Regina Mills

"I'm so tired of standing in the way of my own happiness and I'm not going to do it anymore."

- Regina Mills to Zelena

Regina Mills is a character on ABC's Once Upon a Time. She débuts in the first episode of the first season. She is portrayed by starring cast member Lana Parrilla, and is the Storybrooke counterpart of the Evil Queen.

History
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Magical Powers and Abilities
Regina is a very powerful sorceress and is very adept in the field of magic, with her ability to cast spells without much difficulty. Frustrated and desperate after losing the love of her life at the hands of her mother, Regina becomes the apprentice of Rumplestiltskin, after he helps her get rid of her mother, and begins to cultivate her magical gift. Though she has some difficulty learning her abilities at first, Regina slowly begins to master the powers of dark magic when she dons the title of the Evil Queen. She then used her dark magic to manipulate, punish, control and terrorize her citizens in her attempts to find and kill Snow White. After a long drawn out feud between Snow White and herself, Regina loses her ability to hurt Snow White losing the ability to hurt Snow White and Prince Charming in the Enchanted Forest, Regina casts one of the most powerful curses of all time, the Dark Curse. Once the curse is broken, and magic comes to Storybrooke, Regina regains her magic. During the battle with Zelena, she and the other heroes realize she has the ability to use light magic, which she used to break the second curse. Shortly after, she used light magic again to defeat Zelena and remove her magical pendant where her magic resided, which was stated by Glinda that only a person of the strongest light magic would be capable of accomplishing such a feat. Overall, Regina has grown over the series in both magic and knowledge, and has become one of the most powerful magic users. Her magical abilities are, but are not limited to:


 * Blood Magic - Ability to use her blood to lock or conceal an object, door or room from being opened by anyone other than herself and her family.
 * Potioncraft - Ability to make potions that have various effects. She once made a potion to make herself infertile and incapable of becoming pregnant, and
 * Shapeshifting Regina has the ability to transform herself and others into anything and anyone she chooses.
 * Witchcraft - She has demonstrated the ability to create fireballs in her hand and throw them at her targets. Some other examples of her witchcraft abilities; teleportation, casting curses and spells of various strengths, shapeshifting, telekinesis, and heart-ripping. Furthermore, she can immobilize people in place, apportate objects to herself and send them wherever she desire, emit powerful blasts of magic that can knock down her targets and can shoot powerful streams of magic that can hold back, or kill her victims depending on the level of strength she decides to use it at, make multiple people fall to sleep and can create magical constructs and beings to do her bidding.
 * Enhanced Agility - Ability to react or move at a more rapid pace due to a learned magic capability. Regina has caught multiple arrows shot from a cross-bow directly at her with her bare hands.
 * Teleportation - Ability to teleport from one place to another in the blink of an eye. One limit to this power, that Regina herself has stated, is that she cannot bounce between worlds with her own power. -->

Trivia

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Etymology

 * The name "Regina" is of Latin origin that means "Queen".
 * Cora alludes to this meaning when she names her newborn daughter Regina and states, "For one day, she will be queen".
 * Regina is one of the few characters from the first curse who is confirmed to have the same real name in Storybrooke as her Enchanted Forest counterpart; the others being David Nolan, Jefferson and Mother Superior.
 * The surname "Mills" is of English origin that was an occupational word used for someone living near or working on a mill. It also alludes to the Rumpelstiltskin fairytale as her mother Cora was the miller's daughter who could spin straw into gold.

Character Notes

 * Her house in Storybrooke is white; complementary to her palace, which was black.
 * Initially, Regina retained a small amount of magic via items she carried over from the Enchanted Forest, including her apple tree. After the curse is lifted, all of her powers are restored, and by the third season, she is as powerful as before the curse.
 * The door to her secret collection of human hearts is hidden in her family crypt inside a false tomb dedicated to her father.
 * Regina named Henry, her adoptive son, Henry Daniel Mills after her deceased father and deceased true love, Daniel.
 * According to Isaac, Regina has "very clear goals, damaged personality and a self-destructive streak"; she is also the villain who gets "screwed over" the most.
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Production Notes

 * During Season One, crows can often be heard when Regina is around; a conscious decision by the sound designers. For example, when Regina tells Emma to leave town in "Pilot", and when Regina is talking to Sidney in "The Thing You Love Most", crow sounds are heard.
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Props Notes

 * Nearly every room in her house has a mirror, in reference to the Evil Queen's Magic Mirror, who was able to look through other mirrors to spy on people.
 * As the Evil Queen, she possessed a silver chest, which she has retained in her office in Storybrooke.

Costume Notes

 * The ring Regina wears is a prop specifically hand-picked by Lana Parrilla to help her understand the character she is playing.
 * Regina has a secret room in her mausoleum displaying dresses, mirrors, and jewelry from her time as the Evil Queen.
 * The red dress Regina wears in Camelot for several episodes resembles Mother Gothel from the Disney movie Tangled.

Appearances
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 * Regina's name appears on the list Tamara has in "The Evil Queen".