Roxana Ortega was born in Los Angeles. She was raised in Fullerton, California by two artistic, intellectual parents - her Peruvian mother and her Mexican American father. Her first performance was in the fourth grade in a school production of the King and I. After graduating from U.C. Berkeley with a degree in American Cultures and the Arts, she became involved in Bay Area theater and improvisation. Her love of comedy and acting brought her to Los Angeles, where she became a member of the prestigious Groundlings Sunday Company. She has worked in independent and feature films opposite some of Hollywood's biggest names-- Tom Hanks . She has scored both comedic and dramatic roles on television and lent her voice to countless characters in film, television, radio and video games.
Performed in DVDevious: The Improvised DVD at National Comedy Theatre.
She can recite the Wizard of Oz word for word.
She graduated with highest honors from the University of California at Berkeley with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Interdisciplinary Studies (American Cultures and the Arts).
Her mother is from Lima, Peru and her father is Mexican-American.
Born in Los Angeles and raised in Fullerton, she is the third of four siblings.
Was an English teacher in Madrid, Spain.
