Lana Parrilla

Lana Parrilla (born July 15 1977) is an American actress known for her television work. She is currently starring in the 1970s drama series "Swingtown" on CBS.

Early life

Parrilla was born in Brooklyn, New York, the daughter of Sam Parrilla, a professional baseball player for the Philadelphia Phillies in the early 1970s.

Career

Parrilla had roles in a few movies including the Matthew Modine-Martin Landau flick "Very Mean Men" (2000), the lead role in the unsuccessful "Spiders" (2000), the starring role in the drama "Frozen Stars" (2003) and the Jean-Claude Van Damme movie "Replicant".

Parrilla became noticed in the mainstream when she joined the cast of "Spin City" in 2000, playing Angie Ordonez for one season. After this, she joined Donnie Wahlberg and Neal McDonough in the 2002 series "Boomtown" in which she played Teresa, a paramedic. Initially a success, "Boomtown" quickly fell in the ratings, and Lana's character became a police academy rookie, so as to tie her more closely to the rest of the show. But the show was cancelled just two episodes into its second season.

Parrilla next guest starred in shows such as "JAG", "NYPD Blue" and "Six Feet Under".

In 2005, Parrilla took a recurring guest role on the fourth season of "24" as Sarah Gavin, a Counter Terrorist Unit agent. After just six episodes, Lana was promoted to a main cast member, but in the thirteenth episode, she was written out for reasons unknown after her character demanded a promotion from temporary head Michelle Dessler (Reiko Aylesworth) which was denied.

In 2006, Parrilla starred in the NBC mid-season television series "Windfall" alongside Luke Perry, fellow former "24" cast member Sarah Wynter, and Parilla's former "Boomtown" castmate Jason Gedrick. "Windfall" was canceled after its first season due to poor ratings.

In 2007, Parrilla guest starred as a character called Greta in the third season episodes of Lost, "Greatest Hits" and "Through the Looking Glass"

In 2008, she appeared in a movie " [http://www.mylifetime.com/on-tv/movies/double-life-eleanor-kendall The Double Life of Eleanor Kendall] " where she played Nellie, a divorcee whose identity has been stolen. With nothing holding her back home, Nellie decides to investigate herself. In June, 2008, she also began starring in a CBS series entitled "Swingtown", playing Trina Decker, a woman who is 1/2 of a swinging couple.

External links

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* [http://www.lanaparrilla.net/ Lana Parrilla]
* [http://www.lana-parrilla.info/ The Unofficial Lana Parrilla Homepage]