Rose Portillo
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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.
Known for
Credits
The Mandalorian and Grogu (2026)
as Local Leader
Encanto (2021)
as Señora Guzmán (voice)
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Road Trip (2025)
as Lidia Garcia
Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)
as Spanish Girl
The Mean Season (1985)
as Kathy Vasquez
Zoot Suit (1981)
as Della
That's Amor (2022)
as Julietta
Peak Season (2024)
Actor
Fathers and Sons (2005)
as Nurse
After the SIlence (1996)
as Lisa, Sanctuary Woman
Seguin (1982)
as Gertudis
Best Kept Secrets (1984)
as Mrs. Zepeta
Panic in Echo Park (1977)
Actor
Palomino (1991)
as Donna
...And the Earth Did Not Swallow Him (1995)
as Florentina
Victims (1982)
as Pilar Galloway