Portrait of Lana Parrilla

Lana Parrilla

Acting

Biography

Lana Parrilla (born July 15, 1977) is an American actress. She was a regular cast member in the fifth season of the ABC sitcom Spin City (2000–2001) and in the fourth season of 24 (2005), and starred in Boomtown (2002–2003), Windfall(2006), Swingtown (2008), and as Dr. Eva Zambrano in the short-lived medical drama Miami Medical (2010), and as The Evil Queen / Regina Mills in the ABC fantasy drama series Once Upon a Time (2011–2018). Among her awards and nominations is a 2012 ALMA Award win for Outstanding TV Actress—Drama. In 2021, she played the role of Rita Castillo in the second season of Why Women Kill. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lana Parrilla, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Born: July 15, 1977

Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Filmography

2025
The Rainmaker

as Jocelyn 'Bruiser' Stone

2024
Lesbophilia

as Miss Madam

2024
Atlas

as Val Shepherd

2024
2022
Scrap

as Stacy

2022
The Lincoln Lawyer

as Lisa Trammell

2019
Why Women Kill

as Rita Castillo

2011
Once Upon a Time

as Regina Mills / Evil Queen

2010
The Defenders

as Betty Johnson

2010
Covert Affairs

as Julia Suarez

2010
Miami Medical

as Eva Zambrano

2008
Swingtown

as Trina Decker

2006
One Last Ride

as Antoinette

2005
Medium

as Lydia Halstrom

2004
Lost

as Greta

2003
Frozen Stars

as Lisa Vasquez

2002
Boomtown

as Teresa Ortiz, paramedic in season one, rookie police officer in season two

2002
The Shield

as Sedona Tellez

2001
24

as Sarah Gavin

2001
2001
Semper Fi

as Female Series Commander

2000
Spiders

as Marci Eyre

2000
Very Mean Men

as Teresa

1999
Teen Choice Awards

as Self - Presenter

1996
Spin City

as Angie Ordonez

1995
JAG

as Lt. Stephanie Donato