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Lana Parrilla
Born
Lana Maria Parrilla

(1977-07-15) July 15, 1977 (age 47)
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
OccupationActress • Director
Years active1999–present
Spouse
Alfredo Di Blasio
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(m. 2014)​
Parent(s)Sam Parrilla
Dolores Dee Azzara
RelativesCandice Azzara (maternal aunt)
AwardsAlma Award, Imagen Award, TV Guide Award, NHMC Impact Award, Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Actress: Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Signature

Lana Maria Parrilla[1] (born July 15, 1977)[1] is an American actress. Parrilla is best known for her roles on television and radio. She was a regular cast member in the fifth season of the ABC sitcom Spin City from 2000 to 2001. She later starred in Boomtown (2002-2003), Windfall (2006), Swingtown (2008) and as Dr. Eva Zambrano in the short-lived medical drama Miami Medical (2010). She also played the role of Sarah Gavin during the fourth season of the Fox series 24 in 2005. In 2011, Parrilla began starring as The Evil Queen/Regina Mills in the ABC fantasy drama series, Once Upon a Time. In 2016 Parrilla won a Teen Choice Award for Choice Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Actress.

Early life

Parrilla was born in the Brooklyn borough of New York City in 1977.[1] Her mother, Dolores Dee Azzara, is of Sicilian ancestry and her father was Sam Parrilla (1943–94), a Puerto Rico-born baseball player who played professionally for 11 seasons (1963–73), including with the Major League Philadelphia Phillies as an outfielder for one season (1970).[2] She is also the niece of Candice Azzara, the American Broadway and TV actress.[3]

Lana studied acting at the Beverly Hills Playhouse in Los Angeles - California.[4]

Career

1999—2010

Parrilla in San Diego Comic Con 2017

In her early career, Parrilla appeared in several movies, including Very Mean Men (2000), Spiders (2000), and Frozen Stars (2003). She made her television debut in 1999, on the UPN sitcom Grown Ups. In 2000, she joined the cast of the ABC comedy series Spin City, playing Angie Ordonez for one season. She left the show in 2001. After that she joined Donnie Wahlberg and Neal McDonough in the short lived crime drama Boomtown, for which she received the Imagen Award for Best Supporting Actress,[5] for her portrayal of Teresa, a paramedic. Initially a success, Boomtown began to struggle, and Parrilla's character became a police academy rookie, to tie her more closely to the rest of the show. "Boomtown" was cancelled just two episodes into its second season.

Parrilla in March 2012

Parrilla guest-starred in a number of television dramas, including JAG, Six Feet Under, Covert Affairs, Medium, The Defenders and Chase. She had a recurring role in 2004 as Officer Janet Grafton in NYPD Blue. In 2005, Parrilla took a recurring guest role on the fourth season of the Fox series 24 as Sarah Gavin, a Counter Terrorist Unit agent. After just six episodes, Lana was made a regular cast member; but in the thirteenth episode, her character was written out after she tried to thwart another character's promotion from temporary to permanent CTU head Michelle Dessler (Reiko Aylesworth).

In 2006, Parrilla starred in the NBC summer series Windfall alongside Luke Perry, fellow former 24 cast member Sarah Wynter, and Parilla's former Boomtown castmate Jason Gedrick. In 2007, she guest starred as Greta during the third season of ABC's Lost in the episodes "Greatest Hits" and "Through the Looking Glass" In 2008, she had a leading role on the Lifetime movie The Double Life of Eleanor Kendall, in which she played Nellie, a divorcee whose identity has been stolen.[6] Also in 2008, she starred in the CBS summer series Swingtown as Trina Decker, a woman who is part of a Swinging couple. In 2010, Parrilla had a female lead role in the Jerry Bruckheimer-produced Miami Medical on CBS, which had a short run towards the end of the 2009–10 television season before it was canceled in July 2010.[7] Windfall, Swingtown and Miami Medical were all canceled after 13 episodes.

2011—present

Parrilla in 2012

In February 2011, she was cast as Mayor Regina Mills/The Evil Queen, in the ABC adventure fantasy drama pilot, Once Upon a Time created by Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz.[8] The series debuted in October 2011.[5] The pilot episode was watched by 12.93 million viewers and achieved an adult 18–49 rating/share of 4.0/10 during the first season, receiving generally favorable reviews from critics.[9]

Parrilla's performance also received positive reviews from critics. In 2012 and 2013, she was regarded as a promising contender for an Emmy Award in the Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series category,[10][11][12][13][14][15] though she did not receive a nomination. She won the TV Guide Award for Favorite Villain and the ALMA Award for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series in 2012.[16][17] Parrilla also received a nomination for Best Supporting Actress on Television from the 38th Saturn Awards.[18]

Personal life

Parrilla became engaged with Alfredo Di Blasio, a Chief Marketing Officer,[19] on April 28, 2013, while traveling in Israel.[20] They were married on July 5, 2014, in British Columbia.[21][22]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2000 Very Mean Men Teresa
2000 Spiders Marci Eyre
2003 Frozen Stars Lisa Vasquez
2005 One Last Ride Antoinette
2019 The Tax Collector Post-production

