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.
Movie Credits
Rose Portillo has appeared in 11 movies.
These include That's Amor, Zoot Suit, Best Kept Secrets, Panic in Echo Park, ...And the Earth Did Not Swallow Him, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, The Mean Season, Victims, Exorcist II: The Heretic, Palomino and Encanto.TV Credits
Rose Portillo has appeared in 8 TV Series.
These include Seis Manos, Eisenhower and Lutz, Zootopia+, Undone, Marvel's Runaways, The Rookie, Home Improvement and Sliders.