Rose Portillo
Born
November 7, 1953 (71 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
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.
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Road Trip
Lidia Garcia
2025
Peak Season
2024
Zootopia+
Additional Voice Talent (voice) · (3 episodes)
2022
That's Amor
Julietta
2022
Encanto
Señora Guzmán (voice)
2021
Seis Manos
(voice) · (4 episodes)
2019
Undone
Speech Teacher · (1 episode)
2019
The Rookie
Emilia Lopez · (2 episodes)
2018
Marvel's Runaways
Eileen · (1 episode)
2017
Numb3rs
Woman · (1 episode)
2005
NCIS
Sheriff Jo · (1 episode)
2003
...And the Earth Did Not Swallow Him
Florentina
1995
Sliders
Sister Celine · (1 episode)
1995
Touched by an Angel
María Parades · (1 episode)
1994
Palomino
Donna
1991
Home Improvement
Woman #2 · (1 episode)
1991
Capital News
Officer Bates · (1 episode)
1990
Eisenhower and Lutz
Millie Zamora · (13 episodes)
1988
The Mean Season
Kathy Vasquez
1985
Murder, She Wrote
Maria · (1 episode)
1984
Best Kept Secrets
Mrs. Zepeta
1984
Cagney & Lacey
Ana / Rhonda Gallegos · (5 episodes)
1982
Seguin
Gertudis
1982
Victims
Pilar Galloway
1982
Zoot Suit
Della
1981
Panic in Echo Park
1977
Exorcist II: The Heretic
Spanish Girl
1977