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