Lana Parrilla Biography

Fast Facts

• Her performance in the NBC series "Boomtown" won her the 2003 Best Supporting Actress award from the Imagen Foundation, which honors positive portrayals of Latinos in the entertainment industry
• Her performance in the ABC series "Once Upon a Time" earned the American Latino Media Arts award for Outstanding TV Actress - Drama in 2012
• Quote: "Every little girl wanted to be Natalie Wood, as did I․"
• Quote: "I love horror, I love scary movies, I love thrillers․ If things creep you out and spook you? I love it․"
• Quote: "You are where you need to be․ Just take a deep breath․"
• Quote: "No real fairytale scared me, but Freddy Krueger did․ 'Nightmare on Elm Street' scared the living hell out of me, but no fairytale․ Maybe 'Hansel and Gretel' a little bit when they were walking through the forest and they met the witch․"
• Even though her father is Puerto Rican, she went to Granada, Spain in 2007 to learn Spanish