Amelia Rico

Amelia Rico is a multi-hyphenate Indigenous/Tejana Actress/Writer/Filmmaker from San Antonio. Her tribe was lost to colonization, but her ancestry is Indigenous of South Texas and North and Central Highlands Mexico. You can see her as the witch, Ada Growing Thunder, on Dark Winds, Issaxche on 1923, Mary Ann Hanson on Grey's Anatomy, Dana Whitefeather on Yellowstone, in season 1 of CWs hit show Walker and Netflix show, Mo. She married her high school sweetheart and now business and life partner, Art Ornelas, and is the mother of 2 amazing children, Apollo and award winning actress, Artemis Rico. Along with her husband, Amelia has built award winning multi-media production company, Ricornel Productions, which specializes in minority and female driven works for a general audience.