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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.
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 |
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2017 |
The Keeping Hours |
Janice |
Trust Fund |
Meredith |
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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 |
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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 |
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2000, 2002 |
NYPD Blue |
Luisa Lopez / Maria Alvarez |
2002 |
Strong Medicine |
Elena Delgado |
Do Over |
Mrs. Rice |
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ER |
Laura |
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2003 |
A.U.S.A. |
Ana Rivera |
Greetings from Tucson |
Angela |
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Life on Parole |
Loretta |
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2004 |
North Shore |
Ana Green |
Foster Hall |
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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 |
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2008 |
Army Wives |
Sandy |
Little Girl Lost: The Delimar Vera Story |
Valerie Valleja |
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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 |
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2016 |
Home: Adventures with Tip & Oh |
Lucy Tucci (voice) |
Elena of Avalor |
Rafa (voice) |
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Elena and the Secret of Avalor |
Rafa (voice) |
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2017 |
Charlie Foxtrot |
Angelina Torres |
Angie Tribeca |
Betty Crocker |
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The Mindy Project |
Dr. Mary Hernandez |
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2019 |
Whiskey Cavalier |
Susan Sampson |