Rosa Maria Velasco (; born 12 March 1983) is a Hong Kong actress. She was nominated for Best Supporting Actress twice in the 42nd and 43rd Hong Kong Film Awards with Time Still Turns the Pages (2023) and The Last Dance (2024).
Biography Velasco was born on 12 March 1983, in Taiwan, to a Spanish 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 . 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 Year Title Role Notes/ 2016 Heaven in the Dark Susanna 2017 77 Heartbreaks Client A Push-pin's mother 2021 Anita Carol Cheng 2023 Ana Time Still Turns the Pages Heidi Cheng Samantha 2024 Crisis Negotiators Hoi Lam (凱琳) The Last Dance Miss Yan (甄小姐) 2025 Sons of the Neon Night
Awards and nominations Year Award Category Work Result 2006 15th Hong Kong Drama AwardsBest Supporting Actress (Tragedy/Drama) Trojan Woman 2010 19th Hong Kong Drama AwardsBest Actress (Comedy/Farce)MircoSex Office, Caligula, Writing in Water, A Flea in Her Ear 2013 22nd Hong Kong Drama AwardsBest Supporting Actress (Tragedy/Drama) Open Relationship 2014 23rd Hong Kong Drama AwardsBest Supporting Actress (Comedy/Farce)The Mixed Doubles2015 24th Hong Kong Drama AwardsBest Actress (Comedy/Farce)Black Monday201726th Hong Kong Drama AwardsBest Actress (Comedy/Farce)MircoSex Office, Caligula, Writing in Water, A Flea in Her EarBest Actress (Tragedy/Drama) Macbeth 2019 28th Hong Kong Drama AwardsBest Actress (Tragedy/Drama) No News Is True News 2024 42nd Hong Kong Film Awards Best Supporting Actress Time Still Turns the Pages 2025 43rd Hong Kong Film Awards The Last Dance
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