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{{short description|Character from the American mystery fiction television series Lost}}
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{{Infobox character
| name        = Ana Lucia Cortez
| series      = [[Lost (2004 TV series)|Lost]]
| image       = [[File:AnaLuciaL.jpg|250px]]
| caption     = [[Michelle Rodriguez]] as Ana Lucia Cortez in 2005.
| first       = "[[Exodus (Lost)|Exodus]]" (2005)
| last        = "[[What They Died For]]" (2010)
| portrayer   = [[Michelle Rodriguez]]
| lbl1        = Centric<br>episode(s)
| data1       = "[[The Other 48 Days (Lost)|The Other 48 Days]]"<br>"[[Collision (Lost)|Collision]]"<br>"[[Two for the Road (Lost)|Two for the Road]]"
| full_name   = Ana Lucia Cortez
| occupation  = [[Police officer]] in the [[Los Angeles Police Department|LAPD]]<br>[[Airport security]] guard
| lbl21       = Former<br>residence
| data21      = Los Angeles, [[California]], USA
| creator     = {{Plainlist|
* [[J. J. Abrams]]
* [[Damon Lindelof]]
}}
| gender      = Female
| species     = [[Human]]
| nationality = American
}}
'''Ana Lucia Cortez''' is a fictional character on the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] television series ''[[Lost (2004 TV series)|Lost]]'', played by [[Michelle Rodriguez]]. Ana Lucia made her first appearance as a guest star in the [[Exodus (Lost)|first season finale]], and became part of the main cast for [[Lost (season 2)|season two]]. After Oceanic Flight 815 splits in mid-air, the tail section and fuselage crash on opposite sides of a mysterious island. Ana Lucia becomes the leader of the tail section. [[Flashback (narrative)|Flashbacks]] in her two centric episodes, "[[Collision (Lost)|Collision]]" and "[[Two for the Road (Lost)|Two for the Road]]", show her life as a police officer before the crash. She is shot and killed by [[Michael Dawson (Lost)|Michael Dawson]].

==Arc==
Prior to the crash, Ana Lucia Cortez is an officer in the [[Los Angeles Police Department]] who becomes pregnant, but loses the baby after being shot by a suspect at a burglary scene.<ref name = "Collision"/> She spends several months in physical and psychological therapy, and when the suspect is arrested, she refuses to identify him.<ref name = "Collision"/> After his release, she kills him outside a bar.<ref name = "Collision">{{cite episode | title = Collision | episode-link = Collision (Lost) | series = Lost | series-link = Lost (2004 TV series) | credits = [[Stephen Williams (director)|Stephen Williams]] (director), [[Javier Grillo-Marxuach]] & [[Leonard Dick]] (writers) | network = ABC | airdate = November 23, 2005 | season = 2 | number = 8}}</ref> Ana Lucia decides to leave the force and eventually finds work as an airport security guard.<ref name = "Two for the Road"/> She meets [[Christian Shephard]] ([[John Terry (actor)|John Terry]]) at the airport bar, who asks her to accompany him to [[Sydney, Australia|Sydney]] as a bodyguard, however in Sydney the two part ways.<ref name = "Two for the Road">{{cite episode | title = Two for the Road | episode-link = Two for the Road (Lost) | series = Lost | series-link = Lost (2004 TV series) | credits = Paul Edwards (director), [[Elizabeth Sarnoff]] & [[Christina M. Kim]] (writers) | network = ABC | airdate = May 3, 2006 | season = 2 | number = 20}}</ref> Ana Lucia buys a ticket on Oceanic Flight 815 to return to Los Angeles.<ref name = "Two for the Road"/> In a brief flashback in the first season finale, she flirts with [[Jack Shephard]] ([[Matthew Fox (actor)|Matthew Fox]]) at a bar at the [[Sydney Airport|airport]], unaware he is Christian's son.<ref name = "Exodus: Part 1"/> The pair arrange to continue their conversation during the flight.<ref name = "Exodus: Part 1">{{cite episode | title = Exodus: Part 1 | episode-link = Exodus (Lost)#Part 1 | series = Lost | series-link = Lost (2004 TV series) | credits = [[Jack Bender]] (director), [[Damon Lindelof]] & [[Carlton Cuse]] (writers) | network = ABC | airdate = May 18, 2005 | season = 1 | number = 23}}</ref> During the flight the plane splits in half, with the two parts crashing on different sides of an island;<ref name = "A Tale of Two Cities">{{cite episode | title = A Tale of Two Cities | episode-link = A Tale of Two Cities (Lost) | series = Lost | series-link = Lost (2004 TV series) | credits = [[Jack Bender]] (director), [[J. J. Abrams]] & [[Damon Lindelof]] (writers) | network = ABC | airdate = October 4, 2006 | season = 3 | number = 1}}</ref> Ana Lucia is one of the tail section survivors.<ref name = "The Other 48 Days"/>

