Rosa Blasi

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Recent Role:
Ronnie Cruz on Make It or Break It
Gender:
Female
Born:
12-19-1972
Birthplace:
Chicago, Ilinois
Birth Name:
Rosa Blasi
AKA:
Rosa Blasi Finn
"I grew up believing that if you wanted to be a movie star, you did that!"



On the verge of her breakthrough, Rosa Blasi has learned it takes more. She is the kind of actress who without a doubt leaves many in tears - whether it is from laughing or crying. In her outstanding and award winning performances, she can capture the exact emotion that reaches the public and touches their hearts. The only thing missing... is a given opportunity.



Rosa Blasi started acting at the tender age of eight. She appeared in over 40 professional theater







… More productions before making her move to Los Angeles, where she worked as a nanny and a waitress. It was quite a struggle until her debut on TV as a guest star on the soap opera The Bold And The Beautiful. Rosa is thankful for what is referred to as the 'Latin Invasion': "Finally, being named Rosa and the way I look paid off to advantage in Hollywood, when, you know, six years ago when I first moved out they were like: What about changing your name to Renee? That sounds like Rosa!"

Eventually it became clear to her that staying true to herself (and her name) was the only thing she could do. "Look, if the producers are looking for a blonde, and I'm sitting there with four real blondes, and I have my hair dyed, the real blonde is probably going to get it. So you are who you are."

After a few guest appearances she got a starring role in the MTV/UPN comedy Hitz, establishing her full-time acting career. "It was never going to win any awards, but, God bless it, it allowed me to buy my first house!" she comments. In addition, it allowed more guest roles, on well known series as Frasier, Becker and a special web-cast of The Drew Carey Show.

In 2000, she got her first drama role in the film Noriega: God's Favorite, which led her to audition for the role of dr. Luisa "Lu" Delgado on Strong Medicine; quite a transition. "I had a fear of making a fool of myself, going in to try to be a doctor - who is older than me, who is a single mom - when I'd been doing sitcom, where you walk across the set in a short skirt and make a joke."

However, her performance brought success. "She walked in and she was the part," says Strong Medicine creator and co-executive producer Tammy Ader. "They have given me the freedom to play her as myself," Rosa says. "She's a character very, very much full of life, full of flaws - which is the best part - constantly putting her foot in her mouth and thinking for the now, not the future. It's very, very, very close. It's too close!"

From April to approximately November, Rosa works for about 60 hours a week on the set of Strong Medicine in LA. When she's not working, she now spends as much time as she can in New Jersey with her husband Jim Finn, a fullback for the New York Giants and one of the few Ivy League graduates playing in the NFL today. Jim and Rosa got engaged in Maui and exchanged vows almost a year later on Valentine's Day 2004, during a four-day-event there.

Only a few days after their wedding, Jim and Rosa went off to Japan, to what could mean the beginning of Rosa's breakthrough in film. Working with stars as Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jason Behr and Clea DuVall, and with Bill Pullman portraying her husband, she got a part in an American remake of the Japanese horror film Ju-On, The Grudge. However, her character Maria ended up having an appearance in only two scenes of the actual film. While Rosa jokes about being the star of the DVD's deleted scenes, she tries her best not to be disappointed.

Hopefully, it won't take long until Rosa's dreams come true. Though which will come first for her; expanding her career and audience by a starring role on the big screen.. or a new star expanding the family?

RANDOM FACTS
- She currently resides in Los Angeles, CA, but lives with her husband in New Jersey when she's not working. From August to November she travels there every weekend when shes working and goes back to work in LA during the week.

- Rosa's height is about 5'2"

- She was Miss Rockford 1993 (Swimsuit Preliminary) and Miss Chicago 1994, and a finalist in the Miss Illinois pageants of both years. Her talent for the Miss Chicago 1994 pageant was singing "I'd give my life for you" from Miss Saigon; a clip can be found at the media gallery.

- Rosa won a Gracie Allen Award (best actress in a drama), Imagen Award (best actress in a drama), Shine Award, Epic Award, Spirit Award and an PRISM Award, and was nominated for several ALMA Awards.

- Her younger sister Tasha is a high school biology teacher in Santa Monica.

- Her younger brother Rocky graduated from Illinois State University.

- Her father Rocco is Italian and knows 8 languages, her mother Joyce is black Latina/Irish.

- Jim and Rosa like to watch TV together; Rosa once joked that their Tivo is the third person in their relationship.

- Rosa loves mosaic; "Like a freak, I created, and laid every piece of a mosaic tile in over 250 square feet in my first house, and laid two rooms of tile, and a mosaic sun on a balcony in this house!" (note: that was before she moved to her third house in the summer of 2002.)

- She lists 'car wrecking' as a special skill and admits she's not the best driver in the world: "I'm a small woman and I drive a big car."

- She can understand Italian (when reading, mainly.)

- Rosa has two large dogs: Beau, a 7-year-old Weimaraner, and Jake, a 200 lb. English Mastiff, named after the hottie from the film Sixteen Candles, Jake Ryan.

- Her friends - besides her colleagues on the set - include Sean Hayes, Kristin Datillo and Allison Dunbar.

- Rosa has had piano classes for 5 years, dancing classes for 5 years, and voice training for 13 years.

- She went to Columbia College, University of Kansas and Northern Illinois University and was trained at Second City Conservatory, Piven Performance Company and Marsha Pauldons Touring Co.

- Rosa's acting coaches are Glenn F. Haines (Chicago) and Leigh Kilton-Smith (LA.)

- Rosa has a very nice website of her own put together with more information about herself and tons of pictures of herself www.rosablasi.com.

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    10 Perfect
    rosa Blasi is a great actress.Can't wait to see what else she is in. hide show

    Rosa Blasi is a great actress.I discovered her in Strong Medicine.She was the reason why I started watching the show.But where is she now?You don't hear anything of her.She needs her own show,I had read once that she wanted to be a comedian.I'm sure she would be great.Anyway,she is a great inspiration to women.Or at least she is to me.If anyone reads this and has any new info on her.I would greatly appriciate if you would share.

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    jayshoney2004 Added Sep 12, 2006 All my reviews
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    rosa is tha best you could ever know!!! hide show

    i really love Rosa, she is so charming and i really love to see her acting, performing and even singing! the show strong medicine is my favorite, exspecially the episode rape kit! it really helped me. i was raped myself and abused for several years. the episode learned me to talk about such things because then you can recover! my big wish is to say this in personal to her! but i live in the netherlands so thats gonna be hard! but this year i go to amerika so with a bit of luck maybe i will see her..but as a personal she is really nice too! she really a talker, she's fun, and you can laugh with her! so i really want to meet her! i hope my dream come true.. but it's a dream.. and this dream is very difficult!
    greetz

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    marmo12 Added Jun 12, 2006 All my reviews
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    Rosa Blasi and Strong Medicine hide show

    Rosa Blasi is the best female actresses around. You can give her any role to do and she can pull it off. After last nights finale of Strong Medicine I saw how talented she really is. Her emotional feeling that she can achieve is the best that I have seen. I am looking forward to seeing many more things with her in it. She really gets into the roles that she plays. I believe the cancellation of Strong Medicine was a mistake. Would be nice to see her do some musicals and movies. Good luck Rosa in all you do.

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    moonlightpath Added Feb 6, 2006 All my reviews
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    Rosa Blasi is a great actress at every thing she does she can get into which ever character she wanted to be and you wouldn't be able to tell the differance! hide show

    Not many people truly know the talent this actress really is but growing up watching her on the hit Lifetime show Strong Medicine and loved her on the Grudge. She also did a great job as a guest star on CSI:Miami were she played a womens who's husband was shot I just love her in what ever she does and she is one of the few actresses that actual reads her fan mail and replies I know this because she has a forum on www.lifetimetv.com which she actual posts on which this has been confirmed by the staff of lifetime. This just show how dedicated she is and I am interested in what role she takes on next.

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    rosablasifreak Added Jan 16, 2006 All my reviews
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    Rosa Blasi currently stars as Dr. Luisa Delgado on Strong Medicine, also staring Jennifer Lewis, Joshua Coxx, Rick Schroder, and Tamera Mowry. hide show

    Rosa Blasi is by the best actress ever. The show that she stars on, Strong Medicine, has made her popular. She stars as Dr. Luisa (Lu) Delgado. Rosa is a beautiful and talented actress, and she needs to be given a lot more parts in movies. She got married last year.

    Her role as Lu, is great. She portrays the doctor perfectly. Her character goes through a lot, and Rosa acts everything out fantasticly. Her newest partner, Rick Schroder, who stars as Dr. Dylan West, is great. He helps to enhance Rosa's performance.

    Rosa also has a role in "The Grudge" as Maria. It's not a big role, and I think that she should have been given the main role.

    Rosa Blasi is just so great at what she does. And she doesn't take everything for granted. She has been photographed volunteering at orphanges many times.

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    Heaven1937 Added Aug 19, 2005 All my reviews
 

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