Name	Valery Ortiz
Height
Naionality	Puerto Rican
Date of Birth	1-August-1984
Place of Birth	San Juan, Puerto Rico
Famous for	Acting

Valery Ortiz is a Puerto Rican actress, singer, songwriter & author who is known for her role as Madison Duarte on the television series South of Nowhere. While attending the University of Central Florida for a Bachelor in Fine Arts, Ortiz was given an opportunity to work on Nickelodeons Live television show, Splat! as a host. After the first season, and one week road trip "vacation" to Los Angeles turned into permanent relocation to Los Angeles.

Ortiz quickly started workin on a local television show called LATV Live as a VJ. Shortly after she was cast in the pilot Emily's Reason's Why Not, which was picked up and aired in 2006. Ortiz was a series regular on The N show South of Nowhere from 2005–2008 and recently starred in the comedy Date Movie as Jell-O. She currently is an anchor for Si TV and E! News. Ortiz was “One of the Top 25 Latinas of 2006” from Maxim en Español. Ortiz will portray the role of "Raquel Saldana" in Hit the Floor, a new scripted VH1 series premiering May 2013. On May 21, 2013 Valery signed with music management Shakir Entertainment.