The story of how the tail section survivors cope during their first forty-eight days on the Island is shown in "[[The Other 48 Days]]".<ref name = "The Other 48 Days"/> After landing in the ocean, Ana Lucia does her best to help everyone in need.<ref name = "The Other 48 Days"/> That night, some of the survivors are kidnapped by the [[Others (Lost)|Others]], the mysterious inhabitants of the Island, then a few nights later, nine more are taken.<ref name = "The Other 48 Days"/> During the second raid, Ana Lucia kills one of the Others and finds a list on him, which has descriptions of the victims.<ref name = "The Other 48 Days"/> Suspecting fellow survivor Nathan ([[Josh Randall]]) as a traitor, she moves everyone inland, digs a pit and throws him in it until he confesses.<ref name = "The Other 48 Days"/> 4 nights later, [[Characters of Lost#The Others|Goodwin]] ([[Brett Cullen]]) tricks Nathan and kills him. The small group heads further inland, discovering a bunker known as the [[Dharma Initiative#Station 2: The Arrow|Arrow]].<ref name = "The Other 48 Days"/> Ana Lucia and Goodwin trek atop a hill, where she tells Goodwin she has worked out he is the real traitor.<ref name = "The Other 48 Days"/> After a struggle, she impales him on a broken stick, then returns to the group and tells them they are safe.<ref name = "The Other 48 Days"/> Fellow tail section survivors [[Libby (Lost)|Libby]] ([[Cynthia Watros]]) and [[Characters of Lost#Minor Oceanic 815 crash survivors|Cindy]] ([[Kimberley Joseph]]) bring [[Jin-Soo Kwon|Jin]] ([[Daniel Dae Kim]]) to her after discovering him washed up on shore.<ref name = "The Other 48 Days"/> He breaks free, so Ana Lucia follows and finds [[Michael Dawson (Lost)|Michael]] ([[Harold Perrineau]]) and [[James "Sawyer" Ford|Sawyer]] ([[Josh Holloway]]).<ref name = "The Other 48 Days">{{cite episode | title = The Other 48 Days | episode-link = The Other 48 Days | series = Lost | series-link = Lost (2004 TV series) | credits = [[Eric Laneuville]] (director), [[Damon Lindelof]] & [[Carlton Cuse]] (writers) | network = ABC | airdate = November 16, 2005 | season = 2 | number = 7}}</ref> Jin, Michael and Sawyer are thrown into the pit, and Ana Lucia follows, pretending to have also been captured.<ref name = "Orientation">{{cite episode | title = Orientation | episode-link = Orientation (Lost) | series = Lost | series-link = Lost (2004 TV series) | credits = [[Jack Bender]] (director), [[Javier Grillo-Marxuach]] & [[Craig Wright (playwright)|Craig Wright]] (writers) | network = ABC | airdate = October 5, 2005 | season = 2 | number = 3}}</ref> Once she believes they are fellow 815 survivors she releases them,<ref name="The Other 48 Days"/> and they travel to the camp of the other survivors.<ref name="Abandoned"/> When they near the camp, Ana Lucia mistakes [[Shannon Rutherford|Shannon]] ([[Maggie Grace]]) for an Other and fatally shoots her.<ref name = "Abandoned">{{cite episode | title = Abandoned | episode-link = Abandoned (Lost) | series = Lost | series-link = Lost (2004 TV series) | credits = [[Adam Davidson (director)|Adam Davidson]] (director), [[Elizabeth Sarnoff]] (writer) | network = ABC | airdate = November 9, 2005 | season = 2 | number = 6}}</ref> The on-island events of "Collision" show her guilt after Shannon's death.<ref name="Collision"/> She has Shannon's lover [[Sayid Jarrah|Sayid]] ([[Naveen Andrews]]) tied up and refuses to let the group move on.<ref name="Collision"/> After some reasoning from Libby, she reluctantly lets them go.<ref name="Collision"/> She is invited into a bunker the fuselage survivors found to interrogate a man claiming to be [[Ben Linus|Henry Gale]] ([[Michael Emerson]]), and manages to receive a map to his crashed balloon.<ref name = "The Whole Truth">{{cite episode | title = The Whole Truth | episode-link = The Whole Truth (Lost) | series = Lost | series-link = Lost (2004 TV series) | credits = [[Karen Gaviola]] (director), [[Elizabeth Sarnoff]] & [[Christina M. Kim]] (writers) | network = ABC | airdate = March 22, 2006 | season = 2 | number = 16}}</ref> She takes Sayid and [[Charlie Pace|Charlie]] ([[Dominic Monaghan]]) with her, and eventually discovers the crash site, and the body of the real Henry Gale.<ref name = "Lockdown">{{cite episode | title = Lockdown | episode-link = Lockdown (Lost) | series = Lost | series-link = Lost (2004 TV series) | credits = [[Stephen Williams (director)|Stephen Williams]] (director), [[Damon Lindelof]] & [[Carlton Cuse]] (writers) | network = ABC | airdate = March 29, 2006 | season = 2 | number = 17}}</ref> In her second centric episode, "Two for the Road", Ana Lucia attempts to speak to Henry again, but she is assaulted by him and nearly killed.<ref name="Two for the Road"/> Seeking revenge, she seduces Sawyer and steals his gun.<ref name="Two for the Road"/> She returns to the hatch and attempts to kill Henry, but is unable to bring herself to do it.<ref name="Two for the Road"/> She confides in Michael, who offers to kill him on her behalf.

