Rose Portillo
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.
Acting
Movie
Encanto
as Señora Guzmán (voice)
2021
TV
The Rookie
as Emilia Lopez
2018
TV
NCIS
as Sheriff Jo
2003
TV
Marvel's Runaways
as Eileen
2017
Movie
Exorcist II: The Heretic
as Spanish Girl
1977
TV
Home Improvement
as Woman #2
1991
TV
Sliders
as Sister Celine
1995
TV
Murder, She Wrote
as Maria
1984
TV
Numb3rs
as Woman
2005
Movie
The Mandalorian and Grogu
as Local Leader
2026
TV
Undone
as Speech Teacher
2019
TV
Zootopia+
as Additional Voice Talent (voice)
2022
TV
Touched by an Angel
as María Parades
1994
TV
Party of Five
as Detective Lopez
1994
TV
Party of Five
as Dr. Aguilar
1994
Movie
That's Amor
as Julietta
2022
Movie
The Mean Season
as Kathy Vasquez
1985
Movie
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Road Trip
as Lidia Garcia
2025
TV
Cagney & Lacey
as Ana / Rhonda Gallegos
1982
TV
Seis Manos
as (voice)
2019
Movie
Zoot Suit
as Della
1981
Movie
Palomino
as Donna
1991
Movie
Panic in Echo Park
1977
Movie
...And the Earth Did Not Swallow Him
as Florentina
1995