Ana Ortiz to Star in ABC Pilot DEVIOUS MAIDS

As first reported on Deadline.com, actress Ana Ortiz will star in 'Desperate Housewive's' creator Marc Cherry's upcoming ABC pilot DEVIOUS MAIDS. The actress is best known for her role in the ABC dramedy 'Ugly Betty'.

The soap opera style sitcom will be based on a Mexican format and will follows "four maids with ambition and dreams of their own while they work for the rich and famous in Beverly Hills." Ortiz will play Marisol, the leader of the foursome. She is described as "a college-educated woman who has a secret agenda for finding work as a domestic in the upscale neighborhood. Her beloved son has recently been convicted of murder, and Marisol is intent on finding out what she can about the case." Other cast members on the project include actress Dania Ramirez.

Ortiz's big screen credits include Martin Lawrence’s Big Mamma: Like Father Like Son. She recently appeared in a guest starring role on HBO’s Hung.