Valery M. Ortiz

Valery M. Ortiz is a Puerto Rican actress and model who was born in San Juan and raised in Orlando, Florida, where she trained in dance before turning to theater. After studying in a performing arts magnet program and appearing in stage productions such as West Side Story and A Midsummer Night's Dream, she hosted the television show Splat! while attending the University of Central Florida and later worked as a VJ on LATV Live in Los Angeles. Her film break came with Date Movie (2006), playing a Jennifer Lopez impersonation, and she went on to roles in Dumbbells (2014) and Thriller (2018). On television she appeared in South of Nowhere, Diary of a Single Mom, Hit the Floor as Raquel Saldana and Gabby Duran & the Unsittables. She has also worked as an anchor for Si TV and E! News.