14 Facts About Ana Alicia

Ana Alicia Ortiz Torres was born on December 12,1956 and is a Mexican-American retired actress who performed in theatre and on television.

Ana Alicia has performed in few single episode guest-starring roles on various televisions shows or in television movies most years from the late-1970s to the mid-1990s.

Ana Alicia Ortiz Torres was born in Mexico City to Alicia Torres and Carlos Celestino Ortiz, who ran businesses in Acapulco, Mexico.

Ana Alicia's family moved to El Paso, Texas, when she was six years old after her father's death, and she lived with her mother, three siblings, grandmother, and uncle in a house that her father had purchased for her grandmother.

Ana Alicia accepted the offer and acquired her actor's equity card through her term.

Ana Alicia left Wellesley College, instead pursuing her bachelor's degree in drama at the University of Texas at El Paso to be closer to her mother and three brothers.

Ana Alicia spent the next three years performing in main stage productions at UTEP as well as having significant roles in the Adobe Horseshoe repertoire.

Ana Alicia won the part of Alicia Nieves on Ryan's Hope, a daytime soap opera, moving to New York City for taping.

Ana Alicia played a major role in the 1981 TV movie Coward of the County, which starred Kenny Rogers, and was based on his hit song of the same name.

Ana Alicia appeared in the 1983 TV-movie, Happy Endings, opposite John Schneider and her former Ryan's Hope co-star, Catherine Hicks.

Ana Alicia continued to play guest roles on episodic television, including two episodes in the action series Renegade which reunited her with her former Falcon Crest screen husband Lorenzo Lamas.

In October 2010, Ana Alicia appeared in a promotional video for the Norwegian television show Gylne Tider.

Ana Alicia was the national spokesperson for The Humane Society of the United States.

Ana Alicia has given out awards promoting Hispanic accomplishments in the media from the Golden Eagle Awards.