Olga Merediz

Olga Merediz

Born: February 15, 1956
in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
Olga Merediz is an American film, TV, Broadway, and voice over actress.

Movies for Olga Merediz...

Somebody I Used to Know
Title: Somebody I Used to Know
Character: Joanne 'JoJo'
Released: February 10, 2023
Type: Movie
On a trip to her hometown, workaholic Ally reminisces with her first love Sean, and starts to question everything about the person she's become. Things only get more confusing when she meets Sean's fiancé, Cassidy, who reminds her of the person she used to be.
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Encanto at the Hollywood Bowl
Title: Encanto at the Hollywood Bowl
Character: Abuela Alma Madrigal
Released: December 28, 2022
Type: Movie
A taped performance of the Encanto Live-to-Film Concert Experience at the Hollywood Bowl. The original cast puts on a miracle of a concert as they sing the favorite songs, accompanied by a full orchestra and 50 person ensemble, and the Hollywood Bowl transforms into Casita!
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Title: Blockbuster
Character: Connie Serrano
Released: November 3, 2022
Type: TV
In this feel-good workplace comedy, the staff at the last surviving Blockbuster video store tries to keep the business afloat.
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My Two Moms (A Story of Separation)
Title: My Two Moms (A Story of Separation)
Character: Self
Released: October 1, 2022
Type: Movie
Olga Merediz, a well-known New York –based actress decides to return to her birthplace, Guantanamo, Cuba to reunite with the nanny her family was forced to leave behind after the Cuban revolution. In the journey she not only discovers how truly connected they are but also the bond she shares with her complex biological mother.
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Habla Loud
Title: Habla Loud
Character: Self
Released: September 13, 2022
Type: Movie
Inspiring celebrities and influential Latinos come together to "speak loudly" and share their stories of being Latinos in the U.S.
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Encanto
Title: Encanto
Character: Abuela Alma Madrigal (singing voice)
Released: October 13, 2021
Type: Movie
The tale of an extraordinary family, the Madrigals, who live hidden in the mountains of Colombia, in a magical house, in a vibrant town, in a wondrous, charmed place called an Encanto. The magic of the Encanto has blessed every child in the family—every child except one, Mirabel. But when she discovers that the magic surrounding the Encanto is in danger, Mirabel decides that she, the only ordinary Madrigal, might just be her exceptional family's last hope.
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In the Heights
Title: In the Heights
Character: Abuela Claudia
Released: June 10, 2021
Type: Movie
The story of Usnavi, a bodega owner who has mixed feelings about closing his store and retiring to the Dominican Republic or staying in Washington Heights.
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Godmothered
Title: Godmothered
Character: Beth
Released: December 4, 2020
Type: Movie
A young and unskilled fairy godmother that ventures out on her own to prove her worth by tracking down a young girl whose request for help was ignored. What she discovers is that the girl has now become a grown woman in need of something very different than a "prince charming."
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Title: Diary of a Future President
Character: Francisca
Released: January 17, 2020
Type: TV
Told from the narration of her diary, 12-year-old Cuban-American Elena navigates the ups and downs of middle school and begins her journey to become the future president of the United States.
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Title: Diary of a Future President
Character: Francisa
Released: January 17, 2020
Type: TV
Told from the narration of her diary, 12-year-old Cuban-American Elena navigates the ups and downs of middle school and begins her journey to become the future president of the United States.
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Fair Market Value
Title: Fair Market Value
Character: Missy Goya
Released: May 6, 2019
Type: Movie
Kendall, a real estate agent from Miami, moves to the suburbs of New York to work at the prestigious Atlantic Shores Realtors and immediately butts heads with Brooke, a rival real estate agent. Tensions soon mount when Kendall and Brooke are forced to work together to try and sell one of the most expensive mansions on Long Island, all while navigating their complex and messy relationships.
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Lesson #7 by Alberto Ferreras
Title: Lesson #7 by Alberto Ferreras
Character: Mother
Released: January 1, 2019
Type: Movie
A daughter confronts her mother with the most difficult question, and gets an answer she was not expecting.
