After graduating from Texas Women’s University, Ontiveros She worked for fifteen years as a Social Worker in East Los Angeles and Compton, where she was involved as an activist on issues that pit women against education.
Her acting career started accidentally when, tired of her job as a social worker, she went to a casting looking for extras for a movie. That happened in 1977 and, since then, he has not stopped working both in film and television. Proud of its roots and committed to the causes of low-income immigrants, Lupe She is proud of the more than 150 times she has played the role of a maid or housekeeper in both film and television.
Among the countless television roles he played in the last three decades, those of Mrs. Uribe on “Hill Street Blues“, Madame leona on “Tales from the Crypt“, Martha on “Dudley“, Louisa on “Veronica’s Closet“, Granny on “The Brothers Garcia“, Pillar on “Pasadena“, Magdalena Tiant on “Greetings from Tucson“or Juanita Solis placeholder image on “Desperate Housewives“. He is currently playing the role of”Granny“in the series premiered on January 12, 2012 by CBS of the American television network,”Rob“
Ontiveros He has also shot nearly 50 feature films, including the Oscar-nominated thriller directed by Gregory nava, “The North“(1983),”The goonies“(1985),”Selena“(1997),”Spicy chunks“(2000),”Real Women Have Curves“(2002) or”My family’s wedding“(2010).
Lupe is a co-founder of the Los Angeles Latino Theater Company, whose mission is to bring about changes in the image of Latinos in the entertainment industry by creating original theater projects that foster existing cultural values and educate theatergoers on the experience Latino / Chicano.
In 2003, issues of domestic violence and mistreatment of women led her to perform the play “Vagina Monologues” with Jane fonda, Margo kidder Y Rosie perez, to raise funds for a women’s shelter in Florida.
She currently lives in Los Angeles with her husband Elijah, with whom he had his three sons Nicolás, Elías and Alejandro. In addition, he has two granddaughters, Marissa Marie and Jessica Ana.