Lana Parrilla
{{Short description|American actress (born 1977)}}
{{Use American English|date=November 2019}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2022}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Lana Parrilla
| image = Lana Parrilla (53215798841).jpg
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| caption = Parrilla in 2023
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1977|07|15}}
| birth_place = New York City, U.S.
| occupation = {{hlist|Actress|director|executive producer}}
| years_active = 1999–present
| spouse = Alfred Di Blasio
({{abbr|m.|married}} 2014; {{abbr|div.|divorced}} ?)
| signature = Lana Parrilla signature (autograph).svg
| father = Sam Parrilla
| relatives = Candice Azzara (aunt)
}}
Lana Parrilla (born July 15, 1977{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/lana-parrilla/bio/161175/ |title=Lana Parrilla Biography| work=TVGuide.com| archive-date=September 7, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150907184006/http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/lana-parrilla/bio/161175/| url-status=dead}}) 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). Among her awards and nominations is a 2012 ALMA Award win for Outstanding TV Actress—Drama. In 2021, she played the role of Rita Castillo in the second season of Why Women Kill.
Early life
Parrilla was born in the Brooklyn borough of New York City on July 15, 1977. Her mother, Dolores Dee Azzara, is of Sicilian ancestry (Villabate) and her father, Sam Parrilla, is a Puerto Rico-born baseball player who played one season with the Philadelphia Phillies.{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/parrisa01.shtml |title=Sam Parrilla Statistics and History |publisher=Sports Reference |work=Baseball-Reference.com }} She is also the niece of Candice Azzara, an American Broadway and TV actress.{{cite web|last=DiStasio|first=Christine|title=You Don't Know Jack About This Evil Queen|url=https://www.bustle.com/articles/20085-why-once-upon-a-time-star-lana-parilla-is-so-much-more-than-just-the-wicked|date=April 6, 2014|website=Bustle}}
She grew up in Boerum Hill and graduated from Fort Hamilton High School in Bay Ridge.{{cite news |last1=Ramos |first1=Anna Ruth |title=Making magic: The evil queen from Kings County |url=https://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/39/11/24-actress-lana-parrilla-2016-03-11-bk.html |access-date=February 21, 2019 |work=Brooklyn Paper |date=March 12, 2016}}
Lana studied acting at the Beverly Hills Playhouse in Los Angeles.{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/lana-parrilla/bio/3000029620/|title=Lana Parrilla|website=TVGuide.com}}
Career
=1999–2010=
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,{{Cite web|url=http://beta.abc.go.com/shows/once-upon-a-time/bios/evil-queen|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111026124248/http://beta.abc.go.com/shows/once-upon-a-time/bios/evil-queen|url-status=dead|title=Bio: Evil Queen Played by Lana Parrilla|publisher=ABC|archive-date=October 26, 2011}} 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 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; she was made a regular cast member in the seventh episode, and her character was written out after the twelfth episode.
In 2006, Parrilla starred in the NBC summer series Windfall alongside 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 in the Lifetime film The Double Life of Eleanor Kendall, in which she played Nellie, a divorcee whose identity has been stolen.{{Cite web|url=http://www.mylifetime.com/movies/the-double-life-of-eleanor-kendall|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120130074703/http://www.mylifetime.com/movies/the-double-life-of-eleanor-kendall|url-status=dead|title=The Double Life of Eleanor Kendall|website=mylifetime.com|archive-date=January 30, 2012}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/miami-medical-canceled-season-two-15522/ |title=Miami Medical canceled, no season two | canceled + renewed TV shows |website=TV Series Finale |date=May 21, 2010 |access-date=June 3, 2014}} Windfall, Swingtown and Miami Medical were all canceled after 13 episodes.