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Title: New Amsterdam
Character: Warden Gloria Salazar
Released: September 25, 2018
Type: TV
The new medical director breaks the rules to heal the system at America's oldest public hospital. Max Goodwin sets out to tear up the bureaucracy and provide exceptional care, but the doctors and staff are not so sure he can succeed. They've heard this before. Not taking "no" for an answer, Dr. Goodwin's instinctive response to problems large and small is four simple words: "How can I help?" He has to disrupt the status quo and prove he'll stop at nothing to breathe new life into this underfunded and underappreciated hospital, returning it to the glory that put it on the map.
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Fluff
Title: Fluff
Released: December 12, 2017
Type: Movie
The loss of a dear family member forces a young woman and her mother to close a chapter in their lives they haven't quite let go of yet.
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The Light of the Moon
Title: The Light of the Moon
Character: Mariana
Released: March 12, 2017
Type: Movie
After a New York City woman is sexually assaulted while walking home one evening, she struggles to accept the truth and rediscover the intimacy within her relationship.
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Title: Bull
Character: Judge Ollis
Released: September 20, 2016
Type: TV
Dr. Jason Bull is the brilliant, brash, and charming founder of a hugely successful trial consulting firm.
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Urge
Title: Urge
Character: Esthetician
Released: February 14, 2016
Type: Movie
A group of friends on holiday on an island experiment with a new designer drug that makes them lose their ability to control their urges.
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Title: Stuck in the Middle
Character: Abuela
Released: February 14, 2016
Type: TV
Harley is an engineering whiz who uses her inventions to navigate life as the middle child in a large family of seven kids.
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Fugly!
Title: Fugly!
Character: Moms
Released: November 5, 2014
Type: Movie
Fame proves elusive for comic Jesse Sanchez, who reflects on life from the bottom of a bathtub in this film based on John Leguizamo's one-man show. The story that unfolds has it all: love, loss, mistakes, adventure and redemption.
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The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
Title: The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
Character: Jane
Released: May 23, 2014
Type: Movie
After learning that a brain aneurysm will kill him in about 90 minutes, a perpetually unhappy man struggles to come to terms with his fate and make amends with everyone he has ever hurt.
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Title: Saint George
Character: Alma
Released: March 6, 2014
Type: TV
Recently divorced entrepreneur George Lopez is successful in his business ventures but caught between two cultures in his personal life. He struggles to find balance between the parenting demands of his Anglo ex-wife, Mackenzie, and the cultural expectations of his Latina mother, Alma. His freeloading Uncle Tio and Cousin Junior further complicate his life, which includes 11-year-old son Harper. Outside the home, the successful businessman gives back to the community by teaching history to a multicultural class at a Los Angeles night school; there he is supervised by tough, attractive Assistant Principal Concepcion.
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Like Sunday, Like Rain
Title: Like Sunday, Like Rain
Character: Esa
Released: March 1, 2014
Type: Movie
A struggling musician becomes a 12-year-old musical prodigy's guardian for a summer.
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Title: Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Character: Julia Diaz
Released: September 17, 2013
Type: TV
A single-camera ensemble comedy following the lives of an eclectic group of detectives in a New York precinct, including one slacker who is forced to shape up when he gets a new boss.
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Title: Orange Is the New Black
Character: Lourdes
Released: July 11, 2013
Type: TV
A crime she committed in her youthful past sends Piper Chapman to a women's prison, where she trades her comfortable New York life for one of unexpected camaraderie and conflict in an eccentric group of fellow inmates.
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The Place Beyond the Pines
Title: The Place Beyond the Pines
Character: Malena Gutierrez
Released: March 20, 2013
Type: Movie
A motorcycle stunt rider considers committing a crime in order to provide for his wife and child, an act that puts him on a collision course with a cop-turned-politician.
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Mr. Popper's Penguins
Title: Mr. Popper's Penguins
Character: Nanny
Released: June 17, 2011
Type: Movie
Jim Carrey stars as Tom Popper, a successful businessman who’s clueless when it comes to the really important things in life...until he inherits six “adorable” penguins, each with its own unique personality. Soon Tom’s rambunctious roommates turn his swank New York apartment into a snowy winter wonderland — and the rest of his world upside-down.
