Rose Portillo

    Rose Portillo

    November 7, 1953 (71 years old) in Los Angeles, California, USA

    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.

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    The RookieThe Rookie
    NCISNCIS
    Murder, She WroteMurder, She Wrote
    Home ImprovementHome Improvement
    EncantoEncanto

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