Lana Parrilla

Template:MainCast Lana Parrilla is the American actress who portrays the Evil Queen and Regina Mills on ABC's Once Upon a Time.

Biography

Lana Marie Parrilla was born on July 15, 1977 in Brooklyn, New York to an Sicilian mother, who is a painter, and a Puerto Rican father, Sam Parrilla, an ex-Major League baseball player. Due to her parents' early separation, she lived with her mother until ten years old, and moved into the household of her father. She grew up encouraged into creativity and pursuing one's dreams. Beginning at a young age, she was constantly making home videos with her family; signaling her desire even then to be an actress. After graduating from high school, Lana moved to Los Angeles to study acting and began honing her craft in local theatre productions.

One of Lana's earliest on-camera jobs was an appearance in the Steven Spielberg action pilot Semper Fi before being cast on the ABC hit comedy series Spin City. Known for creating distinctive characters, she has been a regular on such critically acclaimed shows as Boomtown (for which she received the Imagen Award for Best Supporting Actress), 24 and Swingtown. She also guest starred on various shows such as NYPD Blue, Six Feet Under and Lost.

Trivia

• Can speak Spanish as she went to the city of Granada to learn the language in 2009.
• Her favorite Disney character is Ursula from "The Little Mermaid".
• Became engaged to boyfriend Fred Di Blasio on April 28, 2013 while in Israel.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	Very Mean Men	Teresa	Movie
2000	Spiders	Marci Eyre	Movie
2001	Replicant	Marci	Movie - Uncredited role
2003	Frozen Stars	Lisa Vasquez	Movie
2005	One Last Ride	Antoinette	Movie

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	Grown Ups	Waitress	2 episodes
2000–2001	Spin City	Angie Ordonez	21 episodes
2001	Semper Fi		TV movie
2002	JAG	Lt. Stephanie Donato	1 episode
2002	The Shield	Sedona Tellez	1 episode
2002–2003	Boomtown	Teresa Ortiz	24 episodes Imagen Award for Best Supporting Actress (2003)
2004	NYPD Blue	Officer Janet Grafton	3 episodes
2004	Six Feet Under	Maile	2 episodes
2005	24	Sarah Gavin	12 episodes
2006	Windfall	Nina Schaefer	13 episodes
2006	Lost	Greta	2 episodes
2008	The Double Life of Eleanor Kendall	Nellie	TV movie
2008	Swingtown	Trina Decker	13 episodes
2010	Miami Medical	Dr. Eva Zambrano	13 episodes
2010	Covert Affairs	Julia Suarez	1 episode
2010	Medium	Lydia Halstrom	1 episode
2010	The Defenders	Betty	1 episode
2011	Chase	Isabella	1 episode
2011-Present	Once Upon a Time	The Evil Queen / Regina Mills	Lead role TV Guide Award for Favorite Villain (2012) ALMA Award for Outstanding TV Actress in Drama (2012) NHMC Impact Award (2013)

Appearances

Once Upon a Time: Season One
"Pilot":	"The Thing You Love Most":	"Snow Falls":	"The Price of Gold":	"That Still Small Voice":	"The Shepherd":	"The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter":	"Desperate Souls":	"True North":	"7:15 A.M.":	"Fruit of the Poisonous Tree":
Appears	Appears	Appears	Appears	Appears	Appears	Appears	Appears	Appears	Appears	Appears
"Skin Deep":	"What Happened to Frederick":	"Dreamy":	"Red-Handed":	"Heart of Darkness":	"Hat Trick":	"The Stable Boy":	"The Return":	"The Stranger":	"An Apple Red as Blood":	"A Land Without Magic":
Appears	Appears	Appears	Appears	Appears	Appears	Appears	Appears	Appears	Appears	Appears

Once Upon a Time: Season Two
"Broken":	"We Are Both":	"Lady of the Lake":	"The Crocodile":	"The Doctor":	"Tallahassee":	"Child of the Moon":	"Into the Deep":	"Queen of Hearts":	"The Cricket Game":	"The Outsider":
Appears	Appears	Appears	Absent	Appears	Absent	Appears	Appears	Appears	Appears	Appears
"In the Name of the Brother":	"Tiny":	"Manhattan":	"The Queen Is Dead":	"The Miller's Daughter":	"Welcome to Storybrooke":	"Selfless, Brave and True":	"Lacey":	"The Evil Queen":	"Second Star to the Right":	"And Straight On 'Til Morning":
Appears	Appears	Appears	Appears	Appears	Appears	Appears	Appears	Appears	Appears	Appears

Once Upon a Time: Season Three
"The Heart of the Truest Believer":	"Lost Girl":	"Quite a Common Fairy":	"Nasty Habits":	"Good Form":	"Ariel":	"Dark Hollow":	"Think Lovely Thoughts":	"Save Henry":	"The New Neverland":	"Going Home":
Appears	Appears	Appears	Appears	Appears	Appears	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent
"New York City Serenade":	"Witch Hunt":	"The Tower":	"Quiet Minds":	"It's Not Easy Being Green":	"The Jolly Roger":	"Bleeding Through":	"A Curious Thing":	"Kansas":	"Snow Drifts":	"There's No Place Like Home":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent

External Links

• Lana Parrilla on Internet Movie Database
• Lana Parrilla on Wikipedia
• Lana Parrilla on Twitter