But when Ana hands him the gun, he shoots her in the heart, killing her. She is buried next to Libby, who was also killed by Michael.<ref name="Two for the Road"/> After Ana's death, she makes three further appearances; in a dream to [[Mr. Eko]] ([[Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje]]) in "[[? (Lost)|?]]",<ref name = "?">{{cite episode | title = ? | episode-link = ? (Lost) | series = Lost | series-link = Lost (2004 TV series) | credits = [[Deran Sarafian]] (director), [[Damon Lindelof]] & [[Carlton Cuse]] (writers) | network = ABC | airdate = May 10, 2006 | season = 2 | number = 21}}</ref> as a vision that [[Hurley Reyes|Hurley]] ([[Jorge Garcia]]) has in "[[The Lie (Lost)|The Lie]]",<ref name = "The Lie">{{cite episode | title = The Lie | episode-link = The Lie (Lost) | series = Lost | series-link = Lost (2004 TV series) | credits = [[Jack Bender]] (director), [[Edward Kitsis]] & [[Adam Horowitz (screenwriter)|Adam Horowitz]] (writers) | network = ABC | airdate = January 21, 2009 | season = 5 | number = 2}}</ref> and in a flash sideways in "[[What They Died For]]".<ref name = "What They Died For">{{cite episode | title = What They Died For | episode-link = What They Died For | series = Lost | series-link = Lost (2004 TV series) | credits = Paul Edwards (director), [[Edward Kitsis]], [[Adam Horowitz (screenwriter)|Adam Horowitz]] & [[Elizabeth Sarnoff]] (writers) | network = ABC | airdate = May 18, 2010 | season = 6 | number = 16}}</ref>

