Lana Parrilla

Lana Parrilla (born July 15, 1977, height 5' 4½" (1,64 m)) is a Puerto Rican-American actress known for her television work. She is best known for her roles on Spin City, 24, Boomtown, and Once Upon a Time. Parrilla was born in Brooklyn, New York, the daughter of a Sicilian mother and a Puerto Rican father Sam Parrilla, a baseball player who played professionally for 11 seasons (1963-1973) including one season with the Major League Philadelphia Phillies in 1970 as an outfielder. Her sister is Deena Parrilla. Lana speaks Spanish because she went to Granada (Spain) to learn the language in 2007. Parrilla became engaged to boyfriend Fred Di Blasio on April 28, 2013 while in Israel. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lana Parrilla, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Spiders (2000)

A DNA experiment on a rare breed of spider is taking place on a NASA space shuttle, when a freak meteor shower engulfs the shuttle, causing everything to go horribly wrong. One survivor is found on the ship and watched over in a secret location deep in the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gary Jones
CAST:  Lana Parrilla  •  Josh Green  •  Oliver Macready  •  Simona Williams

A DNA experiment on a rare breed of spider is taking place on a NASA space shuttle, when a freak meteor shower engulfs the shuttle, causing everything to go horribly wrong. One survivor is found on the ship and watched over in a secret location deep in the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gary Jones
CAST:  Lana Parrilla  •  Josh Green  •  Oliver Macready  •  Simona Williams

One Last Ride (2006)

An emotionally gripping look at a man's personal battle to end a self-destructive path of compulsive gambling.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tony Vitale
CAST:  Patrick Cupo  •  Chazz Palminteri  •  Robert Davi  •  Mario Roccuzzo

An emotionally gripping look at a man's personal battle to end a self-destructive path of compulsive gambling.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tony Vitale
CAST:  Patrick Cupo  •  Chazz Palminteri  •  Robert Davi  •  Mario Roccuzzo

Very Mean Men (2000)

A bartender wants rid of an obnoxious drunk but not until the drunk has left a decent tip. So the bartender tells the story of two mobster families, the Minetti's who work out of an Italian restaurant in the East San Fernando Valley, and the Mulroney's who work out ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tony Vitale
CAST:  Matthew Modine  •  Martin Landau  •  Ben Gazzara  •  Scott Baio

A bartender wants rid of an obnoxious drunk but not until the drunk has left a decent tip. So the bartender tells the story of two mobster families, the Minetti's who work out of an Italian restaurant in the East San Fernando Valley, and the Mulroney's who work out ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tony Vitale
CAST:  Matthew Modine  •  Martin Landau  •  Ben Gazzara  •  Scott Baio

The Double Life of Eleanor Kendall (2008)

Nellie, née Bouchard, is divorced by wealthy Jack Givens because after a miscarriage even in vitro fails to overcome her infertility. She finds herself destitute as her own account were plundered by someone who stole her maiden identity, Eleanor Kendall. Bank ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Roy
CAST:  Lana Parrilla  •  James Thomas  •  Bénédicte Décary  •  Maéva Nadon

Nellie, née Bouchard, is divorced by wealthy Jack Givens because after a miscarriage even in vitro fails to overcome her infertility. She finds herself destitute as her own account were plundered by someone who stole her maiden identity, Eleanor Kendall. Bank ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Roy
CAST:  Lana Parrilla  •  James Thomas  •  Bénédicte Décary  •  Maéva Nadon

Frozen Stars (2003)

A dramatic coming-of-age story that explores the lives of four young people struggling with emotional conflicts, family issues, personal identities, religious beliefs and the overwhelming power of love and friendship.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David-Matthew Barnes
CAST:  Lana Parrilla  •  Juan Monsalvez  •  Reynaldo Gallegos

A dramatic coming-of-age story that explores the lives of four young people struggling with emotional conflicts, family issues, personal identities, religious beliefs and the overwhelming power of love and friendship.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David-Matthew Barnes
CAST:  Lana Parrilla  •  Juan Monsalvez  •  Reynaldo Gallegos

Semper Fi (2001)

Cliff Truckee refuses a privileged start in life at a top college while other young men are enlisting. On the bus out of Chicago he meets a girl on her way to join the Marines, falls in love and decides to do the same. Paris Island is physically tough, but it is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael W. Watkins
CAST:  Scott Bairstow  •  Steve Burton  •  Vicellous Shannon  •  Alex Burns

Cliff Truckee refuses a privileged start in life at a top college while other young men are enlisting. On the bus out of Chicago he meets a girl on her way to join the Marines, falls in love and decides to do the same. Paris Island is physically tough, but it is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael W. Watkins
CAST:  Scott Bairstow  •  Steve Burton  •  Vicellous Shannon  •  Alex Burns

The Tax Collector (2020)

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David Cuevas is a family man who works as a gangland tax collector for high ranking Los Angeles gang members. He makes collections across the city with his partner Creeper making sure people pay up or will see retaliation. An old threat returns to Los Angeles that ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Ayer
CAST:  Shia LaBeouf  •  Bobby Soto  •  Cle Sloan  •  Cinthya Carmona

David Cuevas is a family man who works as a gangland tax collector for high ranking Los Angeles gang members. He makes collections across the city with his partner Creeper making sure people pay up or will see retaliation. An old threat returns to Los Angeles that ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Ayer
CAST:  Shia LaBeouf  •  Bobby Soto  •  Cle Sloan  •  Cinthya Carmona

Atlas (2024)

A brilliant counterterrorism analyst with a deep distrust of AI discovers it might be her only hope when a mission to capture a renegade robot goes awry.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Brad Peyton
CAST:  Jennifer Lopez  •  Simu Liu  •  Sterling K. Brown  •  Abraham Popoola

A brilliant counterterrorism analyst with a deep distrust of AI discovers it might be her only hope when a mission to capture a renegade robot goes awry.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Brad Peyton
CAST:  Jennifer Lopez  •  Simu Liu  •  Sterling K. Brown  •  Abraham Popoola

Scrap (2022)

​​After getting laid off, young single-mom Beth finds herself living in her car and struggles to hide her homelessness from her estranged brother Ben.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vivian Kerr
CAST:  Vivian Kerr  •  Lana Parrilla  •  Anthony Rapp  •  Beth Dover

​​After getting laid off, young single-mom Beth finds herself living in her car and struggles to hide her homelessness from her estranged brother Ben.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vivian Kerr
CAST:  Vivian Kerr  •  Lana Parrilla  •  Anthony Rapp  •  Beth Dover