Early life and acting career Ortega is fluent in Spanish, German, and English and has acted in all three languages. She studied at the
Ivana Chubbuck Studio and also with actress
Patricia Velásquez. She made her film debut in 2007 in the low-budget
Chicano Blood, directed by
Damian Chapa. Ortega played a supporting role in the film
Mi Padre, directed by Giancarlo Candiano. She has since worked with Evan Georgiades in ''God's Complex
(2008) and Tom Madigan in Unfortunate Twilight'' (2008). She also appeared in television commercials. She starred in
Nude Nuns With Big Guns as Sister Sarah, the lead role. Most recently she starred in
Zalman King's final directorial effort Pleasure or Pain. ==Filmography==