Rosa Robson
{{Short description|Actress and comedian}}
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| birth_name = Rosa Grace Robson
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|2|29|df=y}}
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| alma_mater = Homerton College, Cambridge
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| years_active = 2012–present
| spouse = {{marriage|Paapa Essiedu|2023}}
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Rosa Grace Robson (born 29 February 1992) is an English actress and comedian. On television, she is known for her role in the ITV2 sitcom Buffering (2021–23). Her films include She Is Love (2022).
Early life
Robson is from Frome, Somerset. She completed her A Levels at Frome Community College in 2010.{{Cite web|url=http://www.frometimes.co.uk/2010/09/02/issue-308-students-celebrate-exam-success-including-best-ever-gcses/|title=Issue 308 – Students celebrate exam success including best ever GCSEs|journal=Frome Times|date=2 September 2010|accessdate=26 August 2023}} She went on to graduate from Homerton College, Cambridge.{{Cite web|url=http://footlightstour.soc.srcf.net/2013/company.php|title=The Company: Performer Rosa Robson|website=Footlights|accessdate=26 August 2023}} During her time at university, she was a member of Footlights, Pembroke Players, and the Marlowe Society.{{Cite web|url=https://www.themarlowesociety.com/alumni|title=Alumni|website=The Marlowe Society|accessdate=26 August 2023}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.camdram.net/people/rosa-robson|title=Person: Rosa Robson|website=CamDram|accessdate=18 August 2023}}
Career
In 2012, while still at university, Robson formed a comedy duo called Beard with fellow Footlights member Matilda Wnek;{{Cite web|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/fringe/2012/rosa_robson_matilda_wnek/|title=2012 Edinburgh Fringe: Beard|website=British Comedy Guide|date=2012|accessdate=23 August 2023}}{{Cite web|url=https://list.co.uk/news/12025/fringe-preview-beard-the-grin-of-love|title=Fringe Preview: Beard – The Grin of Love|journal=The List|first=Brian|last=Donaldson|accessdate=23 August 2023}} the duo made their debut at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival that year. They returned to Edinburgh Fringe in 2014, 2015, and 2018.{{Cite web|url=https://www.chortle.co.uk/features/2018/07/23/40547/edinburgh_10x10:_10_female_double_acts|title=Edinburgh 10x10: 10 female double acts|website=Chortle|date=23 July 2018|accessdate=5 September 2023}} Robson and Wnek featured in a 2015 Vice article about female comedy duos.{{Cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/znggj8/meet-the-women-redefining-live-comedy-207|title=Clowning Around: Meet the Female Duos Redefining Live Comedy|journal=Vice|first=Robert|last=O'Connor|date=19 October 2015|accessdate=26 August 2023}}
Also in 2015, Robson made both her feature film debut and her television debut as Louise Cabaye in Jamie Adams' Black Mountain Poets and in an episode Nick Helm's Heavy Entertainment respectively. In 2016, she worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon on the productions Doctor Faustus, Don Quixote, and The Alchemist. Robson would return to Don Quixote in 2018 at the Garrick Theatre, marking her West End debut.
In 2021, Robson began starring as Ashley in the ITV2 sitcom Buffering.{{Cite web|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/news/5975/iain-stirling-sitcom-buffering/|title=Cast details revealed for Iain Stirling's ITV sitcom Buffering|website=British Comedy Guide|first=Jay|last=Richardson|date=2 October 2020|accessdate=3 September 2023}} She also had a recurring role as Lara in the BBC One crime comedy The Outlaws and made a guest appearance in an installment of the BBC Two anthology series Inside No. 9. Robson reunited with director Jamie Adams for his 2022 film She Is Love. She has a role in the second season of the Disney+ Star superhero comedy series Extraordinary.{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2023/tv/global/extraordinary-season-2-disney-plus-cast-1235702765/|title='Extraordinary' Season 2 Adds Julian Barratt, Rosa Robson, Kwaku Mills and Derek Jacobi (EXCLUSIVE)|journal=Variety|first=Elsa|last=Keslassy|date=23 August 2023|accessdate=26 August 2023}} In 2024, Rosa Robson played Sarah in Sami Ibrahim's Multiple Casualty Incident at The Yard Theatre, London.
Personal life
Robson is married to fellow actor Paapa Essiedu;{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/article/2024/jul/28/paapa-essiedu-is-this-part-harder-than-hamlet-yeah-its-different-gravy-mate-death-of-england-delroy-soho-theatre|title=Paapa Essiedu: 'Is this part harder than Hamlet? Yeah, it's different gravy, mate'|journal=The Guardian|first=Tim|last=Lewis|date=28 July 2024|accessdate=29 August 2024}} they had been in a relationship for six years as of 2022.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bustle.com/entertainment/who-is-paapa-essiedu-dating-rosa-robson-is-also-an-actor|title=Who Is Paapa Essiedu Dating? Rosa Robson Is Also An Actor|journal=Bustle|first=Maxine|last=Harrison|date=24 June 2022|accessdate=26 August 2023}} In October 2014, Robson and Wnek attended an Occupy London protest in Parliament Square and were arrested for refusing police orders to leave. They were later acquitted by District Judge Richard Blake.{{Cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/cambridge-trio-cleared-over-tarpaulin-sitin-during-parliament-square-protest-10404167.html|title=Cambridge trio cleared over tarpaulin sit-in during Parliament Square protest|journal=Evening Standard|first=Paul|last=Cheston|date=21 July 2015|accessdate=26 August 2023}}
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2015
| Louise Cabaye | |
| rowspan="2" | 2022
| Kate | |
| Green Space
| Interloper | Short film |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2015
| Nick Helm's Heavy Entertainment | The Girlfriend | Episode: "Romance" |
| 2021
| Hortensia | Episode: "Wuthering Heist" |
| 2021–2023
| Ashley | Main role, 12 episodes |
| 2021–2022
| Lara | 2 episodes |
| rowspan="3" | 2022
| Small Doses | Laura | Pilot |
| Ellie & Natasia
| Various | 1 episode |
| Sneakerhead
| Travel Agent | 1 episode |
| 2023
| Big Boys | Beth | Episode: "All Work and No Play Makes Jack a Dull Gay" |
| 2023, 2024
| Woman with Kid / Nora | 1 episode (series 1), and 4 episodes (series 2) |
Stage
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2016
| Covetousness / Scholar |
| 2016, 2018
| Niece | Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon / Garrick Theatre, London |
| rowspan="2" | 2016
| Dame Pliant | Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon |
| Ricky Whittington and His Cat
| Mrs Hickerty Crickerty | New Diorama Theatre, London |
| 2017
| Siren | Siren | Edinburgh Fringe Festival |
| 2019
| A Table Tennis Play | Cath | Edinburgh Fringe Festival |
| 2024
| Multiple Casualty Incident | Sarah | The Yard Theatre, London |
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- {{IMDb name|7471061}}
- [https://app.spotlight.com/8212-6752-7579 Rosa Robson] at Spotlight
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Category:Actresses from Somerset
Category:Alumni of Homerton College, Cambridge
Category:Comedians from Somerset
Category:English women comedians
Category:English television actresses