Lana Parrilla
Birthday: 1977-07-15
Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Synopsis
Lana Parrilla (born July 15, 1977, height 5' 4½" (1,64 m)) is a Puerto Rican-American actress known for her television work. She is best known for her roles on Spin City, 24, and Boomtown. She currently stars as The Evil Queen/Regina Mills in the ABC series Once Upon a Time.
Parrilla was born in Brooklyn, New York, the daughter of a Sicilian mother and a Puerto Rican father Sam Parrilla, a baseball player who played professionally for 11 seasons (1963-1973) including one season with the Major League Philadelphia Phillies in 1970 as an outfielder. Her sister is Deena Parrilla. Lana speaks Spanish because she went to Granada (Spain) to learn the language in 2007.
Parrilla became engaged to boyfriend Fred Di Blasio on April 28, 2013 while in Israel.
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Acting
The Tax Collector
as Favi
David Cuevas is a family man who works as a gangland tax collector for high ranking Los Angeles gang members. He makes collections across the city with his partner Creeper making sure people pay up or will see retaliation. An old threat returns to Los Angeles that puts everything David loves in harm’s way.
Why Women Kill
as Rita Castillo
Three women living in three different decades: a housewife in the '60s, a socialite in the '80s and a lawyer in 2018, deal with infidelity in their marriages.
Once Upon a Time
as Regina Mills / Evil Queen
There is a town in Maine where every story book character you've ever known is trapped between two worlds, victims of a powerful curse. Only one knows the truth and only one can break the spell.
Emma Swan is a 28-year-old bail bonds collector who has been supporting herself since she was abandoned as a baby. Things change for her when her son Henry, whom she abandoned years ago, finds her and asks for her help explaining that she is from a different world where she is Snow White's missing daughter.
Miami Medical
as Eva Zambrano
A team of expert surgeons thrive on the adrenaline rush of working at one of the premiere trauma facilities in the country while drawing upon their wit and irreverence to survive on the edge.
Swingtown
as Trina Decker
This period and relationship drama takes viewers back to the 1970s for a look at suburban households testing the murky waters of sexual revolution following swingers throughout open marriages, "key parties" and other swingers extravaganzas.
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Boomtown
as Teresa Ortiz, paramedic in season one, rookie police officer in season two
Each episode of this series, set in contemporary Los Angeles, examines one crime from many different viewpoints - uniformed cops, detectives, witnesses, the media, the fire department and rescue squad, even the criminals themselves.
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Spiders
as Marci Eyre
A DNA experiment on a rare breed of spider is taking place on a NASA space shuttle, when a freak meteor shower engulfs the shuttle, causing everything to go horribly wrong. One survivor is found on the ship and watched over in a secret location deep in the California desert. The problem continues, as the survivor isn't alone, as another deadly spiders climbs out of him and goes on a rampage around the ship. Curious reporter Marci Eyre must now survive, escape and warn everyone before the spider reaches outside the desert.
