---
name: "Jaina Lee Ortiz"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jaina-lee-ortiz"
fi1m_id: "jaina-lee-ortiz"
imdb_id: "nm1632786"
tmdb_id: 1338902
wikidata_id: "Q20657514"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "20 November 1986"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-23T13:01:53.878945+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Jaina Lee Ortiz

## Identity

Jaina Lee Ortiz

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jaina-lee-ortiz
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jaina-lee-ortiz
- **IMDb ID:** nm1632786
- **TMDB ID:** 1338902
- **Wikidata ID:** Q20657514
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaina_Lee_Ortiz, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20657514, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1632786/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1338902

Actor. Born 20 November 1986 in Fort Ord, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 20 November 1986, Fort Ord, California, USA
- **Also known as:** Jessica Ortiz, جینا لی اورتیز
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaina_Lee_Ortiz, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20657514, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1632786/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1338902

## Coming up

- *Ghost Soldier* (2026-11-04) — [page](https://film.one/film/ghost-soldier.md)

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*R.J. Decker*](https://film.one/tv/r-j-decker.md) (67)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Jaina Lee Ortiz (born Jessica Ortiz) is an American actress and dancer. She was born on 20 November 1986 in Fort Ord, California, and raised in the Bronx, New York. She began training in salsa and mambo dance at the age of nine, later becoming a professional instructor and performer who travelled internationally. She studied acting for two years at the Maggie Flanigan Studio in New York, learning the Meisner technique.

Ortiz first gained attention as a contestant on the VH1 reality series *Scream Queens* in 2010. Her breakthrough came with the lead role of Detective Annalise Villa in the Fox series *Rosewood* (2015–2017). She starred as Andy Herrera in the ABC series *Station 19* (2018–2024) and appeared in crossover episodes of *Grey's Anatomy*. Film credits include *Girls Trip* (2017), *Righteous Thieves* (2023) and *The Long Game* (2024). She plays Emi Ochoa in the ABC series *R.J. Decker* (2026) and is cast in the film *Ghost Soldier* (2026).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, deadline.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *R.J. Decker* (2026), Fi1m 67, as Emi Ochoa — [page](https://film.one/tv/r-j-decker.md)

## Complete filmography (13)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Ghost Soldier* (2026), Actor — coming soon, [page](https://film.one/film/ghost-soldier.md)
- *R.J. Decker* (2026), series, as Emi Ochoa — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/tv/r-j-decker.md)
- *The Vortex* (2025), as Ginny
- *The Long Game* (2024), as Lucy Peña
- *Righteous Thieves* (2023), as Lucille
- *Station 19* (2018), series, as Andy Herrera
- *Girls Trip* (2017), as Jaina Lee Ortiz
- *Shooter* (2016), series, as Angela Tio
- *Rosewood* (2015), series, as Annalise Villa
- *The After* (2014), series, as Marly
- *The After* (2014), as Marly
- *Misfire* (2012), as I.C.
- *Grey's Anatomy* (2005), series, as Andy Herrera — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/greys-anatomy.md)

## Gallery

- ![Actress Jaina Lee Ortiz performs on stage during the National Memorial Day Concert on the west lawn of the U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C., May 26, 2019. The con](https://film.one/media/person/96448/gallery-8406cbcb152d.jpg) Actress Jaina Lee Ortiz performs on stage during the National Memorial Day Concert on the west lawn of the U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C., May 26, 2019. The con — Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from Washington D.C, United States, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Jaina_Lee_Ortiz_2019_%2847942730016%29.jpg/1280px-Jaina_Lee_Ortiz_2019_%2847942730016%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Jaina Lee Ortiz](https://film.one/media/person/96448/gallery-1c3483729d65.jpg) Jaina Lee Ortiz — Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from Washington D.C, United States, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fb/Jaina_Lee_Ortiz_2019_%2847942730016%29_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Jaina Lee Ortiz](https://film.one/media/person/96448/gallery-bc10d13b3751.jpg) Jaina Lee Ortiz — Image via TMDB
- ![Jaina Lee Ortiz](https://film.one/media/person/96448/gallery-c8532de5f333.jpg) Jaina Lee Ortiz — Image via TMDB

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