elizabeth rodriguez played miss rosa on orange is the new black.
elizabeth rodriguez played miss rosa on orange is the new black.
who plays miss rosa on orange is the new black?
elizabeth rodriguez
rosa "miss rosa" cisneros is a fictional character from the netflix dramedy series "orange is the new black", played by barbara rosenblat. the character made her first screen appearance during the premiere episode titled "i wasn't ready", which aired on july 11, 2013. stephanie andujar portrayed "young rosa" in flashback sequences. rosenblat originally auditioned for another character but producers asked her to portray miss rosa. the character is a cancer sufferer who is incarcerated in litchfield federal prison because she committed armed bank robberies. rosenblat did not want to shave her head for the role and a make-up artist was hired to fit a prosthetic appliance to her head creating the character's baldness. the application process took three hours, meaning that the actress had to arrive on set earlier than other cast members. initially there was no character biography created for miss rosa; it was rosenblat who gave the character a hispanic background and accent.
miss rosa
screencrush's britt hayes said that miss rosa and vee's stories dominated the second season, but that she was disappointed that the two stories collided to form the series finale. she felt that it was both comical and absurd. kevin fallon of "the daily beast" opined that the scene in which miss rosa learns she is dying was handled phenomenally. he also said that she deserved an award for killing vee. kate zernike of "the new york times" criticized the character's accent, believing it sounded more russian. however, she thought miss rosa's last scene was both brilliant and exhilarating. perri nemiroff from "screen rant" praised the ending because it was emotional. she described morello offering her freedom as an "especially moving season-ending thrill". she summed up miss rosa as being a kind person and branded it all more "gratifying" when she killed vee. "entertainment weekly" readers voted miss rosa killing vee as the "most shocking moment" of season two. jayme deerwester of "usa today" said that miss rosa provided the best moments of season two, and that rosenblatt deserved an emmy award. dana piccoli from afterellen.com said miss rosa was a character with the ability to "beguile me and break my heart". she called the scene with rosa sniffing the stolen money as "euphoric". lauren hoffman of "cosmopolitan" found that miss rosa's cancer struggle was "almost ignorable" during the first season, but viewers later saw her true self and her branded her refusal to care as her strength.
miss rosa