Rose Portillo
ActingBiography
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.
Movies
(13 total)
Encanto
as Señora Guzmán (voice)
Exorcist II: The Heretic
as Spanish Girl
That's Amor
as Julietta
The Mean Season
as Kathy Vasquez
Zoot Suit
as Della
Palomino
as Donna
...And the Earth Did Not Swallow Him
as Florentina
Victims
as Pilar Galloway
Best Kept Secrets
as Mrs. Zepeta
Seguin
as Gertudis
TV Shows
(16 total)
The Rookie
as Emilia Lopez
NCIS
as Sheriff Jo
Marvel's Runaways
as Eileen
Home Improvement
as Woman #2
Sliders
as Sister Celine
Numb3rs
as Woman
Murder, She Wrote
as Maria
Undone
as Speech Teacher
Zootopia+
as Additional Voice Talent (voice)
Touched by an Angel
as María Parades
Party of Five
as Detective Lopez
Party of Five
as Dr. Aguilar
Cagney & Lacey
as Ana / Rhonda Gallegos
Seis Manos
as (voice)
Eisenhower and Lutz
as Millie Zamora
Capital News
as Officer Bates