Carla Ortiz
Carla Ortiz Oporto (born December 2, 1976 in Cochabamba ) is a Bolivian actress .
Life
Ortiz was initially a tennis player in Bolivia. She moved to Mexico City in the 1990s and moved to Los Angeles in 2005 when she received a scholarship to Georgetown University . During this time she appeared in several shows in Los Angeles and received an engagement in Mexico City. From there she went via Venezuela to Miami and Spain.
After a number of Mexican telenovelas from 1998 to 2001, she established herself as an actress in movies. In 2006 she played the lead role in the film Los Andes no creen en Dios by Diego Bertie and finally took the plunge to Hollywood. In 2007 she supported a campaign against FIFA's veto against the football matches in La Paz . In 2012 she played her first role in the Hollywood flick The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez, alongside actor Ernest Borgnine, and in 2013 she was involved in the production of the film Olvidados (The Forgotten).
As a political activist, she released her first documentary "The Voice of Syria" in 2017, in which she takes a stand against the West's official portrayal of the war in Syria. a. the organization of the White Helmets (winner of the Nobel Peace Prize 2016) as an ally of IS and al-Nusra . After the liberation of Aleppo, Ortiz visited the abandoned headquarters of the White Helmets and demonstrated their direct connection to al-Qaeda (al-Nusra) and other jihadist terrorist organizations. This documentation was published by RT-Deutsch with German subtitles.
Filmography (selection)
Movies
- 1998: Mookie
- 2005: Che Guevara
- 2006: Shut Up and Shoot!
- 2007: Los Andes no creen en Dios
- 2009: Write to me - Postcards to Copacabana (Escríbeme postales a Copacabana)
- 2010: The Land of the Astronauts
- 2012: The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez
- 2013: Olvidados (also production)
- 2017: The Voice of Syria
Telenovelas / TV series
- 1998: Gotita de amor
- 1999: Todo se Vale
- 1999–2000: Mujeres engañadas (several episodes)
- 2000: Primer amor
- 2001: Secreto de amor
- 2003: CSI: Miami (episode: Extreme )
- 2005: Without a Trace ( Without a Trace , episode: Viuda Negra )
- 2010: The Closer (episode: Heart Attack )
Web links
- Carla Ortiz in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Carla Ortiz: 'El esfuerzo paga' ( Memento of the original from June 12, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in: Los Tiempos. May 9, 2010.
- ↑ a b Introducing The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez Actress Carla Ortiz on latina.com, accessed August 11, 2013.
- ↑ The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez: Film Review ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as broken. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on hollywoodreporter.com, accessed August 11, 2013.
- ↑ Carla Ortiz: "Terrorists in White West" - US actress on the trail of the White Helmets in Aleppo on Youtube Link
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ortiz, Carla |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ortiz Oporto, Carla (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bolivian actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 2nd December 1976 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cochabamba , Bolivia |