Rosa Maria Velasco Explained

Native Name:韋羅莎
Native Name Lang:zh
Birth Name:Rosa Maria Velasco
Birth Date:12 March 1983
Birth Place:Taiwan
Children:1
Occupation:Actress
Yearsactive:2006–present

Rosa Maria Velasco (; born 12 March 1983) is a Hong Kong stage and film actress. She received a nomination for Best Supporting Actress in the Hong Kong Film Awards with her performance in the drama film Time Still Turns the Pages (2023).

Biography

Velasco was born on 12 March 1983,[1] in Taiwan, to a Spanish American father and Taiwanese mother.[2] [3] She grew up in Hong Kong and attended the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts to study acting.[4] After graduating with first class honours in 2007, Velasco turned down an offer from television and joined the Hong Kong Repertory Theatre to feature in stage plays. Velasco received her first role in the play Trojan Woman and was nominated for the Best Supporting Actress in the Hong Kong Drama Awards. She later also appeared in the 2019 stage play No News Is True News and won Best Actress in the Hong Kong Drama Awards with the role.[5]

In 2023, Velasco was cast in the lead role alongside Endy Chow and Peter Chan in the comedy film .[6] She also starred in the featured film Time Still Turns the Pages in the same year, portraying a long-suffering mother of an abusive husband.[7] She was nominated for Best Supporting Actress in the Hong Kong Film Awards for the role.[8]

Personal life

Velasco married stage actor German Cheung Ming Yiu in 2001.[9] They gave birth to a daughter, Mia, in 2021.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2016Heaven in the DarkSusanna[10]
201777 HeartbreaksClient A
Push-pin's mother
2021AnitaCarol Cheng[11]
2023Ana
Time Still Turns the PagesHeidi Cheng
Samantha[12]
2024Crisis NegotiatorsHoi Lam (凱琳)[13]
The Last DanceMiss Yan (甄小姐)[14]
[15]

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryWorkResult Ref.
200615th Hong Kong Drama AwardsBest Supporting Actress (Tragedy/Drama)Trojan Woman[16]
201019th Hong Kong Drama AwardsBest Actress (Comedy/Farce)MircoSex Office, Caligula, Writing in Water, A Flea in Her Ear
201322nd Hong Kong Drama AwardsBest Supporting Actress (Tragedy/Drama)Open Relationship
201423rd Hong Kong Drama AwardsBest Supporting Actress (Comedy/Farce)The Mixed Doubles
201524th Hong Kong Drama AwardsBest Actress (Comedy/Farce)Black Monday
201726th Hong Kong Drama AwardsBest Actress (Comedy/Farce)MircoSex Office, Caligula, Writing in Water, A Flea in Her Ear
Best Actress (Tragedy/Drama)Macbeth
201928th Hong Kong Drama AwardsBest Actress (Tragedy/Drama)No News Is True News
2024Best Supporting ActressTime Still Turns the Pages

