Jaina Lee Ortiz was born Jessica Ortiz at Fort Ord army base in California and was raised in The Bronx, New York. The only child of first generation Puerto Rican parents, Ortiz spent her early years learning Salsa at a dance studio. What started out as a hobby, later turned into a profession and by her teens, she was instructing and performing internationally. Although she excelled at dance, Ortiz was drawn towards acting and was determined to pursue it professionally.
At the age of 16, Ortiz made her entrance into the world of acting by appearing in student films. Several years later, she began training at Maggie Flanigan Studios, specializing in the Meisner technique. After completing two years of study, Ortiz made her theatrical debut in an off-Broadway play. Soon afterwards, she relocated to California where she was cast in the VH1 reality show, Scream Queens 2, in which she competed against other aspiring actresses for an upcoming movie role. Ortiz ended the season as a finalist and went on to appear in several national television commercials while also continuing to perform in local theatrical productions.
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Station 19 (2018)
Starring as Andy Herrera
(100 episodes)
- Episode 7x06: With So Little To Be Sure Of (May 2, 2024)
- Episode 7x05: My Way (Apr 11, 2024)
- Episode 7x04: Trouble Man (Apr 4, 2024)
- Episode 7x03: True Colors (Mar 28, 2024)
- Episode 7x02: Good Grief (Mar 21, 2024)
- Episode 7x01: This Woman's Work (Mar 14, 2024)
- Episode 6x18: Glamorous Life (May 18, 2023)
- Episode 6x17: All These Things That I've Done (May 11, 2023)
- Episode 6x16: Dirty Laundry (May 4, 2023)
- Episode 6x15: What Are You Willing to Lose (Apr 20, 2023)
- Episode 6x14: Get It All Out (Apr 13, 2023)
- Episode 6x13: It's All Gonna Break (Apr 6, 2023)
- Episode 6x12: Never Gonna Give You Up (Mar 30, 2023)
- Episode 6x11: Could I Leave You? (Mar 23, 2023)
- Episode 6x10: Even Better Than the Real Thing (Mar 16, 2023)
- Episode 6x09: Come as You Are (Mar 9, 2023)
- Episode 6x08: I Know a Place (Mar 2, 2023)
- Episode 6x07: We Build Then We Break (Feb 23, 2023)
- Episode 6x06: Everybody Says Don't (Nov 10, 2022)
- Episode 6x05: Pick Up the Pieces (Nov 3, 2022)
- Episode 6x04: Demons (Oct 27, 2022)
- Episode 6x03: Dancing with Our Hands Tied (Oct 20, 2022)
- Episode 6x02: Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey (Oct 13, 2022)
- Episode 6x01: Twist and Shout (Oct 6, 2022)
- Episode 5x18: Crawl Out Through the Fallout (May 19, 2022)
- Episode 5x17: The Road You Didn't Take (May 12, 2022)
- Episode 5x16: Death and the Maiden (May 5, 2022)
- Episode 5x15: When the Party's Over (Apr 7, 2022)
- Episode 5x14: Alone in the Dark (Mar 31, 2022)
- Episode 5x13: Cold Blue Steel and Sweet Fire (Mar 24, 2022)
- Episode 5x12: In My Tree (Mar 17, 2022)
- Episode 5x11: The Little Things You Do Together (Mar 10, 2022)
- Episode 5x10: Searching for the Ghost (Mar 3, 2022)
- Episode 5x09: Started from the Bottom (Feb 24, 2022)
- Episode 5x08: All I Want for Christmas Is You (Dec 16, 2021)
- Episode 5x07: A House Is Not a Home (Dec 9, 2021)
- Episode 5x06: Little Girl Blue (Nov 18, 2021)
