Rita Ortiz was a character in the long running police drama series NYPD Blue

NYPD Blue

NYPD Blue is an American television police drama set in New York City, exploring the internal and external struggles of the fictional 15th precinct of Manhattan...

. She was played by Jacqueline Obradors

Jacqueline Obradors

Jacqueline Danell Obradors is an American actress.Obradors was born in San Fernando Valley, California to Argentine immigrants Angie, a church worker, and Albert Obradors, an office cleaning business owner. Before becoming an actress, Jaqueline was a cashier at Hughes Market in Canoga Park,...

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Joining eight episodes into season nine to replace the long-departed Diane Russell

Diane Russell

Diane Russell was a fictional character in the television series NYPD Blue. She was played by Kim Delaney from the second season to the eighth and made five further appearances in seasons ten and eleven....

 she was partnered up with Connie McDowell and the two became close friends as well as partners. During this time she had to deal with her jealous, possibly violent, and ultimately unfaithful ADA husband Don, whom she tossed out and began divorce proceedings against after she caught him in the act, but Don was later murdered by the husband of the married woman he'd been cheating on Rita with. After some time to get over Don's death, she became involved with John Clark, Jr.

John Clark, Jr.

John Clark, Jr. was a fictional character in the television series NYPD Blue. He was played by Mark-Paul Gosselaar from season 9 until the end of the series....

. Her relationship with Clark floundered and then fell apart when he pushed her away after the suicide of his father. She requested a transfer out of the 15th from Tony Rodriguez

Lt. Tony Rodriguez

Lt. Tony Rodriguez was a fictional character in the television series NYPD Blue. He was played by Esai Morales for 48 episodes from 2001-2004....

 but changed her mind after she saved the Lt.'s life. Her next relationship was also within the squad, this time with Lt. Rodriguez; he had decided to leave the NYPD and they began seriously dating as he took a private sector position. It was revealed a year later that she was again single, the assumption being that the relationship had ended in the interim.

After McDowell's departure she was partnered up with Laura Murphy

Laura Murphy

Laura Murphy was a character on the long running police drama NYPD Blue. She was played by Bonnie Somerville.Joining at the beginning of the twelfth and final season, Murphy was a long term replacement for Connie McDowell after the character left to have a baby...

 for the show's final season. After some initial scepticism on Ortiz's part, especially about what she perceived to be Murphy's flirting, by the end of the show they had become a good team. In the show's final episode they were the only partners to say goodnight together to their new boss, Andy Sipowicz

Andy Sipowicz

Andy Sipowicz is a fictional character and protagonist on the popular ABC television series NYPD Blue. Dennis Franz portrayed the character for its entire run....

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