Lana Parrilla

Biography

Lana Parrilla is an American actress born on July 15, 1977, in Brooklyn, New York. She is best known for her role as Regina Mills/The Evil Queen in Once Upon a Time (2011–2018), which earned her several awards including a Teen Choice Award and an ALMA Award. Early in her career, she faced hardships including homelessness at age 19. She has also starred in Why Women Kill (2021) and the Netflix film Atlas (2024). Lana was married to Alfredo Di Blasio from 2014 to 2019 and launched an online clothing line, Keep It Regal, inspired by her Once Upon a Time character.

Known For

Lost

Greta

The Shield

Sedona Tellez

Medium

Lydia Halstrom

24

Sarah Gavin

Once Upon a Time

Regina Mills / Evil Queen

Spin City

Angie Ordonez

The Lincoln Lawyer

Lisa Trammell

JAG

Lt. Stephanie Donato

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2025	Bad Day at the Office
2024	Lesbophilia	Miss Madam
2024	Atlas	Val Shepherd
2024	Best Christmas Movies Ever!	Self
2024	You
2022	Scrap	Stacy
2020	The Tax Collector	Favi
2017	A Character Study \| Regina Mills	Regina Mills
2008	The Double Life of Eleanor Kendall
2006	One Last Ride	Antoinette
2003	Frozen Stars	Lisa Vasquez
2001	Semper Fi	Female Series Commander
2000	Spiders	Marci Eyre
2000	Very Mean Men	Teresa
1997	l like you, you're gorgeous, now what?	Kate

Year	TV Show	Role
2025	The Rainmaker	Jocelyn 'Bruiser' Stone
2022	The Lincoln Lawyer	Lisa Trammell
2019	Why Women Kill	Rita Castillo
2011	Once Upon a Time	Regina Mills / Evil Queen
2010	Covert Affairs	Julia Suarez
2010	Miami Medical	Eva Zambrano
2010	The Defenders	Betty Johnson
2008	Swingtown	Trina Decker
2006	Windfall
2005	Medium	Lydia Halstrom
2004	Lost	Greta
2002	Boomtown	Teresa Ortiz, paramedic in season one, rookie police officer in season two
2002	The Shield	Sedona Tellez
2001	Six Feet Under	Maile
2001	24	Sarah Gavin
1999	Grown Ups
1996	Spin City	Angie Ordonez
1995	JAG	Lt. Stephanie Donato