==Personality==
Ana Lucia was described by Melanie McFarland of the ''[[Seattle Post-Intelligencer]]'' as "demanding", "hostile" and a "bully".<ref name="Seattle"/> She called Ana Lucia a "brooding, broken ex-cop" with a "perpetual scowl". McFarland described the character as someone with a "take-charge nature", and an "inability to be reasoned away from her dictatorial decisions".<ref name="Seattle">McFarland, Melanie, (November&nbsp;29, 2005) "[http://www.seattlepi.com/tv/250026_tv29.html Shedding Light on a ''Lost'' Villain] {{dead link|date=April 2017|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} ", ''[[Seattle Post-Intelligencer]]''.  Retrieved on October 16, 2008.</ref> Anna Johns from [[AOL]]'s [[TV Squad]] felt Ana Lucia is "abrasive and lacking common sense or civility".<ref name="TVSquad">Johns, Anna, (February 22, 2005) "[http://www.tvsquad.com/2006/02/22/the-five-reasons-not-to-kill-off-ana-lucia/ The Five: Reasons NOT to kill off Ana Lucia] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071018022247/http://www.tvsquad.com/2006/02/22/the-five-reasons-not-to-kill-off-ana-lucia/ |date=2007-10-18 }}", [[TV Squad]].  Retrieved on October 16, 2008.</ref> C. K. Sample, also from TV Squad, thought Ana Lucia was "angry", "power mad" and a "total nut job".<ref>Sample, C. K., (November 23, 2005) "[http://www.tvsquad.com/2005/11/23/lost-collision/ Lost: Collision] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080218053902/http://www.tvsquad.com/2005/11/23/lost-collision/ |date=2008-02-18 }}", [[TV Squad]].  Retrieved on October 16, 2008.</ref> According to supervising producer [[Leonard Dick]], "Ana Lucia is somebody who does not want to be a victim. She was a victim once and she swore to herself she would never be a victim again".<ref name="DVDCollision"/> Rodriguez described the character as "very intuitive", adding "I like that the character is pretty much always aware and suspicious".<ref name="DVD48">"Lost on Location - The Other 48 Days".  ''Lost: The Complete Second Season - The Extended Experience'', [[Buena Vista Home Entertainment]].  [[Featurette]], disc 7.  Released on September 5, 2006.</ref> She is "street smart" and has a "speak-her-mind quality".<ref name="PodcastNov05"/>

==Development==
[[File:Michelle Rodriguez by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Rodriguez joined the cast at the end of the first season.]]

===Casting===
In February 2005, ''Lost'' producers began looking for a [[Latino (demonym)|Latina]] woman in her mid-thirties who would be the leader of the tail section, and a romantic interest for Jack.<ref name="ausiello"/> The agent of Michelle Rodriguez (who was 26 at the time) called the producers, informing them Rodriguez was interested in the role.<ref name="ausiello"/> She said she was potentially interested in doing television, and felt she had been typecast in tough female roles, so she wanted this role to be different.<ref name="PodcastNov05">[[Damon Lindelof|Lindelof, Damon]] & [[Carlton Cuse|Cuse, Carlton]], (November 21, 2005) "[http://www.dharmasecrets.com/podcast/Lostpodcast_03rev_direct.mp3   Official ''Lost'' Audio Podcast #3] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090320030323/http://www.dharmasecrets.com/podcast/Lostpodcast_03rev_direct.mp3 |date=2009-03-20 }}", [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]].  Retrieved on October 24, 2008.</ref>