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 韋羅莎愛才嫁舞台劇導演 女兒排首位：老公對不起 . 19 August 2023 . . 11 February 2024 . zh . 28 September 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230928144356/https://ol.mingpao.com/ldy/showbiz/latest/20230819/1692459818285/%E9%9F%8B%E7%BE%85%E8%8E%8E%E6%84%9B%E6%89%8D%E5%AB%81%E8%88%9E%E5%8F%B0%E5%8A%87%E5%B0%8E%E6%BC%94-%E5%A5%B3%E5%85%92%E6%8E%92%E9%A6%96%E4%BD%8D-%E8%80%81%E5%85%AC%E5%B0%8D%E4%B8%8D%E8%B5%B7 . live .
  2. Web site: 音樂說︱韋羅莎憶亡父哽咽　緊記摯親教誨：佢提醒我係半個拉丁人 . 3 November 2020 . . 劉傳謙 . 11 February 2024 . zh . 3 August 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210803150646/https://www.hk01.com/%E7%9C%BE%E6%A8%82%E8%BF%B7/543685/%E9%9F%B3%E6%A8%82%E8%AA%AA-%E9%9F%8B%E7%BE%85%E8%8E%8E%E6%86%B6%E4%BA%A1%E7%88%B6%E5%93%BD%E5%92%BD-%E7%B7%8A%E8%A8%98%E6%91%AF%E8%A6%AA%E6%95%99%E8%AA%A8-%E4%BD%A2%E6%8F%90%E9%86%92%E6%88%91%E4%BF%82%E5%8D%8A%E5%80%8B%E6%8B%89%E4%B8%81%E4%BA%BA . live .
  3. Web site: 【專訪】白只跟發哥行山差點休克 韋羅莎身世複雜尋親成功 . 17 May 2019 . . 徐雲 . 5 May 2024 . zh.
  4. Web site: 【專訪】我的夢幻國度 — 韋羅莎 . 7 September 2016 . MenClub HK . 11 February 2024 . zh . 10 May 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170510231207/http://www.menclub.hk/people/7741 . live .
  5. Web site: 14 June 2018 . 看過《新聞小花的告白》的無力感 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220102220636/https://www.inmediahk.net/%E5%AA%92%E9%AB%94/%E7%9C%8B%E9%81%8E%E3%80%8A%E6%96%B0%E8%81%9E%E5%B0%8F%E8%8A%B1%E7%9A%84%E5%91%8A%E7%99%BD%E3%80%8B%E7%9A%84%E7%84%A1%E5%8A%9B%E6%84%9F . 2 January 2022 . 11 February 2024 . . zh.
  6. Web site: Everyphone Everywhere movie review: laid-back Hong Kong comedy by Amos Why takes mobile phone dramas in playful directions . 16 August 2023 . . Lee . Edmund . 11 February 2024 . 26 December 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231226155300/https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3231265/everyphone-everywhere-movie-review-laid-back-hong-kong-comedy-amos-why-takes-mobile-phone-dramas . live .
  7. Web site: Time Still Turns the Pages movie review: Hong Kong family drama uses student suicides as cue for a heart-wrenching tale of guilt and redemption . 14 November 2023 . . Lee . Edmund . 11 February 2024 . 11 February 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240211222823/https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3241343/time-still-turns-pages-movie-review-hong-kong-family-drama-uses-student-suicides-cue-heart-wrenching . live .
  8. Web site: Hong Kong Film Awards 2024 nominations in full: In Broad Daylight leads the race with 16 nods, followed by Time Still Turns the Pages and The Goldfinger . 7 February 2024 . . Lee . Edmund . 11 February 2024 . 9 February 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240209085938/https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3251199/hong-kong-film-awards-2024-nominations-full-broad-daylight-leads-race-16-nods-followed-time-still . live .
  9. Web site: 37歲韋羅莎誕女榮升媽媽　老公透露姓名：Mia宇澄願你健康成長 . 10 April 2021 . . 洪曉璇 . 11 February 2024 . zh . 3 August 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210803150638/https://www.hk01.com/%E5%8D%B3%E6%99%82%E5%A8%9B%E6%A8%82/610475/37%E6%AD%B2%E9%9F%8B%E7%BE%85%E8%8E%8E%E8%AA%95%E5%A5%B3%E6%A6%AE%E5%8D%87%E5%AA%BD%E5%AA%BD-%E8%80%81%E5%85%AC%E9%80%8F%E9%9C%B2%E5%A7%93%E5%90%8D-mia%E5%AE%87%E6%BE%84%E9%A1%98%E4%BD%A0%E5%81%A5%E5%BA%B7%E6%88%90%E9%95%B7 . live .
  10. Web site: 20 October 2020 . 韋羅莎宣布懷孕　舞台劇天后Rosa將為人母：感謝上天 . 11 February 2024 . . zh.
  11. Web site: 【梅艷芳】疑似隱藏角色名單曝光　原來有Sammi、許志安？ . 29 November 2021 . . 陳穎思 . 11 February 2024 . zh . 2 October 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221002030947/https://www.hk01.com/%E9%9B%BB%E5%BD%B1/706221/%E6%A2%85%E8%89%B7%E8%8A%B3-%E7%96%91%E4%BC%BC%E9%9A%B1%E8%97%8F%E8%A7%92%E8%89%B2%E5%90%8D%E5%96%AE%E6%9B%9D%E5%85%89-%E5%8E%9F%E4%BE%86%E6%9C%89sammi-%E8%A8%B1%E5%BF%97%E5%AE%89 . live .
  12. Web site: 《不日成婚2》演員有火花、對白有驚喜、劇情有共鳴｜何故專欄 . 22 November 2023 . . 何故 . 26 February 2024 . zh.
  13. Web site: 吳鎮宇兒子崇拜劉青雲 費曼懶得與父親聊天 . 7 June 2024 . . 17 June 2024 . zh.
  14. Web site: 《破・地獄》劇力萬鈞　如何拯救生人、生人也需要超渡 . 27 October 2024 . . Ho . Keith . 9 November 2024 . zh.
  15. Web site: 【風林火山】齊集港產最強勁演員　金城武古天樂仲有經典神秘人 . 28 September 2017 . . 許育民 . 11 February 2024 . zh . 11 April 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220411025807/https://www.hk01.com/%E9%9B%BB%E5%BD%B1/122212/%E9%A2%A8%E6%9E%97%E7%81%AB%E5%B1%B1-%E9%BD%8A%E9%9B%86%E6%B8%AF%E7%94%A2%E6%9C%80%E5%BC%B7%E5%8B%81%E6%BC%94%E5%93%A1-%E9%87%91%E5%9F%8E%E6%AD%A6%E5%8F%A4%E5%A4%A9%E6%A8%82%E4%BB%B2%E6%9C%89%E7%B6%93%E5%85%B8%E7%A5%9E%E7%A7%98%E4%BA%BA . live .
  16. Web site: 獲提名者及獲獎者：韋羅莎 . . 26 February 2024 . zh.

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