Jacqueline Obradors

Jacqueline Obradors (born October 6, 1966) is an American actress. She has appeared in films such as '' Six Days, Seven Nights'' (1998), '' Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo'' (1999), '' Tortilla Soup'' (2001), ''A Man Apart'' (2003) and ''Unstoppable'' (2004). She is also the voice of Audrey Rocio Ramirez in '' Atlantis: The Lost Empire''. On television, Obradors is known for her role as Detective Rita Ortiz in the ABC crime drama series ''NYPD Blue'' (2001–2005).

Early life

Obradors was born on October 6, 1966, in the San Fernando Valley, the daughter of Argentine immigrants Angie, a church worker, and Albert Obradors, an office cleaning business owner. Before becoming an actress, Obradors was a cashier at Hughes Market in Canoga Park, California.

Career

Obradors began her career with starring in the action films ''Red Sun Rising'' (1994) and '' Soldier Boyz'' (1995). On television, she guest-starred on ''Parker Lewis Can't Lose'', '' Diagnosis: Murder'', ''Murder, She Wrote'' and ''The John Larroquette Show''. She appeared in the '' Problem Child 3: Junior in Love'' (1995), a made-for-television movie and the third and final installment of the '' Problem Child'' trilogy. In 1998, she co-starred in the box-office hit action-adventure comedy film, '' Six Days, Seven Nights''. The following year, she appeared in the comedy film '' Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo''. In 2000, she was a regular cast member in the short-lived sitcom, ''Battery Park''.

In 2001, Obradors played the leading role in the comedy-drama film, '' Tortilla Soup''. The film received positive reviews from critics. She did voice over work in the Disney film '' Atlantis: The Lost Empire'' (2001) and its sequel, '' Atlantis: Milo's Return'' (2003), and co-starred in the action films ''A Man Apart'' (2003) playing Stacy Vetter, the murdered wife of Vin Diesel's character DEA Agent Sean Vetter, and ''Unstoppable'' (2004). She appeared in one episode of ''George Lopez'' as Angie's sister, Gloria. Also in 2001, she moved to television for the regular role of detective Rita Ortiz in the ABC police drama series, ''NYPD Blue''. She stayed in the show to series finale that aired in 2005. Later in 2005, she took the series regular role on the NBC sitcom, '' Freddie'' as Sofia, Freddie's sister. The series was canceled after one season in 2006.

Obradors took a break after ''Freddie''. In 2009, she appeared in the crime film '' Crossing Over'' starring Harrison Ford and the following year had a recurring role of Paloma Reynosa in the CBS series, ''NCIS''. She guest-starred on ''The Secret Life of the American Teenager'', ''Franklin & Bash'', ''Grimm'', ''Castle'' and ''Lucifer''. She starred in the original pilot for the FX crime drama series, ''Mayans M.C.'' as a matriarch of the Reyes family and EZ’s mother, but was cut-off during the creative reasons. She had a recurring roles on the TV Land sitcom '' Lopez'' in 2016, the Amazon Studios crime drama '' Bosch'' (2019-21), and the Freeform mystery thriller '' The Watchful Eye'' in 2023. She appeared in the romantic comedy film ''Palm Springs'' in 2020, and in 2023 co-starred in the miniseries ''Daisy Jones & the Six''.

Filmography

Television

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20th-century American actresses
21st-century American actresses
1966 births
Actresses from Los Angeles
American people of Argentine descent
American television actresses
American voice actresses
Hispanic and Latino American actresses
Living people