It’s a lifetime project come true for Ana Ortiz. 

The 53-year-old half-Puerto Rican actress will star in one of Lifetime’s highly anticipated “Ripped from the Headlines” films this fall.

Ortiz, best known for her work on Ugly Betty, will star alongside Jasmine Vega and Sheila E in Nobody Dumps My Daughter.

The original television movie will premiere on October 12th at 8/7c.

In Nobody Dumps My Daughter, after Jimmy breaks up with Theresa (Vega), her overbearing mother, Mary (Ortiz), becomes obsessed with mending their relationship after learning that Jimmy took her daughter’s virginity. Determined to reunite the couple, Mary does everything she can to convince Jimmy to change his mind… including bribing him. When her tactics fail, Mary becomes desperate and her meddling ways turn to murderous when she enlists the services of a fortune teller named Anna (Sheila E.) and a hitman to murder Jimmy in an attempt to reclaim her daughter’s purity.

The Lifetime Original is produced by Lighthouse Pictures with Gemma Martini, Jamie Goehring and Jameson Parker serving as executive producers. Stan Brooks directs from a script by Richard Blaney & Gregory Small.