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1999 Grown Ups Waitress Episodes: "Truth Be Told", "J Says"
2000 Rude Awakening Nurse Lorna Episode: "Telltale Heart pt.1"
2000–01 Spin City Angie Ordonez Series regular, 21 episodes
2002 JAG Lt. Stephanie Donato Episode: "Head to Toe"
The Shield Sedona Tellez Episode: "Circles"
2002–03 Boomtown Teresa Ortiz Imagen Award for Best Supporting Actress
2004 NYPD Blue Officer Janet Grafton Recurring role, 3 episodes
Six Feet Under Maile Episodes: "Terror Starts at Home", "The Dare"
2005 24 Sarah Gavin Series regular, 12 episodes
2006 Windfall Nina Schaefer Series regular, 13 episodes
Lost Greta Episodes: "Greatest Hits", "Through the Looking Glass"
2008 Swingtown Trina Decker Series regular, 13 episodes
The Double Life of Eleanor Kendall Nellie Givens Television film
2010 Miami Medical Dr. Eva Zambrano Series regular, 13 episodes
Covert Affairs Julia Suarez Episode: "South Bound Suarez"
Medium Lydia Halstrom Episode: "The Match Game"
The Defenders Betty Episode: "Las Vegas vs. Johnson"
2011 Chase Isabella Episode: "Narco: Part 1"
2011–18 Once Upon a Time Regina Mills
The Evil Queen
Roni 		Main Role
Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Actress: Sci-Fi/Fantasy
ALMA Award for Outstanding TV Actress - Drama
TV Guide Award for Favorite Villain
Nominated — Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Villain
Nominated — Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Villain
Nominated — Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress on Television
Nominated — TV Guide Award for Favorite Villain

Awards and nominations

Year Award Nominated work Result
2003 Imagen Award for Best Supporting Actress Boomtown Won
2008 ALMA Award for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Television Series Swingtown Nominated
2012 TV Guide Award for Favorite Villain Once Upon a Time Won
Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress on Television Once Upon a Time Nominated
Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Villain Once Upon a Time Nominated
ALMA Award for Outstanding TV Actress - Drama Once Upon a Time Won
2013 NHMC Impact Award Once Upon a Time Won
Teen Choice Awards for Choice TV Villain Once Upon a Time Nominated
Imagen Foundation Award for Best Actress/Television Once Upon a Time Nominated
2016 Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Actress: Sci-Fi/Fantasy Once Upon a Time Won
2017 Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Actress: Sci-Fi/Fantasy Once Upon a Time Nominated
2018 Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Actress: Sci-Fi/Fantasy[23] Once Upon a Time Nominated

References

  1. ^ a b c "Lara Parrilla Biography". TVGuide.com. Archived from the original on September 7, 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ "Sam Parrilla Statistics and History - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference.
  3. ^ She's Got Performance In Her Genes
  4. ^ Fast Facts - Tv Guide
  5. ^ a b BIO:Evil Queen Played by Lana Parrilla Archived 2011-10-26 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ MOVIES The Double Life of Eleanor Kendall Archived 2012-01-30 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ "Miami Medical canceled, no season two | canceled + renewed TV shows". TV Series Finale. 2010-05-21. Retrieved 2014-06-03.
  8. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (2011-02-28). "Several Actors Board Broadcast Pilots". Deadline.com. Retrieved 2014-06-03.
  9. ^ "Once Upon a Time - Season 1 Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 2014-06-03.
  10. ^ Paula Hendrickson (2012-06-21). "Lana Parrilla in 'Once Upon a Time': Road to the Emmys 2012: The Supporting Actor & Actress - Chicago Tribune". Variety. Articles.chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 2014-06-03.
  11. ^ 07/19/2013 2:48 pm EDT (2013-07-19). "Emmy Latino Snubs For Lana Parrilla, Jimmy Smits, and More". Huffingtonpost.com. Retrieved 2014-06-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  12. ^ Marc Cuenco (2013-12-01). "14 Emmy-Worthy GIFs of 'Once Upon a Time' Star Lana Parilla". Tv.aol.com. Retrieved 2014-06-03.
  13. ^ Team TVLine / June 6, 2012, 6:25 AM PDT (2012-06-06). "[PHOTOS] Emmy Nominations 2012 — Awards Show's Supporting Actress In Drama Contenders". TVLine. Retrieved 2014-06-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  14. ^ Snetiker, Marc (2012-07-18). "2012 Emmy Awards Nominees: Our Predictions! | TV News". Hollywood.com. Retrieved 2014-06-03.
  15. ^ "Lana Parrilla, Once Upon a Time from Emmy Contenders: Supporting Actress, Drama | E! Online UK". Uk.eonline.com. 2012-07-02. Retrieved 2014-06-03.
  16. ^ "TV Guide Magazine Fan Favorites Awards Winners Revealed! - Today's News: Our Take". TVGuide.com. 2012-04-10. Retrieved 2014-06-03.
  17. ^ 09/21/2012 10:18 pm (2012-09-21). "ALMA Awards 2012: Winners And Show Highlights (VIDEO, PHOTOS)". Huffingtonpost.com. Retrieved 2014-06-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  18. ^ Goldberg, Matt. "Saturn Award Nominations 2012 | Collider | Page 148931". Collider. Retrieved 2015-06-07.
  19. ^ Overview Base Job
  20. ^ Saad, Nardine (May 7, 2013). "Once Upon a Time's Lana Parrilla engaged to Fred Di Blasio". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on December 10, 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  21. ^ Nudd, Tim (August 1, 2014). "Once Upon a Time's Lana Parrilla Gets Married in Real-Life Fairy Tale". People. Archived from the original on March 17, 2018. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  22. ^ Parrilla, Lana [@LanaParrilla] (August 1, 2014). "Well, @fred_diblasio I think this says it all... Signed, #MrsDiBlasio" (Tweet). Archived from the original on March 19, 2016 – via Twitter.
  23. ^ Nomination Teen Choice Award 2018
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