- Episode 5x05: Things We Lost in the Fire (Nov 11, 2021)
- Episode 5x04: 100% or Nothing (Oct 21, 2021)
- Episode 5x03: Too Darn Hot (Oct 14, 2021)
- Episode 5x02: Can't Feel My Face (Oct 7, 2021)
- Episode 5x01: Phoenix from the Flame (Sep 30, 2021)
- Episode 4x16: Forever and Ever, Amen (Jun 3, 2021)
- Episode 4x15: Say Her Name (May 27, 2021)
- Episode 4x14: Comfortably Numb (May 20, 2021)
- Episode 4x12: Get Up, Stand Up (Apr 22, 2021)
- Episode 4x11: Here It Comes Again (Apr 15, 2021)
- Episode 4x10: Save Yourself (Apr 8, 2021)
- Episode 4x09: No One Is Alone (Apr 1, 2021)
- Episode 4x08: Make No Mistake, He's Mine (Mar 25, 2021)
- Episode 4x07: Learning to Fly (Mar 18, 2021)
- Episode 4x06: Train in Vain (Mar 11, 2021)
- Episode 4x05: Out of Control (Dec 17, 2020)
- Episode 4x04: Don't Look Back in Anger (Dec 10, 2020)
- Episode 4x03: We Are Family (Dec 3, 2020)
- Episode 4x02: Wild World (Nov 19, 2020)
- Episode 4x01: Nothing Seems the Same (Nov 12, 2020)
- Episode 3x16: Louder Than a Bomb (May 14, 2020)
- Episode 3x15: Bad Guy (May 7, 2020)
- Episode 3x14: The Ghosts That Haunt Me (Apr 30, 2020)
- Episode 3x13: Dream a Little Dream of Me (Apr 16, 2020)
- Episode 3x12: I'll Be Seeing You (Apr 9, 2020)
- Episode 3x11: No Days Off (Apr 2, 2020)
- Episode 3x10: Something About What Happens When We Talk (Mar 26, 2020)
- Episode 3x09: Poor Wandering One (Mar 19, 2020)
- Episode 3x08: Born to Run (Mar 12, 2020)
- Episode 3x07: Satellite of Love (Mar 5, 2020)
- Episode 3x06: Ice Ice Baby (Feb 27, 2020)
- Episode 3x05: Into the Woods (Feb 20, 2020)
- Episode 3x04: House Where Nobody Lives (Feb 13, 2020)
- Episode 3x03: Eulogy (Feb 6, 2020)
- Episode 3x02: Indoor Fireworks (Jan 30, 2020)
- Episode 3x01: I Know This Bar (Jan 23, 2020)
- Episode 2x17: Into the Wildfire (May 16, 2019)
- Episode 2x16: For Whom the Bell Tolls (May 9, 2019)
- Episode 2x15: Always Ready (May 2, 2019)
- Episode 2x14: Friendly Fire (Apr 18, 2019)
- Episode 2x13: The Dark Night (Apr 11, 2019)
- Episode 2x12: When It Rains, It Pours! (Apr 4, 2019)
- Episode 2x11: Baby Boom (Mar 28, 2019)
- Episode 2x10: Crazy Train (Mar 21, 2019)
- Episode 2x09: I Fought the Law (Mar 14, 2019)
- Episode 2x08: Crash and Burn (Mar 7, 2019)
- Episode 2x07: Weather the Storm (Nov 15, 2018)
- Episode 2x06: Last Day on Earth (Nov 8, 2018)
- Episode 2x05: Do a Little Harm… (Nov 1, 2018)
- Episode 2x04: Lost and Found (Oct 25, 2018)
- Episode 2x03: Home to Hold Onto (Oct 18, 2018)
- Episode 2x02: Under the Surface (Oct 11, 2018)
- Episode 2x01: No Recovery (Oct 4, 2018)
- Episode 1x10: Not Your Hero (May 17, 2018)
- Episode 1x09: Hot Box (May 10, 2018)
- Episode 1x08: Every Second Counts (May 3, 2018)
- Episode 1x07: Let It Burn (Apr 26, 2018)
- Episode 1x06: Stronger Together (Apr 19, 2018)
- Episode 1x05: Shock to the System (Apr 12, 2018)
- Episode 1x04: Reignited (Apr 5, 2018)
- Episode 1x03: Contain the Flame (Mar 29, 2018)
- Episode 1x02: Invisible to Me (Mar 22, 2018)
- Episode 1x01: Stuck (Mar 22, 2018)
Shooter (2016)
Guest starring as Angela Tio
(4 episodes)
- Episode 2x08: That'll Be the Day (Sep 5, 2017)
- Episode 2x07: Someplace Like Bolivia (Aug 29, 2017)
