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.
Filmography
Cast Credits

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Road Trip
Character: Lidia Garcia
MOVIE • 2025

Peak Season
Character:
MOVIE • 2024

Zootopia+
Character: Additional Voice Talent (voice)
TV • 2022

That's Amor
Character: Julietta
MOVIE • 2022

Encanto
Character: Señora Guzmán (voice)
MOVIE • 2021

Seis Manos
Character: (voice)
TV • 2019

Undone
Character: Speech Teacher
TV • 2019

The Rookie
Character: Emilia Lopez
TV • 2018

Marvel's Runaways
Character: Eileen
TV • 2017

Numb3rs
Character: Woman
TV • 2005

NCIS
Character: Sheriff Jo
TV • 2003

...And the Earth Did Not Swallow Him
Character: Florentina
MOVIE • 1995

Sliders
Character: Sister Celine
TV • 1995

Touched by an Angel
Character: María Parades
TV • 1994

Palomino
Character: Donna
MOVIE • 1991

Home Improvement
Character: Woman #2
TV • 1991

Capital News
Character: Officer Bates
TV • 1990

Eisenhower and Lutz
Character: Millie Zamora
TV • 1988

The Mean Season
Character: Kathy Vasquez
MOVIE • 1985

Murder, She Wrote
Character: Maria
TV • 1984