===Characterization===
Ana Lucia was planned to start as a tough character, because that is what the audience would expect, then the layers of the character would be gradually peeled back.<ref name="PodcastNov05"/> Rodriguez described Ana Lucia as an "animalistic type creature... tamed by the Island."<ref name="DVD48"/> They reconstructed the character slightly to fit what they liked about Rodriguez, such as making her more "street smart" with a "speak-her-mind quality."<ref name="PodcastNov05"/> Ana Lucia made her first appearance in the penultimate episode of season one, in order to set up her character becoming part of the cast in the next season.<ref name="ausiello"/> 

All Rodriguez was told about her character was both she and her mother were in the police force.<ref name="DVDCollision"/> Ana Lucia's style of leadership deliberately contrasts Jack's; Jack is a reluctant leader, whereas Ana Lucia quickly takes charge on her own.<ref name="PodcastNov05"/> In her early appearances, Ana Lucia is shown to be very tough, so the flashbacks in "Collision", where it is revealed  she lost her baby, were used to show a softer side to her.<ref name="DVDCollision">"Lost on Location - Collision".  ''Lost: The Complete Second Season - The Extended Experience'', [[Buena Vista Home Entertainment]].  [[Featurette]], disc 7.  Released on September 5, 2006.</ref> 

Rodriguez's character was designed from the beginning as a "love-to-hate character", as Cuse remarked in a November 2005 podcast. Lindelof further described the character's intentional role as a "[[persona non grata]] in our society for some time to come" as a result of [[Shannon Rutherford|Shannon]] ([[Maggie Grace]])'s death and becoming integrated into the fuselage camp.<ref name="podcast05">{{cite podcast |host=Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse|title=Official LOST TV Show Podcast Full - Seasons 2-6|website=Internet Archive |publisher=[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]|date=21 November 2005|url=https://archive.org/details/LOST-tvshow-podcast/Official+LOST+Podcast/Season+2/The.Official.LOST.Audio.Podcast.2005.11.21.mp3|access-date=23 April 2024}}</ref> Cuse harkened the intentions behind her arc as a mirror to [[Sawyer (Lost)|Sawyer]] ([[Josh Holloway]])'s in the [[Lost season 1|first season]], with Cuse stating, "...we sort of set up an expectation for the character, and then we like to try to challenge whatever that first expectation that you have for that character by giving you more information that maybe helps you come to a different conclusion."<ref name="podcastNov14">{{cite podcast |host=Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse|title=Official LOST TV Show Podcast Full - Seasons 2-6|website=Internet Archive |publisher=[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]|date=14 November 2005|url=https://archive.org/details/LOST-tvshow-podcast/Official+LOST+Podcast/Season+2/The.Official.LOST.Audio.Podcast.2005.11.14.mp3|access-date=21 August 2024}}</ref> 

The producers planned for her character to develop a romantic storyline with [[Jack Shephard|Jack]] ([[Matthew Fox]]) as part of a "love rectangle" with Kate and Sawyer.<ref name="podcastNov14"></ref> They also planned for a romantic storyline with the "most unexpected" person on The Island prior to this. In a February 2006 ''[[GQ]]'' interview, Fox described the Jack-Ana Lucia coupling as potentially going into a darker direction, such as committing killing sprees in the same vein as the film ''[[Natural Born Killers]]'' (1994) or [[Bonnie and Clyde]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Pappademas|first1=Alex|title=Web-exclusive Q&A|url=https://www.gq.com/story/matthew-fox-leadership-violence-interview-exclusive|website=[[GQ]]|access-date=21 August 2024|date=12 February 2006|archive-date=|archive-url=}}</ref>

They attempted to rework the storyline with [[Juliet Burke|Juliet]] ([[Elizabeth Mitchell]], though after "[[The Other Woman (Lost)|The Other Woman]]", Lindelof felt the relationship was contrived and ended it as well.

