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Rosa Maria Velasco
韋羅莎
Velasco in May 2023
Born	Rosa Maria Velasco (1983-03-12) 12 March 1983 (age 41) Taiwan
Education	Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (BFA)
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2006–present
Spouse	German Cheung ​(m. 2001)​
Children	1

Rosa Maria Velasco (Chinese: 韋羅莎; 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, in Taiwan, to a Spanish American father and Taiwanese mother. She grew up in Hong Kong and attended the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts to study acting. 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.

In 2023, Velasco was cast in the lead role alongside Endy Chow and Peter Chan in the comedy film Everyphone Everywhere [zh]. 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. She was nominated for Best Supporting Actress in the Hong Kong Film Awards for the role.

Personal life

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

Filmography

Film

Awards and nominations

References

1. ^ "韋羅莎愛才嫁舞台劇導演 女兒排首位：老公對不起". Ming Pao (in Chinese). 19 August 2023. Archived from the original on 28 September 2023. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
2. 劉傳謙 (3 November 2020). "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". HK01 (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 3 August 2021. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
3. 徐雲 (17 May 2019). "【專訪】白只跟發哥行山差點休克 韋羅莎身世複雜尋親成功". Ming Pao (in Chinese). Retrieved 5 May 2024.
4. "【專訪】我的夢幻國度 — 韋羅莎". MenClub HK (in Chinese). 7 September 2016. Archived from the original on 10 May 2017. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
5. ^ "韋羅莎宣布懷孕　舞台劇天后Rosa將為人母：感謝上天". TOPick (in Chinese). 20 October 2020. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
6. "看過《新聞小花的告白》的無力感". Hong Kong Inmedia (in Chinese). 14 June 2018. Archived from the original on 2 January 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
7. ^ Lee, Edmund (16 August 2023). "Everyphone Everywhere movie review: laid-back Hong Kong comedy by Amos Why takes mobile phone dramas in playful directions". South China Morning Post. Archived from the original on 26 December 2023. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
8. ^ Lee, Edmund (14 November 2023). "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". South China Morning Post. Archived from the original on 11 February 2024. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
9. ^ Lee, Edmund (7 February 2024). "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". South China Morning Post. Archived from the original on 9 February 2024. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
10. ^ 洪曉璇 (10 April 2021). "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". HK01 (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 3 August 2021. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
11. 陳穎思 (29 November 2021). "【梅艷芳】疑似隱藏角色名單曝光　原來有Sammi、許志安？". HK01 (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2 October 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
12. 何故 (22 November 2023). "《不日成婚2》演員有火花、對白有驚喜、劇情有共鳴｜何故專欄". HK01 (in Chinese). Retrieved 26 February 2024.
13. "吳鎮宇兒子崇拜劉青雲 費曼懶得與父親聊天". Ming Pao (in Chinese). 7 June 2024. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
14. Ho, Keith (27 October 2024). "《破・地獄》劇力萬鈞　如何拯救生人、生人也需要超渡". HK01 (in Chinese). Retrieved 9 November 2024.
15. 許育民 (28 September 2017). "【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". HK01 (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 11 April 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
16. "獲提名者及獲獎者：韋羅莎". Hong Kong Drama Awards (in Chinese). Retrieved 26 February 2024.

External links

• Rosa Maria Velasco at IMDb

• 1983 births
• Living people
• Hong Kong film actresses
• 21st-century Hong Kong actresses
• Alumni of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts