Rosa is a graduate of the acting program from The Oxford School of Drama in Oxford, England.  She began her professional career in Canadian theatre playing the title role of ‘Trilby’ in Svengali’s at Toronto’s Theatre Centre with the experimental company Civilized Theatre led
by the late visionary director Paul Bettis. Since then she has worked steadily on stage and on screen and has been nominated for a Dora Mavor Moore Award for acting in theatre
and a Gemini Award (now CSA) for her acting in television.