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Title: Blue Bloods
Character: Inez
Released: September 24, 2010
Type: TV
A drama about a multi-generational family of cops dedicated to New York City law enforcement. Frank Reagan is the New York Police Commissioner and heads both the police force and the Reagan brood. He runs his department as diplomatically as he runs his family, even when dealing with the politics that plagued his unapologetically bold father, Henry, during his stint as Chief.
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Remember Me
Title: Remember Me
Character: Aidan's Professor
Released: March 11, 2010
Type: Movie
Still reeling from a heartbreaking family event and his parents' subsequent divorce, Tyler Hawkins discovers a fresh lease on life when he meets Ally Craig, a gregarious beauty who witnessed her mother's death. But as the couple draws closer, the fallout from their separate tragedies jeopardizes their love.
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Cuba: The Accidental Eden
Title: Cuba: The Accidental Eden
Character: Herself - Narrator
Released: January 1, 2010
Type: Movie
Cuba's political and economic exile has yielded a startling upside: A pristine island preserve boasting one of the most diverse and primordial ecosystems in the region. But how will nature fare if the U.S. trade embargo ends and tourists pour in? This episode of the PBS series observes jumping crocodiles, painted snails and other famed residents while profiling the unsung scientists who are studying and protecting the creatures' idyllic habitats.
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In the Heights: Chasing Broadway Dreams
Title: In the Heights: Chasing Broadway Dreams
Character: Self
Released: May 27, 2009
Type: Movie
Making it in New York City is tough. Few get the chance to live out their dreams, and the cast and crew of In the Heights know this all too well. This young, diverse group of relatively unknown artists and performers dreamed of making it on Broadway, but are well aware that a new original musical set outside a bodega in the Latino neighborhood of Washington Heights is a highly risky proposition. It took eight years in all, but they succeeded beyond their wildest expectations, winning four Tony Awards along the way, including Best Musical and Best Score for a Musical. This documentary chronicles the personal stories of composer/lyricist Lin-Manuel Miranda and the cast of In the Heights in the months leading up to its 2008 opening night.
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Au Pair 3: Adventure in Paradise
Title: Au Pair 3: Adventure in Paradise
Character: Teresa
Released: March 15, 2009
Type: Movie
The Caldwells take a family trip to Puerto Rico where their father is also securing a secret business deal, while the kids find their own paths. Eight years have passed since the events of Au Pair, and newly graduated as his high school's valedictorian, Alexander Caldwell joins his visiting sister, college freshman Katie and her roommate Ariana on a family summer vacation with father Oliver and stepmother Jenny. Oliver and Jenny's current nanny declines to join them and the over-worked parents/executives must take care of their newborn baby Sarah in Puerto Rico. Amidst corporate scheming by the young company CFO Walter Hausen, who is planning a takeover of Oliver's company CCI Tekhausen (formed in Au Pair II), Oliver and Jenny must contend with bridging the generation gap with the family, new career motivations and the romances of their 'newly reformed' prankster kids.
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A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
Title: A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
Character: Aunt Mary
Released: September 29, 2006
Type: Movie
Dito Montiel, a successful author, receives a call from his long-suffering mother, asking him to return home and visit his ailing father. Dito recalls his childhood growing up in a violent neighborhood in Queens, N.Y., with friends Antonio, Giuseppe, Nerf and Mike.
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Title: Hope & Faith
Character: Gloria
Released: September 23, 2003
Type: TV
Hope, a down-to-earth, happily married mother of three has her tidy world turned upside down when her celebrity sister moves in. Faith was living the Hollywood life as a soap opera star before her character was killed off.
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Apartment #5C
Title: Apartment #5C
Character: Jenny
Released: June 19, 2002
Type: Movie
Nicky and Uri, two young Israeli, arrive in New York, living off small theft. They set down in a very modest Brooklyn appartment. One night, during an argument with Uri, Nicky inadvertently shoots herself in the leg.
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Changing Lanes
Title: Changing Lanes
Character: Mrs. Miller
Released: April 7, 2002
Type: Movie
A rush-hour fender-bender on New York City's crowded FDR Drive, under most circumstances, wouldn't set off a chain reaction that could decimate two people's lives. But on this day, at this time, a minor collision will turn two complete strangers into vicious adversaries. Their means of destroying each other might be different, but their goals, ultimately, will be the same: Each will systematically try to dismantle the other's life in a reckless effort to reclaim something he has lost.