=2011–present=
In February 2011, she was cast as Mayor Regina Mills/The Evil Queen, in the ABC adventure fantasy drama Once Upon a Time, created by Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz.{{cite web|last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |url=https://deadline.com/2011/02/several-actors-board-broadcast-pilots-110058/ |title=Several Actors Board Broadcast Pilots |website=Deadline|date=February 28, 2011 |access-date=June 3, 2014}} The series debuted in October 2011. 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/tv/once-upon-a-time |title=Once Upon a Time - Season 1 Reviews |website=Metacritic|access-date=June 3, 2014}} 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,{{cite web|first=Paula|last=Hendrickson |agency= Variety |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-xpm-2012-06-21-sns-201206211800reedbusivarietynvr1118055657-20120621-story.html|title=Lana Parrilla in 'Once Upon a Time': Road to the Emmys 2012: The Supporting Actor & Actress |work=Chicago Tribune|date=June 21, 2012 |access-date=June 21, 2020}}{{cite web|url= https://www.huffpost.com/entry/emmy-latino-snubs_n_3624683 |title=Emmy Latino Snubs For Lana Parrilla, Jimmy Smits, and More |publisher=HuffPost |date=July 19, 2013 |access-date=June 21, 2020}}{{cite web |first=Marc |last=Cuenco |url=http://tv.aol.com/2013/12/01/14-emmy-worthy-gifs-of-once-upon-a-times-lana-parilla/ |title=14 Emmy-Worthy GIFs of 'Once Upon a Time' Star Lana Parilla |publisher=Tv.aol.com |date=December 1, 2013 |access-date=June 3, 2014 |archive-date=February 17, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150217025130/http://tv.aol.com/2013/12/01/14-emmy-worthy-gifs-of-once-upon-a-times-lana-parilla/ |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://tvline.com/2012/06/06/emmy-awards-2012-supporting-drama-actress-nominations-contenders-dream-photos/ |title=[PHOTOS] Emmy Nominations 2012 – Awards Show's Supporting Actress in Drama Contenders |publisher=TVLine |date=June 6, 2012 |access-date=June 3, 2014}}{{cite web|last=Snetiker |first=Marc |url=http://www.hollywood.com/news/tv/34278443/2012-emmy-awards-nominees-our-predictions |title=2012 Emmy Awards Nominees: Our Predictions!|publisher=Hollywood.com |date=July 18, 2012 |access-date=June 3, 2014}}{{cite web|url=https://www.eonline.com/uk/photos/5489/emmy-contenders-supporting-actress-drama|title=Lana Parrilla, Once Upon a Time from Emmy Contenders: Supporting Actress, Drama|publisher= E! Online UK |date=July 2, 2012 |access-date=June 3, 2014}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/News/TV-Guide-Magazine-1045829.aspx |title=TV Guide Magazine Fan Favorites Awards Winners Revealed!|publisher=TVGuide.com |date=April 10, 2012 |access-date=June 3, 2014}}{{cite web|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/alma-awards-2012-winners-_n_1905245 |title=ALMA Awards 2012: Winners And Show Highlights (Video, Photos) |publisher=HuffPost |date=September 21, 2012|access-date=June 21, 2020}} Parrilla also received a nomination for Best Supporting Actress on Television from the 38th Saturn Awards.{{cite web|last=Goldberg |first=Matt |url=https://collider.com/saturn-award-nominations-2012/|title=Saturn Award Nominations 2012 | Collider | Page 148931 |website=Collider|date=February 29, 2012|access-date=June 7, 2015}}
On April 30, 2021, Parrilla released a song with Leonardo Abbate, who goes by the stage name Glovibes, called "It's Over Now". It is a remix and rearrangement of Deborah Cox's 1998 song of the same name. {{Citation needed|date=October 2021}}
In 2022, Parilla was cast opposite Jennifer Lopez in the Netflix sci-fi thriller film Atlas.{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2022/09/lana-parrilla-jennifer-lopez-atlas-netflix-apa-1235128029/|title=Lana Parrilla Signs With APA & Boards Jennifer Lopez's Netflix Sci-Fi Pic 'Atlas'|first1=Anthony|last1=D'Alessandro|date=September 27, 2022|work=Deadline Hollywood}} Later that year, she was cast for the second season of Netflix legal drama series, The Lincoln Lawyer.{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2022/10/the-lincoln-lawyer-lana-parrilla-season-2-cast-1235155427/|title='The Lincoln Lawyer' Adds Lana Parrilla To Season 2|first1=Rosy|last1=Cordero|date=October 26, 2022|work=Deadline Hollywood}}
Personal life
