Lana Parrilla

Lana Maria Parrilla (born July 15, 1977)[1] is an American actress. She was a regular cast member in the fifth season of the ABC sitcom Spin City (2000-2001) and in the fourth season of 24 (2005), and starred in Boomtown (2002-2003), Windfall (2006), Swingtown (2008), and as Dr. Eva Zambrano in the short-lived medical drama Miami Medical (2010), and as The Evil Queen/Regina Mills in the ABC fantasy drama series Once Upon a Time (2011-2018). In 2016 Parrilla won a Teen Choice Award for Choice Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Actress.

Lana Parrilla
Parrilla in 2013.
Born
Lana Maria Parrilla

(1977-07-15) July 15, 1977
New York City, U.S.
Occupation
  • Actress
Years active1999–present
Spouse(s)
Alfredo Di Blasio
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(m. 2014; div. 2018)​
Parent(s)Sam Parrilla
RelativesCandice Azzara (maternal aunt)
Signature

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 eleven 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]

She grew up in Boerum Hill and graduated from Fort Hamilton High School in Bay Ridge.[4]

Lana studied acting at the Beverly Hills Playhouse in Los Angeles - California.[5]

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,[6] 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 canceled 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.[7] 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.[8] 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.[9] The series debuted in October 2011.[6] 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.[10]

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,[11][12][13][14][15][16] 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.[17][18] Parrilla also received a nomination for Best Supporting Actress on Television from the 38th Saturn Awards.[19] Due to her role in Once Upon a Time, Parrilla has gained a significant cult following from fans across the world and continues to attend fan events.

Personal life

Parrilla became engaged to Alfredo Di Blasio, an executive with a technology firm,[20] on April 28, 2013, while traveling in Israel.[21] They were married on July 5, 2014, in British Columbia.[22][23] They divorced on November 5, 2018,[24] which Parrilla revealed in an Instagram post dated April 13, 2019.[25]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2000 Very Mean Men Teresa
2000 Spiders Marci Eyre
2001 Semper Fi Female Series Commander
2003 Frozen Stars Lisa Vasquez
2005 One Last Ride Antoinette
2020 The Tax Collector Favi

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 Recurring guest role / 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 Johnson Episode: "Las Vegas vs. Johnson"
2011 Chase Isabella Cordova Episode: "Narco: Part 1"
2011–18 Once Upon a Time Regina Mills
Evil Queen
Roni		 Main Role; 156 episodes
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
Nominated – Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Actress: Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Nominated – Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Actress: Sci-Fi/Fantasy
TBA Why Women Kill Rita Main role (season 2)

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[26] Once Upon a Time Nominated

References
  1. "Lana Parrilla Biography". TVGuide.com. Archived from the original on September 7, 2015.
  2. "Sam Parrilla Statistics and History - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference.
  3. She's Got Performance In Her Genes
  4. Ramos, Anna Ruth (March 12, 2016). "Making magic: The evil queen from Kings County". Brooklyn Paper. Retrieved February 21, 2019.
  5. Fast Facts - Tv Guide
  6. BIO:Evil Queen Played by Lana Parrilla Archived October 26, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  7. MOVIES The Double Life of Eleanor Kendall Archived January 30, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  8. "Miami Medical canceled, no season two | canceled + renewed TV shows". TV Series Finale. May 21, 2010. Retrieved June 3, 2014.
  9. Andreeva, Nellie (February 28, 2011). "Several Actors Board Broadcast Pilots". Deadline. Retrieved June 3, 2014.
  10. "Once Upon a Time - Season 1 Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved June 3, 2014.
  11. Hendrickson, Paula (June 21, 2012). "Lana Parrilla in 'Once Upon a Time': Road to the Emmys 2012: The Supporting Actor & Actress". Chicago Tribune. Variety. Retrieved June 21, 2020.
  12. "Emmy Latino Snubs For Lana Parrilla, Jimmy Smits, and More". HuffPost. July 19, 2013. Retrieved June 21, 2020.
  13. Marc Cuenco (December 1, 2013). "14 Emmy-Worthy GIFs of 'Once Upon a Time' Star Lana Parilla". Tv.aol.com. Retrieved June 3, 2014.
  14. Team TVLine (June 6, 2012). "[PHOTOS] Emmy Nominations 2012 – Awards Show's Supporting Actress in Drama Contenders". TVLine. Retrieved June 3, 2014.
  15. Snetiker, Marc (July 18, 2012). "2012 Emmy Awards Nominees: Our Predictions!". Hollywood.com. Retrieved June 3, 2014.
  16. "Lana Parrilla, Once Upon a Time from Emmy Contenders: Supporting Actress, Drama". E! Online UK. July 2, 2012. Retrieved June 3, 2014.
  17. "TV Guide Magazine Fan Favorites Awards Winners Revealed!". TVGuide.com. April 10, 2012. Retrieved June 3, 2014.
  18. "ALMA Awards 2012: Winners And Show Highlights (VIDEO, PHOTOS)". HuffPost. September 21, 2012. Retrieved June 21, 2020.
  19. Goldberg, Matt (February 29, 2012). "Saturn Award Nominations 2012 | Collider | Page 148931". Collider. Retrieved June 7, 2015.
  20. Overview Base Job
  21. 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.
  22. 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.
  23. 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.
  24. "The Lana Parrilla". www.facebook.com. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
  25. "Lana Parilla on Instagram - "Currently on my new life path..."". Instagram. April 13, 2019. Retrieved April 14, 2019. ..The life I thought I was going to live is over. I’m no longer married. No longer a stepmother. No longer The Queen. I’ve started over...
  26. Nomination Teen Choice Award 2018
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