Lana Parrilla
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| Lana Parrilla | |
| Birthplace | Brooklyn, New York |
| Date of birth | July 15, 1977 |
| Role on 24 | Sarah Gavin |
Lana Parrilla played Sarah Gavin during Season 4 of 24. Her ethnic background is Puerto Rican and Italian. Her father was the late Sam Parrilla, baseball player on the Philadelphia Phillies in 1970, the only year he played as a professional.
After just six episodes, Lana was promoted to a main cast member, but in the thirteenth episode, she was written out of the series when her character demanded a promotion from temporary head Michelle Dessler, of which was denied.
[edit] Biography
She 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), and the Jean-Claude Van Damme movie Replicant. She also starred on One Last Ride together with Tony Lee.
Lana 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 canceled just two episodes into its second season. During the show, she shared the screen with Brian Goodman for an episode.
Lana next guest starred in shows such as "JAG", "NYPD Blue" and "Six Feet Under".
As of early 2006, Parrilla would be seen on the NBC television series "Windfall" alongside Luke Perry, former 24 cast member Sarah Wynter, and Parilla's former "Boomtown" cast mate Jason Gedrick.
In May 2007, Lana Parilla appeared on "Lost" as Greta, one of two women stationed at the Looking Glass station. He was stationed there with another woman called Bonnie, who was played by 24 Season 2 alum Tracy Middendorf (Carla Matheson).
