Acting credits
28
Active
Consistent number of acting credits.
Actor
Rose Portillo
Acting
Career Snapshot
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1.0
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Movies: 13Series: 15
TMDB ID: 162381
IMDb ID: nm0692419
Known for: Acting
Born: November 7, 1953
Age: 72
Place of birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1977 - 2025
Years active: 49
Average TMDB rating: 6.92
Biography
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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Rose Portillo.
6.2
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Road Trip
as Lidia Garcia
2025 Movie
5.7
Peak Season
2024 Movie
5.1
That's Amor
as Julietta
2022 Movie
7.6
Encanto
as Señora Guzmán (voice)
2021 Movie
5.0
...And the Earth Did Not Swallow Him
as Florentina
1995 Movie
4.9
Palomino
as Donna
1991 Movie
6.2
The Mean Season
as Kathy Vasquez
1985 Movie
7.5
Best Kept Secrets
as Mrs. Zepeta
1984 Movie
Seguin
as Gertudis
1982 Movie
5.3
Victims
as Pilar Galloway
1982 Movie
6.3
Zoot Suit
as Della
1981 Movie
4.9
Panic in Echo Park
1977 Movie
4.5
Exorcist II: The Heretic
as Spanish Girl
1977 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Rose Portillo.
7.1
Zootopia+
as Additional Voice Talent (voice) • 3 eps
2022 Series
6.6
Seis Manos
as (voice) • 4 eps
2019 Series
7.7
Undone
as Speech Teacher • 1 eps
2019 Series
8.5
The Rookie
as Emilia Lopez • 2 eps
2018 Series
7.3
Marvel's Runaways
as Eileen • 1 eps
2017 Series
7.0
Numb3rs
as Woman • 1 eps
2005 Series
7.6
NCIS
as Sheriff Jo • 1 eps
2003 Series
7.6
Sliders
as Sister Celine • 1 eps
1995 Series
7.2
Touched by an Angel
as María Parades • 1 eps
1994 Series
7.0
Party of Five
as Detective Lopez • 2 eps
1994 Series
7.4
Home Improvement
as Woman #2 • 1 eps
1991 Series
6.0
Capital News
as Officer Bates • 1 eps
1990 Series
5.0
Eisenhower and Lutz
as Millie Zamora • 13 eps
1988 Series
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
as Maria • 1 eps
1984 Series
7.0
Cagney & Lacey
as Ana / Rhonda Gallegos • 5 eps
1982 Series