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Title: George Lopez
Character: Aunt Cecilia
Released: March 27, 2002
Type: TV
George raises daughter Carmen and dyslexic son Max with his wife Angie, after surviving a miserable, dysfunctional childhood at the hands of his neglectful alcoholic mother Benny.
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Title: Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Character: Mrs. Martinez
Released: September 30, 2001
Type: TV
The third installment of the “Law & Order” franchise takes viewers deep into the minds of its criminals while following the intense psychological approaches the Major Case Squad uses to solve its crimes.
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Requiem for a Dream
Title: Requiem for a Dream
Character: Malin & Block Secretary
Released: October 6, 2000
Type: Movie
The hopes and dreams of four ambitious people are shattered when their drug addictions begin spiraling out of control. A look into addiction and how it overcomes the mind and body.
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Center Stage
Title: Center Stage
Character: ABA Receptionist
Released: May 12, 2000
Type: Movie
A group of 12 teenagers from various backgrounds enroll at the American Ballet Academy in New York to make it as ballet dancers and each one deals with the problems and stress of training and getting ahead in the world of dance.
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Music of the Heart
Title: Music of the Heart
Character: Ramon's Mother
Released: October 29, 1999
Type: Movie
Story of a schoolteacher's struggle to teach violin to inner-city Harlem kids.
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Title: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Character: Roberta Martinez
Released: September 20, 1999
Type: TV
In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.
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Title: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Character: Veronica Nash
Released: September 20, 1999
Type: TV
In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.
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Things I Forgot to Remember
Title: Things I Forgot to Remember
Character: Carmela
Released: June 10, 1999
Type: Movie
A bittersweet comedy in Spanish and English about a Cuban family that migrates to the United States. Robertico, Carmela and Roberto's youngest son, grow up feeling ashamed that his family might not be American enough. He has reached this conclusion by constantly watching American television and forming an opinion as to how Americans really are. Led by his desperation, he literally escapes into an American television sitcom in order to forget about his Cuban past. Not knowing what to do, his family prays to the Virgin Mary to ask for help. When the cultures clash, Robertico has to decide whether he is strong enough to withstand his own self-hatred, and learn not only self-esteem, but how to embrace his Cuban roots.
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Title: The Sopranos
Character: Fran
Released: January 10, 1999
Type: TV
The story of New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster Tony Soprano and the difficulties he faces as he tries to balance the conflicting requirements of his home life and the criminal organization he heads. Those difficulties are often highlighted through his ongoing professional relationship with psychiatrist Jennifer Melfi. The show features Tony's family members and Mafia associates in prominent roles and story arcs, most notably his wife Carmela and his cousin and protégé Christopher Moltisanti.
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White Lies
Title: White Lies
Character: Woman #1 in Window
Released: April 1, 1997
Type: Movie
A museum worker pretends to be an artist in order to impress women. When an attractive assistant director of a SoHo art gallery overhears him, she offers to exhibit his work. He plays along, which leads to a series of complications following his newfound double life. He starts falling in love with the assistant director, but her art critic fiancé grows suspicious.
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Drunks
Title: Drunks
Character: Chairwoman
Released: March 14, 1997
Type: Movie
At the beginning of a nightly Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, Jim seems particularly troubled. His sponsor encourages him to talk that night, the first time in seven months, so he does - and leaves the meeting right after. As Jim wanders the night, searching for some solace in his old stomping grounds, bars and parks where he bought drugs, the meeting goes on, and we hear the stories of survivors and addicts - some, like Louis, who claim to have wandered in looking for choir practice, who don't call themselves alcoholic, and others, like Joseph, whose drinking almost caused the death of his child - as they talk about their lives at the meeting
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Marvin's Room
Title: Marvin's Room
Character: Beauty Shop Lady
Released: December 18, 1996
Type: Movie
A leukemia patient attempts to end a 20-year feud with her sister to get her bone marrow.
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Evita
Title: Evita
Character: Blanca
Released: December 14, 1996
Type: Movie
The hit musical based on the life of Evita Duarte, a B-movie Argentinian actress who eventually became the wife of Argentinian president and dictator Juan Perón, and the most beloved and hated woman in Argentina.