Parrilla became engaged to Alfredo Di Blasio on April 28, 2013, while traveling in Israel.{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/gossip/la-et-mg-lana-parrilla-engaged-fred-di-blasio-once-upon-a-time-20130506,0,4170875.story |title=Once Upon a Time{{'}}s Lana Parrilla engaged to Fred Di Blasio |work=Los Angeles Times|last=Saad |first=Nardine |date=May 7, 2013|archive-date=December 10, 2016|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161210135355/http://articles.latimes.com/2013/may/07/entertainment/la-et-mg-lana-parrilla-engaged-fred-di-blasio-once-upon-a-time-20130506|url-status=live }} They were married on July 5, 2014, in British Columbia.{{cite web|url=http://people.com/celebrity/once-upon-a-times-lana-parrilla-is-married/ |title=Once Upon a Time{{'}}s Lana Parrilla Gets Married in Real-Life Fairy Tale |work=People|last=Nudd |first=Tim |date=August 1, 2014|archive-date=March 17, 2018| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180317154754/http://people.com/celebrity/once-upon-a-times-lana-parrilla-is-married/|url-status=live}}{{cite tweet|first=Lana|last=Parrilla|user=LanaParrilla|number=495216015094337536 |title=Well, @fred_diblasio I think this says it all... Signed, #MrsDiBlasio|date=August 1, 2014|archive-date=March 19, 2016|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20160319043512/https://twitter.com/lanaparrilla/status/495216015094337536 |url-status=live}} In April 2019, Parrilla announced on her Instagram account that she was "no longer married" and starting a "new life path".{{cite web|title=Currently on my new life path ... I'm no longer married|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BwNyJ_llDUh/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/lanaparrilla/2021492396836271393 |archive-date=December 23, 2021 |url-access=subscription|date=April 13, 2019|access-date=October 14, 2021|website=Instagram}}{{cbignore}}
In 2020, Parrilla launched an online clothing company called Keep It Regal, where she sells apparel inspired by her role in Once Upon a Time.{{cite web |title=Keep It Regal * Lana Parrilla Official Boutique |url=https://keepitregal.net/ |website=keepitregal |access-date=February 24, 2021 |language=en}}
Filmography
{{Pending films key}}
=Film=
File:2017 Lana Parrilla San Diego ComicCon.jpg in 2017]]
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| rowspan="2"|2000
| Spiders | Marci Eyre | |
| Very Mean Men
| Teresa | |
| 2001
| Semper Fi | Female Series Commander | |
| 2003
| Frozen Stars | Lisa Vasquez | |
| 2005
| One Last Ride | Antoinette | |
| 2008
| Mistaken / The Double Life of Eleanor Kendall | Eleanor Kendall/Nellie | |
| 2020
| Favi | |
| rowspan="2"|2022
| Split at the Root | | Documentary film; also executive producer |
| Scrap
| Stacy | |
| 2024
| Atlas | Val Shepherd | |
| {{TableTBA}}
| {{Pending film|Bad Day at the Office}} | |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable"| Notes |
|---|
| 1999
| Waitress | Episodes: "Truth Be Told", "J Says" |
| 2000
| Nurse Lorna | Episode: "Telltale Heart pt.1" |
| 2000–2001
| Angie Ordonez | Series regular, 21 episodes |
| rowspan="2"|2002
| JAG | Lt. Stephanie Donato | Episode: "Head to Toe" |
| The Shield
| Sedona Tellez | Episode: "Circles" |
| 2002–2003
| Boomtown | Teresa Ortiz |
| rowspan="2"|2004
| Officer Janet Grafton | Recurring role, 3 episodes |
| Six Feet Under
| Maile | Episodes: "Terror Starts at Home", "The Dare" |
| 2005
| 24 | Recurring guest role / Series regular, 12 episodes |
| rowspan="2"|2006
| Windfall | Nina Schaefer | Series regular, 13 episodes |
| Lost
| Greta | Episodes: "Greatest Hits", "Through the Looking Glass" |
| 2008
| Trina Decker | Series regular, 13 episodes |
| rowspan="4"|2010
| 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" |
| 2011–2018
| Regina Mills / Evil Queen / Roni | Main role; 156 episodes |
| 2021
| Rita Castillo | Main role (season 2) |
| 2023
| Lisa Trammell | Recurring role (season 2) |
| 2024
| Lesbophilia | Miss Madam | Short film |
Awards and nominations
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| 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 | {{nom}} |
| rowspan="4"|2012
| TV Guide Award for Favorite Villain | {{won}} |
| Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress on Television
| Once Upon a Time | {{nom}} |
| Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Villain
| Once Upon a Time | {{nom}} |
| ALMA Award for Outstanding TV Actress - Drama
| Once Upon a Time | {{won}} |
| rowspan="3"|2013
| NHMC Impact Award | Once Upon a Time | {{won}} |
| Teen Choice Awards for Choice TV Villain
| Once Upon a Time | {{nom}} |
| Imagen Foundation Award for Best Actress/Television
| Once Upon a Time | {{nom}} |
| 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 | {{nom}} |
| 2018
| Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Actress: Sci-Fi/Fantasy{{cite tweet|user=TeenChoiceFOX|author-link=Teen Choice Awards|number=1007295349646651392|title=Once Upon A Time, @LanaParrilla was nominated for #ChoiceSciFiTVActress. Will there be a happy ending? RETWEET. #TeenChoice|date=June 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210517195533/https://twitter.com/TeenChoiceFOX/status/1007295349646651392|archive-date=May 17, 2021|url-status=live}} | Once Upon a Time | {{nom}} |
References
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External links
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