Ana Ortiz Movies

A tightly-knit New Mexico community devoted to God, family, and fresh Mexican food is unexpectedly thrust into the national spotlight when the face of Jesus Christ appears on a tasty tortilla as the owner and head cook prepares for the Sunday lunch rush. Isidor Navarro is the owner and proprietor of Tortilla Heaven - a modest Mexican restaurant located in the remote town of Falfurrias. Though Tortilla Heaven may indeed have the best food in all of New Mexico, the only people aware of the restaurant are the seventy-two other residents who live in Falfurrias. All of that changes one fateful Sunday, however, when the citizens of Falfurrias file into church to pray the Lord's Mass and Isidor steps into the kitchen to make some fresh tortillas. When the dough that morning proves especially hard to handle and Isidor curses the difficult mixture before slamming it down on the grill, the God-fearing cook is suddenly taken aback when the face of Jesus Christ appears on the burnt tortilla. Of course in a tiny town like Falfurrias it's impossible to keep a secret, and the very next day curious citizens are filing into Tortilla Heaven to find out if there is any truth to the rumors concerning a divine flatbread. As Isidor realizes the moneymaking potential of the culinary anomaly and begins to charge admission, worshippers begin to appear from all corners of the state and Tortilla Heaven soon begins to turn a tidy profit. Later, after a series of incredible miracles are attributed to the tortilla, a shady city-slicker named Gil Garcia appears at Tortilla Heaven throwing around such words as "expansion" and "franchising." It doesn't take much for Gil to convince Isidor to sign on the dotted line, and it's only when greed begins to plague the citizens of Falfurrias that the true miracle comes to light. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

Audiences are cheering for a vibrant overachiever with the spirit and the smarts to live her dream. America Ferrera stars as go-getter Betty Suarez, a true beauty in the skin-deep world of high fashion. Two very different cultures collide in this sexy and stylish series about believing in yourself regardless of the odds. Earning Golden Globe Awards for Best Television Series and Best Performance By An Actress In A Television Series in its very first season, Ugly Betty is a runaway hit with fans and critics. "Ugly Betty is a thing of beauty," raves the Boston Herald. Experience every episode of Season One in this six-disc DVD box set. Plus, join executive producer Salma Hayek and actor Eric Mabius for exclusive show insights, and see what it takes for America Ferrera to get Bettyfied - available only on DVD. You'll find yourself falling in love with every minute of Ugly Betty.

The initials in the title of this ensemble sitcom stood for Assistant United States Attorney. This was the job description of the series' protagonist, Adam Sullivan (Scott Foley). As a novice Federal Prosecutor in New York City, the wide-eyed Adam thought he was prepared for nasty perpetrators, tough opposing attorneys, and intractable judges. What he wasn't prepared for was the sarcastic animosity of his own boss, Geoffrey Laurence (Peter Jacobson), or the fact that his former girlfriend, Susan Rakoff (Amanda Detmer), was one of his principal antagonists, a legal aid lawyer. Other regulars included Ana Ortiz as streetwise A.U.S.A. Ana Rivera, Eddie McClintock as Adam's dippy best friend, Owen Harper, and John Ross Bowie as eccentric paralegal Wally Berman. Created by Richard Appel, himself a former paralegal, A.U.S.A. premiered February 4, 2003. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Kelsey Grammer stars as Nick St. Nicholas, a Miami-based playboy philanthropist who is about to make his life complete by wedding the girl of his dreams, gorgeous TV weathercaster Heidi Gardelle (Elaine Hendrix). Not known to the general public is that the profligate St. Nicholas is really the son of none other than Santa Claus (Charles Durning)--or, as the jolly old elf is known in this story, Nicholas XXX. Expected to take over the "family business" at the North Pole before his father's power fades, Nick balks, choosing instead to remain in Miami, where he is about to launch his latest charity at the behest of his fiancee Heidi. By the time he realizes that his "dream girl" is actually a mercenary nightmare, Nick finds himself besieged by a vindictive INS agent (Colin Cunningham)--and racked with guilt over the gloomy fate awaiting his father and the North Pole toy factory. It is up to Santa's head elf Jasper (Brian Bedford) and Nick's lovely Latino cook Lorena (Ana Ortiz) to come to the rescue. Armed with a surprising number of sexually suggestive jokes for an ostensible family film, Meet St. Nick was coproduced by Disney Films and Hallmark Entertainment, and was first broadcast as an episode of ABC's Wonderful World of Disney anthology on November 17, 2002. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Jill Kirkendall (Andrea Thompson) is not happy to learn that a police surveillance team is watching her ex-husband, Don (Erich Anderson), during their son Kyle's first communion. Her unhappiness is compounded when Diane (Kim Delaney) tells Jill that Don is a suspect in a drug-smuggling operation. In other news, Sipowicz (Dennis Franz) and Sorenson (Rick Schroder) try to protect a man on probation, only to have a suspect on their hands when one of the man's buddies turns up dead; a baby dies while in the care of a transsexual; and Officer Mary Franco (Sheeri Rappaport) expresses a desire to be transferred upstairs to Anti-Crime. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide