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Rosa Maria Velasco

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).

Rosa Maria Velasco
韋羅莎
Velasco in May 2023
Born
Rosa Maria Velasco

(1983-03-12) 12 March 1983 (age 41)
Taiwan
Education
OccupationActress
Years active2006–present
Spouse
German Cheung
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(m. 2001)​
Children1

Biography

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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.[1] Velasco received her first role in the play Trojan Woman and was nominated for the Best Supporting Actress in the Hong Kong Drama Awards.[5] 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.[6]

In 2023, Velasco was cast in the lead role alongside Endy Chow and Peter Chan in the comedy film Everyphone Everywhere [zh].[7] 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.[8] She was nominated for Best Supporting Actress in the Hong Kong Film Awards for the role.[9]

Personal life

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Velasco married stage actor German Cheung Ming Yiu in 2001.[10] They gave birth to a daughter, Mia, in 2021.[10]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2016 Heaven in the Dark Susanna [5]
2017 77 Heartbreaks Client A [5]
Zombiology: Enjoy Yourself Tonight [zh] Push-pin's mother [5]
2021 Anita Carol Cheng [11]
2023 Everyphone Everywhere [zh] Ana [7]
Time Still Turns the Pages Heidi Cheng [8]
Ready or Rot [zh] Samantha [12]
2024 Crisis Negotiators Hoi Lam (凱琳) [13]
The Last Dance Miss Yan (甄小姐あね) [14]
TBA Sons of the Neon Night † TBA [15]

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Work Result Ref.
2006 15th Hong Kong Drama Awards Best Supporting Actress (Tragedy/Drama) Trojan Woman Nominated [16]
2010 19th Hong Kong Drama Awards Best Actress (Comedy/Farce) MircoSex Office, Caligula, Writing in Water, A Flea in Her Ear Nominated
2013 22nd Hong Kong Drama Awards Best Supporting Actress (Tragedy/Drama) Open Relationship Nominated
2014 23rd Hong Kong Drama Awards Best Supporting Actress (Comedy/Farce) The Mixed Doubles Won
2015 24th Hong Kong Drama Awards Best Actress (Comedy/Farce) Black Monday Won
2017 26th Hong Kong Drama Awards Best Actress (Comedy/Farce) MircoSex Office, Caligula, Writing in Water, A Flea in Her Ear Nominated
Best Actress (Tragedy/Drama) Macbeth Nominated
2019 28th Hong Kong Drama Awards Best Actress (Tragedy/Drama) No News Is True News Won
2024 42nd Hong Kong Film Awards Best Supporting Actress Time Still Turns the Pages Nominated [9]

References

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  1. ^ a b "韋羅莎愛才ざい嫁よめ舞台劇ぶたいげき導しるべ演えんじ 女兒じょじ排はい首位しゅい：老公ろうこう對たい不ふ起おこり". Ming Pao (in Chinese). 19 August 2023. Archived from the original on 28 September 2023. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
  2. ^ 劉りゅう傳でん謙けん (3 November 2020). "音樂おんがく說せつ︱韋羅莎憶亡父ぼうふ哽咽　緊記摯親教誨きょうかい：佢提醒我係がかり半はん個こ拉ひしげ丁ひのと人じん". HK01 (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 3 August 2021. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
  3. ^ 徐じょ雲くも (17 May 2019). "【專せん訪おとずれ】白しろ只ただ跟發哥行山やま差さ點てん休きゅう克かつ 韋羅莎身世よ複雜ふくざつ尋ひろ親おや成功せいこう". Ming Pao (in Chinese). Retrieved 5 May 2024.
  4. ^ "【專せん訪おとずれ】我が的てき夢幻むげん國こく度ど — 韋羅莎". MenClub HK (in Chinese). 7 September 2016. Archived from the original on 10 May 2017. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
  5. ^ a b c d "韋羅莎宣布せんぷ懷ふところ孕　舞台劇ぶたいげき天てん后きさきRosa將はた為ため人母ひとぼ：感謝かんしゃ上天じょうてん". TOPick (in Chinese). 20 October 2020. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
  6. ^ "看過かんか《新聞しんぶん小花おばな的てき告白こくはく》的てき無力むりょく感かん". Hong Kong Inmedia (in Chinese). 14 June 2018. Archived from the original on 2 January 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
  7. ^ a b 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. ^ a b 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. ^ a b 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. ^ a b 洪ひろし曉あかつき璇 (10 April 2021). "37歲さい韋羅莎誕女おんな榮さかえ升ます媽媽　老公ろうこう透とおる露ろ姓名せいめい：Mia宇澄願ねがい你健康けんこう成長せいちょう". HK01 (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 3 August 2021. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
  11. ^ 陳ちん穎思 (29 November 2021). "【梅うめ艷つや芳かおる】疑似ぎじ隱かくれ藏ぞう角かく色しょく名めい單たん曝光　原はら來らい有ゆうSammi、許もと志こころざし安やす？". HK01 (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2 October 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
  12. ^ 何故なにゆえ (22 November 2023). "《不日ふじつ成婚せいこん2》演えんじ員いん有ゆう火花ひばな、對たい白はく有ゆう驚喜きょうき、劇げき情じょう有ゆう共鳴きょうめい｜何故なぜ專せん欄らん". HK01 (in Chinese). Retrieved 26 February 2024.
  13. ^ "吳ご鎮宇兒じ子こ崇拜すうはい劉りゅう青雲せいうん 費ひ曼懶得え與あずか父親ちちおや聊天". Ming Pao (in Chinese). 7 June 2024. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
  14. ^ Ho, Keith (27 October 2024). "《破やぶ・地獄じごく》劇げき力りょく萬鈞ばんきん　如何いか拯救生せい人じん、生なま人じん也需要じゅよう超ちょう渡わたり". HK01 (in Chinese). Retrieved 9 November 2024.
  15. ^ 許もと育そだて民みん (28 September 2017). "【風林火山ふうりんかざん】齊ひとし集しゅう港みなと產さん最強さいきょう勁演員いん　金城きんじょう武たけし古こ天てん樂らく仲なか有ゆう經典きょうてん神秘しんぴ人じん". HK01 (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 11 April 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
  16. ^ "獲え提ひさげ名めい者しゃ及獲獎者：韋羅莎". Hong Kong Drama Awards (in Chinese). Retrieved 26 February 2024.
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