Ana Alicia

Ana Alicia ( born December 12, 1956 in Mexico City, Mexico, as Ana Alicia Ortiz ) is an American actress.

Background and education

Her father was a businessman of Italian origin. Her mother is of Spanish descent and was senior staff in a Mexican factory. After her father's death she moved with her mother and three siblings to El Paso, Texas and visited here the Coronado High School. Her acting talent she discovered at smaller school plays. At age 16, she won a beauty contest. But you decided yet, after the completion of a law degree at Wellesley College in Massachusetts. But there she broke off his studies and joined the University of Texas at El Paso and studied theater and singing here.

Professional career

After graduating, she moved to Los Angeles, where in 1977 her first television role was in Ryan's Hope. She turned the films The Sacketts, Halloween II - The Nightmare Is Back and hell of Bill Carney. Her breakthrough achieved in the series Falcon Crest. There, she portrayed the character of Melissa Agretti 1982-1989. For her role, she was nominated four times for the Soap Opera Digest Award. In addition, she appeared in numerous series. Among other things, in Love Boat, The Moonlighting, Hotel and Murder, She Wrote.

In 1990 she had again success with the television movie Flight 243 disaster since she appeared in two episodes of the series Renegade 1994 and 1996, it has become quiet around Ana Alicia.

Others

She spends her spare horse riding, tennis, aerobics, scuba diving, motor biking and car racing. In addition, it advocates for the rights of Mexican immigrants in the United States. Ana Alicia is married to producer Gary R. Benz since 1994. With him, she is a producer of American reality show stunt master. The couple lives in Sherman Oaks and has a daughter.

Filmography (selection)

60435
de