Valery M. Ortiz

Date of Birth
1 August 1984, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Height
5' 3" (1.60 m)

Mini Biography
Valery Milagros Ortiz was born on August 1st, 1984 in San Juan, Puerto Rico to Hector and Aracelis Ortiz. Valery's first passion was to become a "ballerina" and she explored her dancing talents after receiving a scholarship to The Southern Ballet Theatre Performing Art Centre in Orlando, Florida. She continued to dance but her curiosity to be in front of the camera grew as her older brother, Hector, explored his interest in 'movie making'. Continuing in her brothers' footsteps, Valery was accepted into the Dr. Phillips Performing Arts Theatre Magnet High School. Four years of study lead to working in several productions like Latins Anonymous (Orlando Fringe Festival), West Side Story as Maria, A Midsummer Night's Dream as Helena, The Vagina Monologues (Orlando Premiere) and The Edinburgh, Scotland Fringe Festival. While Ms. Ortiz was attending the University of Central Florida for a Bachelor in Fine Arts, she was given the opportunity to work as Host on Nickelodeons Live television show, Splat! After the first season, a one week road trip "vacay" to Los Angeles turned into permanent residence in the Valley. Valery quickly started working as a VJ on a local television show called LATV Live. Shortly thereafter she was cast in the pilot Emily's Reason's Why Not, which was picked up and is airing in 2006. Valery can now be seen in Date Movie, playing the role of 'Jell-o', a spoof on Jennifer Lopez in The Wedding Planner. Currently she can be seen on the hit N series South of Nowhere playing queen bee Madison Duarte. She is currently filming season 2 of this breakthrough series.
IMDb Mini Biography By: JLewis

Trivia
Ranked one of the Top 25 Hottest Latinas of 2006 in MAXIM en Espanol.

Filmography
Actress:
1. "Diary of a Single Mom" .... Lupe (1 episode, 2009)
- Life Raft (2009) TV episode .... Lupe
2. "South of Nowhere" .... Madison Duarte (14 episodes, 2005-2008)
- Taking Seconds (2008) TV episode .... Madison Duarte
- Past, Present and Future (2008) TV episode .... Madison Duarte
- The Morning After (2006) TV episode (as Valery Ortiz) .... Madison Duarte
- Play Me or Trade Me (2006) TV episode (as Valery Ortiz) .... Madison Duarte
- What Just Happened? (2006) TV episode (as Valery Ortiz) .... Madison Duarte
(9 more)
3. From a Place of Darkness (2008) .... Rosa
4. "10 Items or Less" .... Buck's Friend #2 (1 episode, 2008)
- Forever Young (2008) TV episode (as Valery Ortiz) .... Buck's Friend #2
5. "What About Brian" .... Roxanne (3 episodes, 2006-2007)
- What About the Exes... (2007) TV episode (as Valery Ortiz) .... Roxanne
- What About the Tangled Web... (2007) TV episode (as Valery Ortiz) .... Roxanne
- What About True Confessions? (2006) TV episode (as Valery Ortiz) .... Roxanne
6. Date Movie (2006) (as Valery Ortiz) .... Jell-O
7. "Emily's Reasons Why Not" .... Waitress (1 episode, 2006)
- Pilot (2006) TV episode .... Waitress

Self:
1. "On the Up" (2007) TV series .... Herself
2. "LATV Does Hollywood" (2005) TV series .... Herself (2006-2007)
3. "LATV Live" (2003) TV series .... Herself (2005-2006)