Cora Mills is a character from the TV series Once Upon a Time and its spin-off Once Upon a Time in Wonderland. She is based on the miller’s daughter from the fairytale “Rumpelstiltskin”, the Queen of Hearts from the novel Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, and the Red Queen from the live-action Disney film Alice in Wonderland. She is the mother of Regina, the Evil Queen, and the grandmother of Henry Mills. She is portrayed by barbara Hershey as an adult and Rose McGowan as a young woman.