Jaina Lee Ortiz
Highest Rated: 82% The Long Game (2023)
Lowest Rated: 0% Righteous Thieves (2023)
Birthday: Nov 20, 1986
Birthplace: Fort Ord, California, USA
Actress Jaina Lee Ortiz first came to attention as a contestant on reality show "Scream Queens" (MTV, 2008-10) before bagging the lead role in police procedural "Rosewood" (Fox, 2015-17). Born at Ford Ord Army base in 1986 to first generation Puerto Rican parents, Ortiz initially pursued a career as a salsa dancer, becoming a professional instructor and performer by the age of 16, but began switching her interest to acting after landing a minor part in fish out of water drama "Sad Spanish Song" (2004). In 2010, Ortiz narrowly missed out on a part in "Saw 3D" (2010) after finishing runner-up in the second season of "Scream Queens" (MTV, 2008-10) and in the same year gained a place at New York's Maggie Flanigan Studio. Ortiz became a MAC make-up artist in order to support herself during her two-year studies, gaining credits on action drama "Justice on the Border" (2011) and LGBT short "Pink and Green" (2012), before appearing as incompetent receptionist Petrona in "The Shop" (2012), a web series about a Sherman Oaks salon, and as assassin Isis in low-budget action adventure "Misfire" (2012). Ortiz was then cast as Officer Marly Gonzalez in Chris Carter's post-apocalyptic drama "The After" (Amazon, 2014) but was left disappointed when the show failed to make it past the pilot stage. However, Ortiz did achieve her major breakthrough a year later when she starred as Annalise Villa, the hard-nosed detective who teams up with Morris Chestnut's pathologist, in crime series "Rosewood" (Fox, 2015-).
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Filmography
Movies
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82% |
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The Long Game | Lucy Peña (Character) | $3.0M | 2023 |
0% |
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Righteous Thieves | Lucille (Character) | - | 2023 |
TV
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No Score Yet | 93% | Station 19 | Andy Herrera (Character) | 2018-2024 |
84% | 72% | Grey's Anatomy | Andy Herrera (Guest Star) | 2018-2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Celebrity Family Feud | Guest | 2018 |
No Score Yet | 41% | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Guest | 2018 |
No Score Yet | 12% | The View | Guest | 2018 |
No Score Yet | 75% | Shooter | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2017 |
9% | 76% | Rosewood | Detective Annalise Villa (Character) | 2015-2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Scream Queens | Contestant | 2010 |