Lana Parrilla
Lana Parrilla
Lana Parrillais an American actress. Parrilla is best known for her roles on television and radio. She was a regular cast member in the fifth season of the ABC sitcom Spin City from 2000 to 2001. She later guest-starred in Boomtown, Windfall, Swingtownand as Doctor Eva Zambrano in the short-lived medical drama Miami Medical. She also played the role of Sarah Gavin during the fourth season of the Fox series 24 in 2005. In 2011, Parrilla began starring as The...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actress
Date of Birth15 July 1977
CityBrooklyn, NY
CountryUnited States of America
I actually study boxing - my dad was a Golden Gloves champion so I learned how to fight at a very young age. Growing up in Brooklyn you always had to watch your back, so I pretty much learned to protect myself.
Follow your heart because it always knows.
I love horror, I love scary movies, I love thrillers. If things creep you out and spook you? I love it.
To be vulnerable, to be raw, to virtually expose your guts, I like doing that.
I have a lot of LGBT friends and family members and I've always supported the community, not only as a child but as an adult, and I think it's important to voice that.
Children do run from me. And so do some adults.
Israel was always on my bucket list, it was always one of those places that you check off and move onto the next place, but I'm never going to check Israel off my list. It's a place I'm always going to want to come back to.
I am very, very diligent and extremely hard-working.
Children, a lot of times, can't make their parents wrong because they have to live with them, because they have to love them. And when you're young, you can't get on your Big Wheel and go down to the Best Western. You've got to live there and you've got to figure it out.
I do watch Revenge, American Horror Story and Game of Thrones. I am behind on all of them. But I do watch them. Those are my go-to shows.
My boyfriend says I dress like a rock star but I would say my style is hip and comfortable.
When the script for 'Once' came my way, I had the thought that maybe it will last only a season. But I was willing to take that risk.
When I was just a kid, growing up in Brooklyn, I was constantly making home videos with my family – real silly high-concept productions like, 'Attack of the Killer Handkerchief.' I guess I knew even then that I wanted to be an actress.
I've played Latin, I've played Italian. And I've played the all-around regular girl. I think the thing about the way I look, is that I can look like many different things. People sometimes ask me if I'm Russian. I don't think I specifically look like a Puerto Rican or an Italian. Wouldn't you agree?