---
name: "Lana Parrilla"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/lana-parrilla"
fi1m_id: "lana-parrilla"
imdb_id: "nm0663469"
tmdb_id: 177231
wikidata_id: "Q242155"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "15 July 1977"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-23T12:09:44.037112+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Lana Parrilla

## Identity

Lana Parrilla

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/lana-parrilla
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** lana-parrilla
- **IMDb ID:** nm0663469
- **TMDB ID:** 177231
- **Wikidata ID:** Q242155
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lana_Parrilla, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q242155, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0663469/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/177231

Director. Born 15 July 1977 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 15 July 1977, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
- **Active:** 2001–2011
- **Also known as:** Лана Перрия, Лана Паррия, لانا پاریلا
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 directing
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 78 (1), 2010s 65 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lana_Parrilla, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q242155, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0663469/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/177231

## Coming up

- *Bad Day at the Office* (2026-10-30)

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Once Upon a Time*](https://film.one/tv/once-upon-a-time.md) (65)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Lana Parrilla is an American actress. She was born on 15 July 1977 in Brooklyn, New York City.

Parrilla played the dual role of Regina Mills and the Evil Queen in the ABC series *Once Upon a Time* (2011–2018). She also directed the episode "Chosen" in the seventh season. Earlier credits include regular roles in *Spin City* (2000–2001) and *24* (2005), and series such as *Boomtown* (2002–2003), *Windfall* (2006), *Swingtown* (2008) and *Miami Medical* (2010).

She has appeared in episodes of *Lost* (2004), *Six Feet Under* (2001), *The Shield* (2002), *Medium* (2005), *The Tax Collector* (2020), *Why Women Kill* (2021) and *The Lincoln Lawyer* (2022). Parrilla won an ALMA Award for Outstanding TV Actress – Drama in 2012.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Performed in (1)

- *24* (2001), Fi1m 78, as Sarah Gavin — [page](https://film.one/tv/24.md)

### Directed (1) — the average rests on these

- *Once Upon a Time* (2011), Fi1m 65, as Regina Mills / Evil Queen — [page](https://film.one/tv/once-upon-a-time.md)

## Complete filmography (35)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Bad Day at the Office* (2026), Actor
- *The Rainmaker* (2025), series, as Jocelyn 'Bruiser' Stone
- *Lesbophilia* (2024), as Miss Madam
- *Atlas* (2024), as Val Shepherd
- *You* (2024), Actor
- *Scrap* (2022), as Stacy
- *The Lincoln Lawyer* (2022), series, as Lisa Trammell
- *The Tax Collector* (2020), as Favi
- *Why Women Kill* (2019), series, as Rita Castillo
- *A Character Study | Regina Mills* (2017), as Regina Mills
- *Limina* (2017), Thanks
- *Once Upon a Time* (2011), series, as Regina Mills / Evil Queen · Director — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/tv/once-upon-a-time.md)
- *The Defenders* (2010), series, as Betty Johnson
- *Covert Affairs* (2010), series, as Julia Suarez
- *Miami Medical* (2010), series, as Eva Zambrano
- *Swingtown* (2008), series, as Trina Decker
- *The Double Life of Eleanor Kendall* (2008), as Nellie Givens
- *Windfall* (2006), series, as Nina Schaefer
- *One Last Ride* (2006), as Antoinette
- *Medium* (2005), series, as Lydia Halstrom
- *Lost* (2004), series, as Greta — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/lost.md)
- *Frozen Stars* (2003), as Lisa Vasquez
- *Boomtown* (2002), series, as Teresa Ortiz, paramedic in season one, rookie police officer in season two
- *The Shield* (2002), series, as Sedona Tellez — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-shield.md)
- *24* (2001), series, as Sarah Gavin — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/24.md)
- *Six Feet Under* (2001), series, as Maile — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/six-feet-under.md)
- *Semper Fi* (2001), as Female Series Commander
- *Spiders* (2000), as Marci Eyre
- *Very Mean Men* (2000), as Teresa
- *Grown Ups* (1999), series, as Waitress
- *l like you, you're gorgeous, now what?* (1997), as Kate
- *Spin City* (1996), series, as Angie Ordonez
- *JAG* (1995), series, as Lt. Stephanie Donato
- *Synthetic*, Actor
- *Dismantle the Sun*, as Executive Producer

## Gallery

- ![Lana Parrilla](https://film.one/media/person/1023437/gallery-f719901c9791.jpg) Lana Parrilla — Super Festivals from Ft. Lauderdale, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Lana_Parrilla_Photo_Op_GalaxyCon_Richmond_2022_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Lana_Parrilla_Photo_Op_GalaxyCon_Richmond_2022_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Catherine Gourdier and Lana Parrilla. Photo: Tom Sandler Photography. (2015)](https://film.one/media/person/1023437/gallery-b6b5b3e6f249.jpg) Catherine Gourdier and Lana Parrilla. Photo: Tom Sandler Photography. (2015) — Canadian Film Centre from Toronto, Canada, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/2015_CFC_Annual_BBQ_Fundraiser_%2820822718994%29.jpg/1280px-2015_CFC_Annual_BBQ_Fundraiser_%2820822718994%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Lana Parrilla and Fred Di Blasio. Photo: Danilo Ursini (2015)](https://film.one/media/person/1023437/gallery-f455f5265bb7.jpg) Lana Parrilla and Fred Di Blasio. Photo: Danilo Ursini (2015) — Canadian Film Centre from Toronto, Canada, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/2015_CFC_Annual_BBQ_Fundraiser_%2821428361021%29.jpg/1280px-2015_CFC_Annual_BBQ_Fundraiser_%2821428361021%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Lana Parrilla on the cover of Ebby magazine (2025)](https://film.one/media/person/1023437/gallery-ab83a752d6ba.jpg) Lana Parrilla on the cover of Ebby magazine (2025) — Ebby Magazine, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Ebby_Magazine.jpg/1280px-Ebby_Magazine.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Lana Parrilla](https://film.one/media/person/1023437/gallery-db972d337557.jpg) Lana Parrilla — Image via TMDB
- ![Lana Parrilla](https://film.one/media/person/1023437/gallery-cb1cc187bef6.jpg) Lana Parrilla — Image via TMDB
- ![Lana Parilla at GalaxyCon Austin in 2023](https://film.one/media/person/1023437/gallery-6ebedafb7809.jpg) Lana Parilla at GalaxyCon Austin in 2023 — Super Festivals from Ft. Lauderdale, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/98/Lana_Parilla_%2853160014744%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Lana Parilla at GalaxyCon Austin in 2023](https://film.one/media/person/1023437/gallery-85d063c83be5.jpg) Lana Parilla at GalaxyCon Austin in 2023 — Super Festivals, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Lana_Parilla_Photo_Op_GalaxyCon_Austin_2023.jpg/1280px-Lana_Parilla_Photo_Op_GalaxyCon_Austin_2023.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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