2026Nominee
Best Performance
The Mandalorian and Grogu
Rose Portillo
Actor
Los Angeles, California, USA
November 7, 1953
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.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
2021Winner
Best Performance
Encanto
2025Nominee
Best Performance
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Road Trip
Career Highlights
1977Highlight
Best Performance
Exorcist II: The Heretic
1985Highlight
Best Performance
The Mean Season
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The Mandalorian and Grogu
Encanto
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Road Trip