Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son (2011), and starred in Little Girl Lost: The Delimar Vera Story (2008).

She starred as Marisol Suarez in the Lifetime television comedy-drama series Devious Maids from 2013 to 2016. For the series, Ortiz received the Imagen Award for Best Actress – Television.

How Old is Ana Ortiz?

Ana is 50 years old as of 2021. She was born on January 25, 1971, in Manhattan, New York. Ortiz shares her birthday with other famous people such as Alicia Keys, Calum Hood, Christine Lakin, Jenifer Lewis, Leigh Taylor-Young, Mia Kirshner, Michael Trevino, among others.

A photo of Ana Ortiz
A photo of Ana Ortiz

Ana Ortiz Family

Who are Ana Ortiz’s Parents?

Ortiz was born to Angel L. Ortiz, a former Philadelphia City Council member of Puerto Rican descent, and an Irish American mother. She initially dreamed of becoming a ballerina, and she studied ballet for eight years. She was then forced to pursue a different artistic discipline due to the pain of dancing en pointe.

Does Ana Ortiz Have Siblings?

Ortiz has two siblings, a sister named Pilar Ortiz and a brother named Omar Ortiz.

Ana Ortiz Education

She graduated from The University of the Arts in Philadelphia. She later switched to singing and attended the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts in New York City and then the University of the Arts in Philadelphia before making her professional stage debut in a regional theater production of Dangerous Liaisons.

Ana Ortiz Husband

Ortiz married musician Noah Lebenzon on June 9, 2007 in Rincón, Puerto Rico.

Ana Ortiz Children

Ana and Noah were expecting their first child on June 25, 2009. They welcomed a daughter named Paloma Louise Lebenzon on June 27, 2009. Louise was born weighing in at 7 pounds 10 ounces. The couple welcomed a second child, a son named Rafael on September 24, 2011.

Ana Ortiz Acting Career

Ana’s additional stage credits include portraying Chrissy in a European touring production of Hair, regional theater productions such as Dog Lady and also the Cuban Swimmer, and in the South Coast Repertory Theater’s production of References to Salvador Dalí Make Me Hot. After she joined LAByrinth Theatre Company, she appeared off-Broadway in In Arabia, We’d All Be Kings, which also co-starred Puerto Rican actress Liza Colón-Zayas. It was directed by Academy Award-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman and then named one of the 10-best plays of 1999 by the magazine Time Out New York.

Ana appeared in several television shows including NYPD Blue, Everybody Loves Raymond, Commander In Chief, ER, and The New Adventures of Old Christine. Ortiz had her first series regular role in the short-lived NBC comedy series Kristin (2001), opposite Kristin Chenoweth. Ana later starred in another short-lived sitcom, called A.U.S.A. in 2003. She later had recurring roles in the FX drama Over There, and ABC series Boston Legal.

Ana was cast as Hilda Suarez, the lead character’s sister, in the ABC comedy-drama series Ugly Betty in 2006. Initially, she had auditioned for the Betty Suarez role, but the role went to America Ferrera instead. Ortiz said in 2008, “I was super plain. I just put on some glasses and kept my hair kind of flat and layered on the clothing”, describing what she wore when auditioning for the role of Betty. “I just wanted them to remember me, so that I could be involved in the future”. She was one of two Philadelphians who were regulars on Ugly Betty, the other being Mark Indelicato, who played as her son Justin.

Ana Ortiz Ugly Betty

In addition to her role on Ugly Betty, she was also active in films, which include starring roles Tortilla Heaven, and also Labor Pains co-starring her former Ugly Betty co-star, Lindsay Lohan. Ortiz also had a voice role in Batman: Gotham Knight, and also starred in the made-for-television movie Little Girl Lost: The Delimar Vera Story in 2008. Ana also had a guest-starring role on Army Wives during its second season. She then played a waitress named Sandi. Ortiz also appeared in the 2010 music video for Enrique Iglesias and Juan Luis Guerra’s “Cuando me enamoro”.

Ortiz was cast as the lead character in ABC drama pilot True Blue about San Francisco homicide detectives reunited to solve the murder of one of their own after Ugly Betty was ended in 2010. In the next year Ana appeared in the comedy film Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son, and also starred in another pilot, called Outnumbered for Fox. This pilot also was not picked up to series. She then had a recurring role in the HBO comedy series Hung. She also starred in the independent films Sleeping with the Fishes, and Such Good People.

