Carla Ortiz
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Carla Ortiz | |
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 Ortiz at the Bel-Air Film 2011 Festival red carpet on opening night. | |
| Born | Carla Ortiz Oporto 2 December 1978 Cochabamba, Bolivia |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1998–present |
Carla Ortiz Oporto (born 2 December 1978) is a Bolivian actress, model, producer, activist and philanthropist.
Early and personal life
[edit]Ortiz was born in Cochabamba, Bolivia. After a brief career as a professional tennis player, she moved to Mexico City in the 1990s and later relocated to the United States, moving to Los Angeles in 2005 upon winning a bursary from Georgetown University.[1]
Career
[edit]Ortiz began modeling at age 13.[2] She made her film debut in 1998 at age 19 in director Hervé Palud’s Mookie, a French comedy set in Mexico. That same year, she acted in her first supporting role on Mexican television in the telenovela Gotita de amor (Droplet of Love). She continued to earn television roles, including four other telenovelas from 1999-2001 including Mujeres engañadas and Secreto de amor.
Her film career has included starring roles in the 2017 thriller Curse of the Mayans (Spanish title: Xibalba, the name of the Mayan underworld); the 2012 American Western The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez, alongside Ernest Borgnine in his final role; and in Olvidados (Forgotten), a 2013 historical drama about Operation Condor which she also co-wrote and produced. Forgotten was submitted as Bolivia's official entry in the 87th Academy Awards[3] for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not nominated.
In 2022, she returned to television in Season 3 of the Telemundo/Netflix series La Reina del Sur, where she was featured in a recurring role as Karen Chacón.[4]
Controversy
[edit]Ortiz was accused in 2017 by journalist Christoph Reuter in Der Spiegel of engaging in Russian propaganda in relation to the Syrian Civil War,[5] for her participation as a foreign celebrity in chaperoned tours of Syria.[6] However, these accusations have been publicly criticized by Syrian-German musician Hanin Elias.[7]
Filmography
[edit]Films
[edit]- Juana Azurduy (TBA)[8][9]
- The Curse of the Mayans (2017)
- Voice of Syria (summer 2017)
- Olvidados (Forgotten) (2013) - also producer, co-writer
- The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez (2012)[10]
- Escríbeme postales a Copacabana (2009)
- Los Andes no creen en Dios (2007)
- Shut Up and Shoot! (2006)
- Che Guevara (2005)
- Mookie (1998)[11]
Soap operas
[edit]- Secreto de amor (2001)
- Primer Amor... a mil por hora (2000)
- Todo se Vale (1999)
- Mujeres engañadas (1999)
- Gotita de amor (1998)
Series
[edit]- La Reina del Sur (season 3; 2022-2023)[12]
External links
[edit]- Carla Ortiz at IMDb
References
[edit]- ^ "Carla Ortiz: "El esfuerzo paga"". Archived from the original on 2010-06-12. Retrieved 2011-01-21.
- ^ "Carla Ortiz, la actriz boliviana que llega a Netflix". vBolivia. 9 February 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
- ^ "OLVIDADOS E YVY MARAEY BUSCAN NOMINACIÓN AL OSCAR Y LOS GOYA". La Prensa. Archived from the original on 17 September 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
- ^ "Serie. Carla Ortiz personifica a Karen Chacón en La Reina del sur". Los Tiempos. 31 December 2022. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
- ^ Christoph Reuter (21 December 2017). "Russlands perfider Feldzug gegen die Wahrheit" (in German). Der Spiegel. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
- ^ "Did a Kremlin Pilgrimage cause Alternet blogger's Damascene conversion?". Pulse Media. 22 August 2017.
- ^ Hanin Elias (22 December 2017). "Leserbrief einer in Berlin lebenden Syrerin an den Spiegelredakteur und Verfasser des Artikels "Russland diffamiert zivile Helfer in Syrien und sät Zweifel an Assads Giftgasangriffen."" (in German). Co-op News. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
- ^ "Carla Ortiz hace realidad su sueño de llevar a Juana Azurduy a la pantalla". noticine.com. Retrieved 2021-11-30.
- ^ "Carla Ortiz, la actriz boliviana que llega a Netflix". vBolivia. 9 February 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
- ^ "Carla Ortiz". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 2022-07-07.
- ^ "Rotten Tomatoes: Movies | TV Shows | Movie Trailers | Reviews - Rotten Tomatoes". www.rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved 2022-07-07.
- ^ "La boliviana Carla Ortiz actuará en «La reina del sur 3»". www.paginasiete.bo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-11-30.
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