
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.

The Mandalorian and Grogu
2026 · as Local Leader

Encanto
2021 · as Señora Guzmán (voice)

Exorcist II: The Heretic
1977 · as Spanish Girl

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Road Trip
2025 · as Lidia Garcia

Fathers and Sons
2005 · as Nurse

The Mean Season
1985 · as Kathy Vasquez

Seguin
1982 · as Gertudis

Zoot Suit
1981 · as Della

That's Amor
2022 · as Julietta

Peak Season
2024

After the SIlence
1996 · as Lisa, Sanctuary Woman

Panic in Echo Park
1977

Victims
1982 · as Pilar Galloway

Best Kept Secrets
1984 · as Mrs. Zepeta

Palomino
1991 · as Donna

...And the Earth Did Not Swallow Him
1995 · as Florentina