- Episode 2x02: Remember the Alamo (Jul 25, 2017)
- Episode 2x01: The Hunting Party (Jul 18, 2017)
Rosewood (2015)
Starring as Det. Annalise Villa
(44 episodes)
- Episode 2x22: Blistering Heat & Brotherly Love (Apr 28, 2017)
- Episode 2x21: Amparo & the American Dream (Apr 21, 2017)
- Episode 2x20: Calliphoridae & Country Roads (Apr 14, 2017)
- Episode 2x19: Naegleria & Neighborhood Watch (Apr 7, 2017)
- Episode 2x18: Fairy Tales & Frozen Truths (Mar 31, 2017)
- Episode 2x17: Radiation & Rough Landings (Feb 24, 2017)
- Episode 2x16: Benzodiazepine & The Benjamins (Feb 17, 2017)
- Episode 2x15: Clavicle Trauma & Closure (Feb 10, 2017)
- Episode 2x14: White Matter & the Ways Back (Feb 3, 2017)
- Episode 2x13: Puffer Fish & Personal History (Jan 27, 2017)
- Episode 2x12: Asphyxiation & Aces (Jan 20, 2017)
- Episode 2x11: Mummies & Meltdowns (Jan 13, 2017)
- Episode 2x10: Bacterium & the Brothers Panitch (Jan 6, 2017)
- Episode 2x09: Half-Life & Havana Nights (Dec 1, 2016)
- Episode 2x08: Prosopagnosia & Parrot Fish (Nov 17, 2016)
- Episode 2x07: Lidocaine & Long-Term Lust (Nov 10, 2016)
- Episode 2x06: Tree Toxins & Three Stories (Nov 3, 2016)
- Episode 2x05: Spirochete & Santeria (Oct 27, 2016)
- Episode 2x04: Boatopsy & Booty (Oct 13, 2016)
- Episode 2x03: Eddie & the Empire State of Mind (Oct 6, 2016)
- Episode 2x02: Secrets & Silent Killers (Sep 29, 2016)
- Episode 2x01: Forward Motion & Frat Life (Sep 22, 2016)
- Episode 1x22: Badges and Bombshells (May 25, 2016)
- Episode 1x21: Wooberite and the Women of Rosewood (May 18, 2016)
- Episode 1x20: Keratin and Kissyface (May 11, 2016)
- Episode 1x19: Sudden Death and Shades Deep (May 4, 2016)
- Episode 1x18: Thorax, Thrombosis and Threesomes (Apr 27, 2016)
- Episode 1x17: Silkworms y Silencio (Apr 20, 2016)
- Episode 1x16: Dead Drops and Disentanglement (Apr 13, 2016)
- Episode 1x15: Atherosclerosis and the Alabama Flim-Flam (Mar 30, 2016)
- Episode 1x14: Hydrocephalus and Hard Knocks (Mar 23, 2016)
- Episode 1x13: Ballistics and BFFs (Mar 16, 2016)
- Episode 1x12: Negative Autopsies and New Partners (Mar 9, 2016)
- Episode 1x11: Paralytics and Priorities (Mar 2, 2016)
- Episode 1x10: Aortic Atresia And Art Installations (Dec 2, 2015)
- Episode 1x09: Fashionistas and Fasciitis (Nov 25, 2015)
- Episode 1x08: Bloodhunt and Beats (Nov 18, 2015)
- Episode 1x07: Quadriplegia and Quality Time (Nov 11, 2015)
- Episode 1x06: Policies and Ponies (Nov 4, 2015)
- Episode 1x05: Necrosis and New Beginnings (Oct 21, 2015)
- Episode 1x04: Vandals and Vitamins (Oct 14, 2015)
- Episode 1x03: Have-Nots and Hematomas (Oct 7, 2015)
- Episode 1x02: Fireflies and Fidelity (Sep 30, 2015)
- Episode 1x01: Pilot (Sep 23, 2015)
Grey's Anatomy (2005)
Guest starring as Andy Herrera
(5 episodes)
- Episode 19x06: Thunderstruck (Nov 10, 2022)
- Episode 18x05: Bottle Up and Explode! (Nov 11, 2021)
- Episode 15x23: What I Did for Love (May 2, 2019)
- Episode 15x04: Momma Knows Best (Oct 11, 2018)
- Episode 14x13: You Really Got a Hold on Me (Mar 1, 2018)
Jimmy Kimmel Live (2003)
Guest starring as Jaina Lee Ortiz
- Episode 2018-04-05: Seth Rogen, Jaina Lee Ortiz, I'm With Her (Apr 5, 2018)