===Exit===
After the character was killed off, producers [[Damon Lindelof]] and [[Carlton Cuse]] claimed that Rodriguez was only interested in one season during their first meeting with her (alongside co-creator [[J. J. Abrams]]) because she was a "nomadic spirit", but would like to do one "kickass arc" as she called it.<ref name="ausiello">{{cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/news/Did-Lost-Kill-8218.aspx |title=Why Did Lost Kill Ana Lucia? |first=Michael |last=Ausiello |publisher=[[TV Guide]] |date=2006-05-03 |access-date=2013-03-29 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130729150103/http://www.tvguide.com/news/did-lost-kill-8218.aspx |archive-date=2013-07-29 }}</ref> The producers liked her energy, and in turn, they remarked upon agreeing with the plan to kill Ana Lucia off at the end of the season.<ref name="ausiello"/> Rodriguez, however, stated they actually wanted to give the storyline "some time", until the middle of the [[Lost season 3|third season]], but she was "ready to go".<ref name="GMA">Borod Wright, Liz, (May 4, 2006) "[https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Entertainment/story?id=1922268 ''Lost'' Star Michelle Rodriguez Still Growing Up] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081208153528/https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Entertainment/story?id=1922268 |date=2008-12-08 }}," [[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]].  Retrieved on May 26, 2008.</ref>  Although she also corroborated remarks that she initially planned on doing one year as well.<ref name="GMA"/>

Later, in a 2020 podcast, Lindelof amended this and revealed Rodriguez expressed interest in continuing the role beyond her one-season deal midway through the season (shortly following the DUI charges), but he informed her they had already planned her death storyline.<ref>{{cite podcast |host=Dave Gonzales, Joanna Robinson & Neil Miller|title=''The Storm: A Lost Rewatch Podcast''|website=[[Player FM]]|publisher=[[AudioBoom]] |date=13 May 2020 |url=https://player.fm/series/the-storm-a-lost-rewatch-podcast-2420453 |access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref> Previously, in a December 2006 interview however, Rodriguez stated she was informed two weeks before they shot the episode that her character was being killed off. She remarked how hard it was to keep it from the cast who were discussing their storylines next season for the two week interval.<ref name="Dec06">{{cite magazine |author=Tara DiLullo|title=Faith No More?|url=https://archive.org/details/lost.the.official.magazine_202111/Lost.The.Official.Magazine.08/page/n39|magazine= Lost - The Official Magazine|location=Bankside, London|publisher=[[Titan Publishing Group]] |date=2006-12-05|access-date=2024-04-23}}</ref>

When it came time to kill off Ana Lucia, the producers also claimed the character of Libby was killed at the same time to generate emotional impact.<ref name="Ausiello Report">{{cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/news/Did-Lost-Kill-8218.aspx |title=Why Lost Killed Libby |first=Michael |last=Ausiello |publisher=[[TV Guide]] |date=2006-05-11 |access-date=2013-03-29 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130729150103/http://www.tvguide.com/news/did-lost-kill-8218.aspx |archive-date=2013-07-29 }}</ref> This happened amidst rumours that the characters were killed off because both actresses in question had been arrested for DUI while filming on location in Oahu. The producers denied that Ana Lucia was killed off because of Rodriguez's behaviour on set, saying although they had no interaction with her, they had been told she had been professional.<ref name="ausiello"/> Rodriguez felt comfortable on the series, but was happy to leave as she felt this would help her grow personally, and become a woman.<ref name="GMA"/> She had mixed feelings about leaving [[Hawaii]], where ''Lost'' is filmed; her allergies were hard to deal with, but she loved the scenery.<ref name="GMA"/>

