Cora tells Regina that love is weakness, and that all she needs is power.įearing that she will become like Cora and seek revenge against Snow, Regina summons Cora's old mentor Rumplestiltskin, who gives Regina a magic looking-glass. Regina and Daniel plan on running away together, but when Snow sees them together, she eventually tells Cora who confronts them both and rips Daniel's heart out before killing him. In return, King Leopold proposes to Regina, and she finds herself in a forced marriage when Cora accepts for her. One day, Regina saves a young girl on a runaway horse, only to discover that the girl is the king's daughter, Snow White. However, Regina has her own visions of the near future and is secretly in a relationship with the stable boy, Daniel. Once a happy carefree girl with a passion for horses - which was encouraged by her father Henry - Regina was constantly put down and punished by her mother Cora, who wanted Regina to marry someone with wealth and power, something Cora never maintained. Regina is portrayed by Lana Parrilla, with her younger self portrayed by Ava Acres. In Hyperion Heights, she is Roni, the bartender at Roni's.

In Storybrooke, she is the mayor, and eventually regains the title of 'Queen'.

Regina is a very powerful sorceress, with exceptional dark magic, yet has used powerful light magic, on multiple occasions, as a pure of heart and noble being. Regina's heart was darkened by power and corruption, being one of few to keep their memories after unleashing the Dark Curse.

She is the adoptive mother of Henry Mills, who is the biological son of Emma Swan. The Miller (maternal grandfather) † Regina Mills, also known as the Good Queen (formerly known as the Evil Queen), is a character on ABC's Once Upon a Time. Hope Swan-Jones (step-great-great-granddaughter) Lucy Mills (adoptive granddaughter/step-great-great-granddaughter)Įlla 'Cinderella' Mills (adoptive daughter-in-law/ step-great-granddaughter-in-law)

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