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Lana Parrilla

Lana Parrilla

Birthday: 1977-07-15 | Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Lana Parrilla (born July 15, 1977, height 5' 4½" (1,64 m)) is a Puerto Rican-American actress known for her television work. She is best known for her roles on Spin City, 24, and Boomtown. She currently stars as The Evil Queen/Regina Mills in the ABC series Once Upon a Time. Parrilla was born in Brooklyn, New York, the daughter of a Sicilian mother and a Puerto Rican father Sam Parrilla, a baseball player who played professionally for 11 seasons (1963-1973) including one season with the Major League Philadelphia Phillies in 1970 as an outfielder. Her sister is Deena Parrilla. Lana speaks Spanish because she went to Granada (Spain) to learn the language in 2007. Parrilla became engaged to boyfriend Fred Di Blasio on April 28, 2013 while in Israel. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lana Parrilla, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2020
The Tax Collector

as    Favi

2019
Why Women Kill

as    Rita Castillo

2011
Once Upon a Time

as    Regina Mills / Evil Queen

2010
Miami Medical

as    Eva Zambrano

2008
Swingtown

as    Trina Decker

2002
Spiders

as    Marci Eyre

2002
Boomtown

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