Acting

Valery M. Ortiz

Born August 1, 1984 · San Juan, Puerto Rico (age 42)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Valery Milagros Ortiz (born August 1, 1984) is a Puerto Rican actress who is known for her role as Madison Duarte on the television series South of Nowhere. Ortiz was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico and raised in Orlando, Florida, then moved to Los Angeles, California. Currently she lives in L.A. She enjoys reading, hiking, decorating, and writing. Ortiz was …

Known For

Date Movie

Date Movie · 2006

MovieComedyRomance

Spoof of romantic comedies which focuses on a man, his crush, his parents, and her father.

2 Minutes of Fame

2 Minutes of Fame · 2020

2 Minutes of Fame

An up-and-coming stand-up comic moves to L.A. to pursue a film career after video clips of his act make him an online sensation.

Thriller

Thriller · 2018

MovieHorrorMystery

Years after a childhood prank goes horribly wrong, a clique of South Central LA teens find themselves terrorized during Homecoming weekend by a killer hell-bent on revenge.

Skeletons in the Closet

Skeletons in the Closet · 2024

Skeletons in the Closet

MovieHorrorThriller

Haunted by a malevolent spirit since childhood, a desperate mother allows herself to become possessed in order to save the life of her terminally ill daughter.

Finding Faith

Finding Faith · 2025

MovieDramaThriller

Faith Mitchell, a loving wife and mother, struggles to keep her family together amidst financial hardships and personal loss.

Isabel's Garden

Isabel's Garden · 2024

Isabel's Garden

MovieDramaFamily

The life of an ambitious small town TV reporter is upended when the death of her husband tasks her with having to help raise her 15-year-old stepdaughter.

From a Place of Darkness

From a Place of Darkness · 2008

From a Place of Darkness

MovieDramaThriller

Miles Kody, is a documentary filmmaker. As Miles tapes his interviews with Vic he becomes aware of the appearance of "ghosts" captured on his video monitor. He realizes that the faint energy fields of these ghosts, past victims of the snuff films, are picked up more readily on video...

Diary of a Single Mom

Diary of a Single Mom · 2009

Diary of a Single Mom

Ocean a 27-year-old highly-motivated mother has found her calling in managing a neighborhood apartment building along with the residents and the problems found within. As she struggles with a new job, a new home, her own children, a difficult niece, and the issues of other tenants, all within learn something about taking action and using compassion in their own lives.

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Date Movie

Date Movie · 2006

MovieComedyRomance

Spoof of romantic comedies which focuses on a man, his crush, his parents, and her father.

Jell-O

2 Minutes of Fame

2 Minutes of Fame · 2020

2 Minutes of Fame

An up-and-coming stand-up comic moves to L.A. to pursue a film career after video clips of his act make him an online sensation.

Ms. Ellen

Thriller

Thriller · 2018

MovieHorrorMystery

Years after a childhood prank goes horribly wrong, a clique of South Central LA teens find themselves terrorized during Homecoming weekend by a killer hell-bent on revenge.

Ms. Cruz

Skeletons in the Closet

Skeletons in the Closet · 2024

Skeletons in the Closet

MovieHorrorThriller

Haunted by a malevolent spirit since childhood, a desperate mother allows herself to become possessed in order to save the life of her terminally ill daughter.

Valentina

Finding Faith

Finding Faith · 2025

MovieDramaThriller

Faith Mitchell, a loving wife and mother, struggles to keep her family together amidst financial hardships and personal loss.

Lola Alvarez

Isabel's Garden

Isabel's Garden · 2024

Isabel's Garden

MovieDramaFamily

The life of an ambitious small town TV reporter is upended when the death of her husband tasks her with having to help raise her 15-year-old stepdaughter.

Christina

From a Place of Darkness

From a Place of Darkness · 2008

From a Place of Darkness

MovieDramaThriller

Miles Kody, is a documentary filmmaker. As Miles tapes his interviews with Vic he becomes aware of the appearance of "ghosts" captured on his video monitor. He realizes that the faint energy fields of these ghosts, past victims of the snuff films, are picked up more readily on video...

Rosa

Diary of a Single Mom

Diary of a Single Mom · 2009

Diary of a Single Mom

Ocean a 27-year-old highly-motivated mother has found her calling in managing a neighborhood apartment building along with the residents and the problems found within. As she struggles with a new job, a new home, her own children, a difficult niece, and the issues of other tenants, all within learn something about taking action and using compassion in their own lives.

Lupe

Dumbbells

Dumbbells · 2014

Dumbbells is a light-hearted buddy comedy set amongst a group of misfit employees that work in a struggling fitness center in Los Angeles.

Missy

Old Flames Never Die

Old Flames Never Die · 2022

Old Flames Never Die

MovieTV MovieThriller

Kira Young, a successful novelist, returns to her hometown in order to escape bad press after Tyson, her cheating fiance, is accused of murder. She rekindles a romance in the form of a one-night stand with her high school sweetheart Weston Wade. Soon after, Weston develops an unhealthy obsession with Kira.

