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Of Italian and Puerto Rican descent, Lana Parrilla grew up in Brooklyn, New York in an artistic family where she made numerous home videos and discovered her love of acting. Lana’s family supported her natural inclination to perform and with her determination and passion for the arts she excelled beyond their expectations. Parrilla graduated from high school and shortly thereafter moved to Los Angeles to study her craft and began to appear in local theatre productions. Parrilla’s award-winning roles as Regina Mills/Evil Queen/Roni on ABC’s hit show Once Upon A Time spanned over an impressive seven seasons. Her dedication and work ethic earned her the opportunity to direct one of the series’ final episodes.
For her outstanding work on Once Upon A Time Parrilla has received the NHMC Impact Award, an ALMA Award for Outstanding TV Actress, a Teen Choice Award for Best TV Actress: Fantasy / Sci-Fi, and was voted by fans as TV Guide’s Best Villain for 2 out of the 3 years. In 2003, Parrilla received an Imagen Award for her work on Boomtown. Parrilla most recently starred in Season 2 of the anthology comedy-drama series Why Women Kill on Paramount+. Where she won a Gracie Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy in 2022 for her portrayal as Rita Castillo. In 2020 Lana starred in David Ayer’s The Tax Collector alongside Shia Lebouf, George Lopez and Bobby Soto. One of Parrilla’s earliest on-camera jobs was an appearance in the Steven Spielberg movie of the week, Semper Fi. Thereafter, she joined the cast as a regular on the hit comedy series Spin City.
Over the course of her career, Lana has been a regular on many critically acclaimed shows such as Boomtown, where she played a young paramedic, 24, as a counter-terrorist agent, and Swingtown, as a sexually progressive woman in the 1970s, to name a few. Parrilla has also recurred on such memorable series as NYPD Blue, Six Feet Under and Lost. In addition to her on-screen work, Lana partnered with Rosario Dawson to executive produce the documentary Split at the Root which premiered at SXSW in 2022. When not on location, Parrilla enjoys spending time with her family and loved ones in Los Angeles and New York and travels the world. She has volunteered in community projects throughout Sri Lanka, Haiti, Canada and at home in the US.
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