ABOUT ME
I grew up in Ottawa in a development community called Herongate which was populated with mostly new immigrants. Behind our townhouses there was a large, shared backyard. It was here that I first created shows with neighbourhood kids. I conceived, directed and acted in shows about us, starring us. I was a mixed Chilean, Jewish, multilingual kid and my friends were from all over the world -- all of us with different languages, accents and customs -- but together we told stories and found our commonality in play-land. My childhood passion became my career. I love what I do.
That's me in my natural habitat, in pajamas, wearing earrings
designed by my kid (also pictured).
And now for my professional bio:
Rosa Laborde is a critically acclaimed Chilean Canadian Playwright,
Screenwriter, Director, and Actor.
As a playwright she’s been produced across Canada at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, Tarragon Theatre,
The Great Canadian Theatre Company, Neptune Theatre, Touchstone Firehall Theatre, The Belfry Theatre and been commissioned by Factory Theatre, Aluna Theatre, and The Stratford Festival. She’s been a finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Award for Drama, been nominated twice for the Dora Mavor Moore Award for best new play and was the recipient of the KM Hunter Artist’s Award for Theatre.
An alumnus of The Canadian Film Centre’s Primetime Television Writing Program, Rosa co-created and was showrunner for the Crave original shortform series Nesting which earned her a WGC nomination for writing. Nesting also took home the prize for ‘Best Web Series’ at the Cannes Diversity in film shortform showcase.
Other recent TV writing credits include CTV’s The Spencer Sisters starring Lea Thompson, and HBO Canada’s Emmy nominated show Sensitive Skin starring Kim Catrall.
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Rosa’s had the privilege of working for and collaborating with such Canadian luminaries as Susan Coyne,
Bob Martin, Don McKellar, Mary Walsh, Paul Gross, John Krizanc, Malcolm MacRury, Alan McCullough,
Hannah Moscovitch, and has developed television and film projects for Rhombus Media, Pier 21
(now Blink 49), Shaftesbury, Alcina Pictures, Frantic Films, Big Coat, Force Four and the networks;
CBC, Shaw-Global, Acorn/AMC, and CTV Bell-Media/Crave.
Also an actress, Rosa is a graduate of The Oxford School of Drama in Oxford, England, and has been
nominated for a Dora Mavor Moore Award for performance in theatre and a Gemini Award (now CSA)
for her acting in television.
Click below for her demo reels.
