Rose Portillo

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.

Most Known For

The Rookie

as Emilia Lopez

NCIS

as Sheriff Jo

Murder, She Wrote

as Maria

Home Improvement

as Woman #2

Sliders

as Sister Celine

Numb3rs

as Woman

Party of Five

as Detective Lopez

Party of Five

as Dr. Aguilar

Touched by an Angel

as María Parades

Encanto

as Señora Guzmán (voice)

Cagney & Lacey

as Ana / Rhonda Gallegos

Marvel's Runaways

as Eileen

Zootopia+

as Additional Voice Talent (voice)

Undone

as Speech Teacher

Seguin

as Gertudis

Exorcist II: The Heretic

as Spanish Girl

Capital News

as Officer Bates

Peak Season

Seis Manos

as (voice)

Eisenhower and Lutz

as Millie Zamora