Lana Parrilla

Birth Name:

Lana Maria Parrilla

Birth Place:

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States

Profession

Actress, Director, Producer, Soundtrack

Her performance in the ABC series "Once Upon a Time" earned the American Latino Media Arts award for Outstanding TV Actress - Drama in 2012
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
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: "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․"
Quote: "You are where you need to be․ Just take a deep breath․"
Even though her father is Puerto Rican, she went to Granada, Spain in 2007 to learn Spanish

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