Ana Ortiz Devious Maids

She was cast as the lead character of ABC comedy-drama pilot Devious Maids, created by Marc Cherry in 2012. The pilot was not picked to series by ABC for the 2012–13 United States network schedule in May 2012. Lifetime picked up the pilot with a thirteen-episode order on June 22, 2012. The series then premiered June 23, 2013, on Lifetime with now positive reviews from critics. In the show, Ana plays the lead role of Marisol Duarte (the alias of Professor Marisol Suarez). This is the second series in which her character shares the last name of her previous character from a different series. In an interview, Ana was seen saying that she is incredibly proud of her Devious Maids. She was a special guest star in ABC primetime soap opera, Revenge, as Bizzy Preston in 2013. Ortiz guest-starred in the two other ABC shows: How to Get Away with Murder produced by Shonda Rhimes, and Black-ish in 2014.

She was cast alongside Katherine LaNasa, Jeremy Sisto, and Tyler Blackburn in the gay drama, Love is All You Need?, based on the 2011 short film with the same name in October 2014. She then did voice-over work in the 2018 film Ralph Breaks the Internet.

In 2016, Devious Maids was canceled after four seasons. Ana starred on the ABC comedy pilot Charlie Foxtrot opposite Jason Biggs and Swoosie Kurtz in 2017. The series was however not commissioned. The following year, Ortiz was cast opposite Scott Foley and Lauren Cohan on the ABC’s Whiskey Cavalier.

Ana Ortiz Net Worth

Ortiz has an estimated net worth of $2 million as of 2021.

Ana Ortiz Movies

Year

Title

Role

2018

Ralph Breaks the Internet

Ballet Mom

Princess of the Row

Magdalene Rodriguez

2017

The Keeping Hours

Janice

Trust Fund

Meredith

2016

Love is All You Need?

Susan Miller

2014

Such Good People

Detective Diane Kershman

2013

Sleeping with the Fishes

Kayla Fish

2012

Noah’s Ark: The New Beginning

Tier

2011

Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son

Gail Fletcher

The Last Generation

Diner Chick

2009

Labor Pains

Donna

2008

The Winged Man

Wanda

Batman: Gotham Knight

Anna Ramirez

2007

Tortilla Heaven

Chicana

2003

Carolina

Christen

2002

Mr. St. Nick

Lorena

2002

Lehi’s Wife

Kelly

2000

King of the Korner

Isabel

1995

Condition Red

C Block Inmate

Ana Ortiz TV Shows

Year

Title

Role

1999

Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman: The Movie

Pregnant Woman

2001

Kristin

Santa Clemente

Everybody Loves Raymond

Natasha

2000, 2002

NYPD Blue

Luisa Lopez / Maria Alvarez

2002

Strong Medicine

Elena Delgado

Do Over

Mrs. Rice

ER

Laura

2003

A.U.S.A.

Ana Rivera

Greetings from Tucson

Angela

Life on Parole

Loretta

2004

North Shore

Ana Green

Foster Hall

2005

Blind Justice

Letitia Barreras

ÙÙ

Gina

Over There

Anna

2006

Commander in Chief

Isabelle Rios

Boston Legal

A.D.A. Holly Raines

The New Adventures of Old Christine

Belinda

2008

Army Wives

Sandy

Little Girl Lost: The Delimar Vera Story

Valerie Valleja

2006–10

Ugly Betty

Hilda Suarez

2010

True Blue

Maureen Minillo

2011

Outnumbered

Sue Tulley

Hung

Lydia

2013–16

Devious Maids

Marisol Suarez

2013

Revenge

Bizzy Preston

2014

How to Get Away with Murder

Paula Murphy / Elena Aguilar

2014–17

Family Guy

Cinnamon (voice)

2015

Black-ish

Angelica Rodriguez

Marry Me

Hailey

2016

Home: Adventures with Tip & Oh

Lucy Tucci (voice)

Elena of Avalor

Rafa (voice)

Elena and the Secret of Avalor

Rafa (voice)

2017

Charlie Foxtrot

Angelina Torres

Angie Tribeca

Betty Crocker

The Mindy Project

Dr. Mary Hernandez

2019

Whiskey Cavalier

Susan Sampson