Rose Portillo
Acting
Born: 1953-11-07 in 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
The Rookie
Emilia Lopez
NCIS
Sheriff Jo
The Mandalorian and Grogu
Local Leader
Murder, She Wrote
Maria
Numb3rs
Woman
Home Improvement
Woman #2
Party of Five
Detective Lopez
Party of Five
Dr. Aguilar
American Playhouse
Gertrudis
Touched by an Angel
María Parades
Cagney & Lacey
Ana / Rhonda Gallegos
Sliders
Sister Celine
Encanto
Señora Guzmán (voice)
Marvel's Runaways
Eileen
Undone
Speech Teacher
Zootopia+
Additional Voice Talent (voice)
Seis Manos
(voice)
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Road Trip
Lidia Garcia
Exorcist II: The Heretic
Spanish Girl
The Mean Season
Kathy Vasquez
Capital News
Officer Bates
Eisenhower and Lutz
Millie Zamora
Seguin
Gertudis
Zoot Suit
Della
That's Amor
Julietta
After the SIlence
Lisa, Sanctuary Woman
Fathers and Sons
Nurse
Peak Season
Victims
Pilar Galloway
Palomino
Donna
Panic in Echo Park
Best Kept Secrets
Mrs. Zepeta
...And the Earth Did Not Swallow Him
Florentina