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Rose Portillo

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Rose Portillo

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

Nov 7, 1953 (72 years old)

Place of Birth

Los Angeles, California, USA

Biography

Rose Portillo is an accomplished American actress/writer/director/educator and visual artist whose stage and film career began with a lead role in Luis Valdez's 'Zoot Suit' (original L.A. and Broadway productions and the film). She played the role of Mother in the critically acclaimed 2017 revival, starring Demián Bichir. She was Associate Director of About Productions, now celebrating 24 years of creating original Theaterworks and founded the company's Young Theaterworks, which serves students in Continuation/Options High Schools primarily in East Los Angeles. Since appearing in Theresa Chavez's solo play, L.A. Real, she has directly partnered with Chavez (the company's Artistic Director) on at least 10 critically acclaimed productions.

Known For

Acting
2025Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Road TripLidia Garcia
2024Peak Season
2022That's AmorJulietta
2022Zootopia+Additional Voice Talent (voice)
2021EncantoSeñora Guzmán (voice)
2019Seis Manos(voice)
2019UndoneSpeech Teacher
2018The RookieEmilia Lopez
2017Marvel's RunawaysEileen
2005Fathers and SonsNurse
2005Numb3rsWoman
2003NCISSheriff Jo
1995...And the Earth Did Not Swallow HimFlorentina
1995SlidersSister Celine
1994Touched by an AngelMaría Parades
1994Party of FiveDetective Lopez
1994Party of FiveDr. Aguilar
1991PalominoDonna
1991Home ImprovementWoman #2
1990Capital NewsOfficer Bates
1988Eisenhower and LutzMillie Zamora
1985The Mean SeasonKathy Vasquez
1984Best Kept SecretsMrs. Zepeta
1984Murder, She WroteMaria
1982SeguinGertudis
1982VictimsPilar Galloway
1982Cagney & LaceyAna / Rhonda Gallegos
1981Zoot SuitDella
1977Exorcist II: The HereticSpanish Girl
1977Panic in Echo Park