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Known For
Acting
Birthday
November 7, 1953
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Rose Portillo
0.6 Popularity
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
6.2
Lidia Garcia
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Road Trip
2025
5.7
Peak Season
2024
7.2
Additional Voice Talent (voice)
Zootopia+
2022
5.1
Julietta
That's Amor
2022
7.6
Señora Guzmán (voice)
Encanto
2021
6.6
(voice)
Seis Manos
2019
7.7
Speech Teacher
Undone
2019
8.5
Emilia Lopez
The Rookie
2018
7.3
Eileen
Marvel's Runaways
2017
7.0
Woman
Numb3rs
2005
Credits
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Road Trip
as Lidia Garcia
2025
6.2
Peak Season
2024
5.7
Zootopia+
as Additional Voice Talent (voice)
2022
7.2
That's Amor
as Julietta
2022
5.1
Encanto
as Señora Guzmán (voice)
2021
7.6
Seis Manos
as (voice)
2019
6.6
Undone
as Speech Teacher
2019
7.7
The Rookie
as Emilia Lopez
2018
8.5
Marvel's Runaways
as Eileen
2017
7.3
Numb3rs
as Woman
2005
7.0
NCIS
as Sheriff Jo
2003
7.6
...And the Earth Did Not Swallow Him
as Florentina
1995
5.0
Sliders
as Sister Celine
1995
7.6
Touched by an Angel
as María Parades
1994
7.2
Party of Five
as Detective Lopez
1994
7.0
Party of Five
as Dr. Aguilar
1994
7.0
Palomino
as Donna
1991
4.9
Home Improvement
as Woman #2
1991
7.4
Capital News
as Officer Bates
1990
6.0
Eisenhower and Lutz
as Millie Zamora
1988
5.0
The Mean Season
as Kathy Vasquez
1985
6.2
Murder, She Wrote
as Maria
1984
7.5
Best Kept Secrets
as Mrs. Zepeta
1984
7.5
Cagney & Lacey
as Ana / Rhonda Gallegos
1982
7.0
Seguin
as Gertudis
1982
0.0
Victims
as Pilar Galloway
1982
5.3
Zoot Suit
as Della
1981
6.3
Panic in Echo Park
1977
4.9
Exorcist II: The Heretic
as Spanish Girl
1977
4.5