Known For
Acting
Born
Nov 07, 1953
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Credits
33 titles
Rose Portillo
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
Filmography
The Mandalorian and Grogu
Local Leader
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Road Trip
Lidia Garcia
Peak Season
Zootopia+
Additional Voice Talent (voice)
That's Amor
Julietta
Encanto
Señora Guzmán (voice)
Seis Manos
(voice)
Undone
Speech Teacher
The Rookie
Emilia Lopez
Marvel's Runaways
Eileen
Fathers and Sons
Nurse
Numb3rs
Woman
NCIS
Sheriff Jo
After the SIlence
Lisa, Sanctuary Woman
...And the Earth Did Not Swallow Him
Florentina
Sliders
Sister Celine
Touched by an Angel
María Parades
Party of Five
Detective Lopez
Palomino
Donna
Home Improvement
Woman #2
Capital News
Officer Bates
Eisenhower and Lutz
Millie Zamora
The Mean Season
Kathy Vasquez
Murder, She Wrote
Maria
Best Kept Secrets
Mrs. Zepeta
Cagney & Lacey
Ana / Rhonda Gallegos
Seguin
Gertudis
American Playhouse
Gertrudis
Victims
Pilar Galloway
Zoot Suit
Della
Born to the Wind
Star Fire
Panic in Echo Park
Exorcist II: The Heretic
Spanish Girl