==Reception==
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Melanie McFarland from ''[[Seattle Post-Intelligencer]]'' described Ana Lucia as "one of the most intensely hated characters on television [in the] fall [of 2005]", due to her being "hostile" and a "bully".<ref name="Seattle"/> She added Ana Lucia murdering Shannon, "the least deserving of sympathy of all the previously known survivors", made fans hate Ana Lucia even more.<ref name="Seattle"/> McFarland found this makes "the creation of her character, and Rodriguez's hire, strokes of brilliant writing and casting on the part of ''Lost'' producers J.J. Abrams and Damon Lindelof", and described her as a "hero stewed in pathos".<ref name="Seattle"/> Anna Johns from TV Squad was unhappy at the prospect of Ana Lucia's death, feeling  Ana Lucia was important because she was a "love to hate" character, she disrupted the Jack-Kate-Sawyer love triangle, and created conflicts, which make the show interesting.<ref name="TVSquad"/> Amy Amatangelo from [[Zap2it]] admitted she "enjoyed kind of loathing Ana Lucia".<ref>Amatangelo, Amy, (April 15, 2006) "[http://www.zap2it.com/tv/news/zap-tvgal0417,0,7153428.story TV Gal Gets 'Lost' in Thought] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070613123647/http://www.zap2it.com/tv/news/zap-tvgal0417%2C0%2C7153428.story |date=2007-06-13 }}", [[Zap2it]].  Retrieved on October 20, 2008.</ref> In a later article, she described Ana Lucia's death as "a brilliant move", because "one of their own become one of ''them''".<ref name="Zap">Amatangelo, Amy, (May 5, 2006) "[http://www.zap2it.com/tv/news/zap-tvgal0508shocked,0,6222520.story TV Gal Is Simply Shocked] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071122005421/http://www.zap2it.com/tv/news/zap-tvgal0508shocked%2C0%2C6222520.story |date=2007-11-22 }}", [[Zap2it]].  Retrieved on October 20, 2008.</ref> She added "nobody liked the Ana Lucia character anyway", but that did not stop it being "one of [the second] season's most jaw-dropping moments".<ref name="Zap"/> Alan Stanley Blair from [[SyFy Portal]] "cheered when she was shot".<ref>Blair, Alan Stanley, (December 15, 2006) "[http://www.syfyportal.com/pagetogether.php?id=3071&page=2 Alan Stanley Blair Reviews BSG's 'The Passage'] {{dead link|date=July 2020|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}", [[SyFy Portal]].  Retrieved on October 20, 2008.</ref> Ana Lucia's death was second in [[IGN]]'s list of the top ten ''Lost'' deaths, as she made an "immediate impact on the series" with an "unexpected end".<ref>Carabott, Chris; Goldman, Eric; Iverson, Dan; Moriarty, Colin & Zoromski, Brian, (December 6, 2006) "[http://uk.tv.ign.com/articles/749/749696p3.html IGN's Top 10 Lost Deaths] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090426154313/http://uk.tv.ign.com/articles/749/749696p3.html |date=2009-04-26 }}", [[IGN]].  Retrieved on October 16, 2008.</ref> On the second season DVD, supervising producer Leonard Dick says "Michelle brought real strength, a dynamic element, to the role".<ref name="DVDCollision"/> In 2006, Michelle Rodriguez co-won the [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series]] with the cast of ''Lost''.<ref>[[Screen Actors Guild|SAG]], (January 29, 2006) "[http://www.sagawards.com/PR_060129.htm Screen Actors Guild Honors Outstanding Film and Television Performances in 13 Categories at the 12th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070819194123/http://www.sagawards.com/PR_060129.htm |date=August 19, 2007 }}," ''[[Screen Actors Guild Awards]]''.  Retrieved on April 22, 2008.</ref> She also won an [[ALMA Award]] for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Television Series.<ref name="ALMA06">{{cite news|url=http://www.almaawards.com/2006-winners.html|title=2006 Award Winners |access-date=2008-03-04|publisher=[[National Council of La Raza]]|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080229045708/http://www.almaawards.com/2006-winners.html |archive-date = February 29, 2008}}</ref>

==References==
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