Steph

2 Dead 2 Kill

2 Dead 2 Kill · 2014

An ex-narc finds a journal written in code, leading to the whereabouts of a stash of stolen drugs.

Donna Valens

Dumbbells Special Edition

Dumbbells Special Edition · 2022

Dumbbells Special Edition

This is a completely new cut and total re-imagination of the original film. The story is about second chances and conquering your demons. Chris Long (Brian Drolet) is a fallen basketball star now bitter working in a run down gym. The place is bought by a new owner (Hoyt Richards) that turns it into a reality show.

Missy

Cloudy with a Chance of Christmas

Cloudy with a Chance of Christmas · 2022

Cloudy with a Chance of Christmas

MovieTV MovieComedy

When a weather forecaster is asked to host her network's annual snow-cast in the wintry town of Leavenworth live with the network's morning show host and a longtime rival of hers, tension brews and romantic sparks fly between them on air.

Bridget Torres

NCIS

SeriesCrimeDrama

From murder and espionage to terrorism and stolen submarines, a team of special agents investigates any crime that has any connection to Navy and Marine Corps personnel, regardless of rank or position.

Carrie

Two and a Half Men

Two and a Half Men · 2003

Two and a Half Men

A hedonistic jingle writer's free-wheeling life comes to an abrupt halt when his brother and 10-year-old nephew move into his beach-front house.

Tracy

Cold Case

Cold Case · 2003

SeriesCrimeDrama

The Philadelphia homicide squad's lone female detective finds her calling when she is assigned cases that have never been solved. Detective Lilly Rush combines her natural instincts with the updated technology available today to bring about justice for all the victims she can.

Marisol Acosta

Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. · 2013

Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

SeriesDramaSci-Fi & Fantasy

Agent Phil Coulson of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division) puts together a team of agents to investigate the new, the strange and the unknown around the globe, protecting the ordinary from the extraordinary.

Maria

Rock, Paper, Scissors

Rock, Paper, Scissors · 2024

Rock, Paper, Scissors

SeriesComedyFamily

Rock, Paper, and Scissors are best friends and roommates who compete over everything, but it’s (mostly) all love. They each bring something different to the friendship - Rock is the moral compass, Paper is the practical one, and Scissors is the right amount of chaos. Together, they get into the wildest adventures.

No Dice / Station Guard 1 (voice)

Melissa & Joey

Melissa & Joey · 2010

SeriesDramaComedy

Mel is a local politician from a political family. When a family scandal leaves her niece, Lennox, and nephew, Ryder, without their parents, Mel takes them in. She hires Joe to become the family's male nanny, or "manny," after a Ponzi scheme leaves him broke.

Celeste Vega

South of Nowhere

South of Nowhere · 2005

South of Nowhere

The Carlin family moves from small town Ohio to Los Angeles to find life's not the same. And neither are they.

Madison Duarte

Gabby Duran and the Unsittables

Gabby Duran and the Unsittables · 2019

Gabby Duran and the Unsittables

SeriesComedySci-Fi & Fantasy

Gabby Duran, who constantly feels like she’s living in the shadows of her mother and younger sister, finally finds her moment to shine when she inadvertently lands an out-of-this-world job to babysit an unruly group of very important extraterrestrial children who are hiding out on Earth with their families, disguised as everyday kids.

Dina Duran

What About Brian

What About Brian · 2006

What About Brian

SeriesDramaComedy

Serial monogamist Brian O'Hara hits his mid-30s and suddenly realizes he's the last bachelor standing in his circle of friends. Not averse to the happily ever after his friends have achieved, Brian wonders whether he'll ever find Mrs. Right. The fact that he's in love with his best friend's girlfriend doesn't help his chances.

Roxanne

Gigantic

Gigantic · 2010

Anna Moore and her younger brother Walt are teens who live the lives of Hollywood "it" kids as the children of famous movie star couple John and Jennifer Moore. Anna and Walt have recently returned to Los Angeles after living in Australia for the past two years while their parents were shooting a movie.

Kelli

Hit the Floor

Hit the Floor · 2013

Ahsha Hayes enters the wild world of professional basketball when she tries out for the elite L.A. Devil Girls dance team against the wishes of her mother Sloane, a former dancer herself.

Raquel Saldana

Five Points

Five Points · 2018

Five high school students from Chicago experience a life-changing event, told from different points of view. Each perspective is crucial to unveiling the truth.

Valeria

Emily's Reasons Why Not

Emily's Reasons Why Not · 2006

Emily's Reasons Why Not

Emily Sanders is a successful publisher of self-help books who has terrific instincts in every arena of her life but one—relationships. Determined now to make better choices, Emily employs a "Reasons Why Not" list-making system designed to serve as an internal warning on when it's time to cut bait and move on. Navigating a thriving career, a string of would-be boyfriends and an office rival means that Emily's plate is always pretty full.

The Waitress