Lupe Ontiveros Highlights

  • 2004: Earned an Emmy nomination for her recurring role on "Desperate Housewives" (ABC) as Mama Solis
  • 2002: Appeared in the Sundance-screened "Real Women Have Curves"
  • 2001: Had recurring role on the Fox primetime serial "Pasadena", created and written by Mike White
  • 2001: Co-starred in "Storytelling", directed by Todd Solondz; released theatrically in USA in 2002
  • 2000: Delivered an excellent performance as Beverly, a theater employee who agrees to direct a play by Mike White's disturbed, childlike Buck in "Chuck & Buck"
  • 1997: Offered superb portrayal of Yolanda Saldivar, the disturbed woman who murder Tejano singer "Selena"
  • 1997: Had memorable turn as a sweet-looking woman who is on the receiving end of a tirade from Jack Nicholson's character in "As Good As It Gets"
  • 1995: Reunited with Gregory Nava playing one of the Sanchez matriarchs in "My Family, Mi Familia"
  • 1991: Reteamed with Luis Valdez on "La Pastorela"; aired on PBS
  • 1990: Acted in "A Show of Force"
  • 1988: Supported Glenn Close and Keith Carradine in the CBS TV-movie "Stones for Ibarra"
  • 1987: Cast in featured role in "Born in East L.A."
  • 1983: Co-starred in "El Norte", directed by Gregory Nava
  • 1982: Had featured role in "Seguin"; aired on PBS
  • 1981: Appeared as the whorehouse madam in "The Border", starring Jack Nicholson
  • 1978: Cast as a maid in both "California Suite" and "The Big Fix"
  • 1978: Appeared in "Zoot Suit" by Luis Valdez at the Mark Taper Forum in L.A.; transferred to Broadway in 1979
  • 1977: Early feature acting credit as a prostitute in the comedy "The World's Greatest Lover"
  • Worked as a social worker in East Los Angeles and Compton, California

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