Jacqueline Obradors
Biography
Jacqueline Danell Obradors is an American actress born in the San Fernando Valley, California on October 6, 1966. Her parents are Argentine immigrants Angie, a church worker, and Albert Obradors, who owned an office cleaning business. Before starting her acting career, she worked as a cashier at Hughes Market in Canoga Park, California. She is best known for her supporting roles as Angelica in the film Six Days Seven Nights and in A Man Apart, as well as playing Carmen in the 2001 film Tortilla Soup. On television, she played Detective Rita Ortiz on the ABC crime drama NYPD Blue from 2001 to 2005. Additionally, she voiced the character Audrey in Disney's animated film Atlantis: The Lost Empire in 2001 and its 2004 sequel.
Career overview
Jacqueline Danell Obradors is an American actress born on October 6, 1966, in the San Fernando Valley, California. Before beginning her acting career, she worked as a cashier at Hughes Market in Canoga Park, California.
Obradors is best known for her supporting roles in film and television. Her film credits include playing Angelica in Six Days Seven Nights, appearing in A Man Apart, and portraying Carmen in the 2001 film Tortilla Soup. In voice acting, she voiced the role of Audrey in Disney's 2001 animated film Atlantis: The Lost Empire and its 2004 sequel, Atlantis. On television, she is recognized for her role as Detective Rita Ortiz on the ABC crime drama NYPD Blue, appearing on the series from 2001 to 2005.
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- Dora and the Search for Sol Dorado (2025) as Mango (voice)
- Tracker (2024) as Sheriff Walcott
- Frasier (2023) as Siobhan
- Bosch: Legacy (2022) as Det. Christina Vega
- Promised Land (2022) as Rosa Sánchez
- Catwoman: Hunted (2022) as La Dama (voice)
- Palm Springs (2020) as Pia
- Windows on the World (2019) as Margot
- The Rookie (2018) as Mrs. Mitchelssen
- Lucifer (2016) as Alexa Lee
- Bosch (2015) as Christina Vega
- The Last Ship (2014) as Clinic Doctor
- Clarence (2014) as Lupe (voice)
- Clarence (2014) as Hispanic Woman (voice)
- Bad Ass 2: Bad Asses (2014) as Rosaria Parkes
- The Fluffy Movie (2014) as Esther P. Mendez
- American Judy (2012) as Bobbi
- Grimm (2011) as Ava
- Franklin & Bash (2011) as Glenna Sproik
- Young Justice (2010) as Alanna (voice)
- The Glades (2010) as Marisol
- Castle (2009) as Allison Hyde
- NCIS: Los Angeles (2009) as Maya Lopez
- Crossing Over (2009) as Special Agent Phadkar
- Anatomy of Hope (2009) as Maria Hernandez
- The Secret Life of the American Teenager (2008) as Kathy's mother
- Grey's Anatomy (2005) as Valeria Cardenas
- Freddie (2005) as Sofia
- Unstoppable (2004) as Detective Amy Knight
- NCIS (2003) as Paloma Reynosa
- Cold Case (2003) as Dr. Julie Ramierez
- Atlantis: Milo's Return (2003) as Audrey / Nurse (voice)
- A Man Apart (2003) as Stacy Vetter
- ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration (2003) as Self
- George Lopez (2002) as Gloria
- Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001) as Audrey Rocio Ramirez (voice)
- Tortilla Soup (2001) as Carmen Naranjo
- Some of My Best Friends (2001)
- Strong Medicine (2000) as Dolores Rivera
- Battery Park (2000) as Elena Vera
- Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo (1999) as Elaine Fowler
- L.A. Doctors (1998) as Autumn
- Six Days Seven Nights (1998) as Angelica
- Jesse (1998) as Irma
- Sliders (1995) as Carol
- Problem Child 3 (1995) as Conchita
- Soldier Boyz (1995) as Vasquez
- Vanishing Son (1994) as V
- Red Sun Rising (1994) as Rita
- Diagnosis: Murder (1993) as Anita
- NYPD Blue (1993) as Rita Ortiz
- The John Larroquette Show (1993) as Myra Fuentes
- The Waiter (1993) as Hostess #2
- Murder, She Wrote (1984) as Patricia Decalde