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Angie
Title: Angie
Character: Roz
Released: March 4, 1994
Type: Movie
Angie lives in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, and dreams of a better life. When she finds out she's pregnant by her boyfriend, Vinnie, she decides she'll have the baby; but not Vinnie as a husband. This turns the entire close-knit neighborhood upside-down and starts Angie on a journey of self-discovery.
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City of Hope
Title: City of Hope
Character: Nidia
Released: October 11, 1991
Type: Movie
This gritty inner-city film follows various people living in a troubled New Jersey setting, most notably Nick Rinaldi, a disillusioned contractor who has been helped along his whole life by his wealthy father. Other characters in this ensemble drama about urban conflict and corruption include Asteroid , an unstable homeless person, and Wynn, an idealistic young politician.
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The Super
Title: The Super
Character: Female #2
Released: October 4, 1991
Type: Movie
Louie Kritski is a heartless landlord who has been so negligent in keeping up his ghetto apartment that he is threatened with jail time. The judge gives him another option -- he must live in his rat-infested hell hole until he brings it up to liveable standards.
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Title: Law & Order
Character: Elena Calderon
Released: September 13, 1990
Type: TV
In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place.
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Title: Law & Order
Character: Rosaria Mendez
Released: September 13, 1990
Type: TV
In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place.
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Title: Law & Order
Character: Allard Harper
Released: September 13, 1990
Type: TV
In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place.
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Title: Law & Order
Character: Louise Castillo
Released: September 13, 1990
Type: TV
In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place.
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Title: Law & Order
Character: Martha Gonzales
Released: September 13, 1990
Type: TV
In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place.
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Q & A
Title: Q & A
Character: Mrs. Valentin
Released: April 27, 1990
Type: Movie
A young district attorney seeking to prove a case against a corrupt police detective encounters a former lover and her new protector, a crime boss who refuses to help him.
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The Milagro Beanfield War
Title: The Milagro Beanfield War
Character: Milagro Townsperson
Released: March 18, 1988
Type: Movie
The accidental breakdown of an irrigation valve launches a hot confrontation between the mainly Latino farmers in a tiny New Mexico town and the real estate developers and politicians determined to acquire their land for a golf resort.
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The Brother from Another Planet
Title: The Brother from Another Planet
Character: Noreen's Client
Released: September 7, 1984
Type: Movie
An alien slave crash-lands in New York City while being pursued by two Men in Black bounty hunters. His attempt to find a place for himself on Earth parallels that of the immigrant experience.
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Keystone
Title: Keystone
Character: Pearl
Released: May 4, 1984
Type: Movie
A side-splitting, rip-roaring madcap of a musical, giving you an insider's view of the early movie-making days. Laugh along with Mack Sennett as he creates the most memorable comedic scenes of the century. This is a musical comedy feast about the youth, the enthusiasm, the work, the zany fun, and above all, the innocence of those great times when America first started going to the movies.
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Title: Reading Rainbow
Character: Herself - Narrator (voice)
Released: June 6, 1983
Type: TV
Journey to exciting places and build a lasting connection with your favorite books. Each episode centers on a theme from a book, or other children's literature, which is explored through a number of segments or stories.
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Title: Nature
Character: Narrator
Released: October 10, 1982
Type: TV
Consistently stunning documentaries transport viewers to far-flung locations ranging from the torrid African plains to the chilly splendours of icy Antarctica. The show's primary focus is on animals and ecosystems around the world. A comic book based on the show, meant to be used an as educational tool for kids, was briefly distributed to museums and schools at no cost in the mid-2000s.
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Title: Nature
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: October 10, 1982
Type: TV
Consistently stunning documentaries transport viewers to far-flung locations ranging from the torrid African plains to the chilly splendours of icy Antarctica. The show's primary focus is on animals and ecosystems around the world. A comic book based on the show, meant to be used an as educational tool for kids, was briefly distributed to museums and schools at no cost in the mid-2000s.
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Title: Tony Awards
Character: Self - Nominee
Released: April 1, 1956
Type: TV
The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in New York City. The awards are given for Broadway productions and performances, and an award is given for regional theatre.