Blanca Rosa Blanco

Acting

Blanca Rosa Blanco

Born

1972-02-24 (54)

Place of birth

La Havana, Cuba

Known for

Acting

Credits

18 titles

Blanca Rosa Blanco was born in Havana on February 24, 1972. She graduated from the Faculty of Performing Arts at the Higher Institute of Art (ISA) in 1995. During her time as a student at ISA, she participated in various stage productions under the direction of professors and directors. Titles such as "La historia de un antiguo encanto," "Los invitados del rey," and "Ubu Rey," among others, were part of her early student work. She also performed in the classics, including "Lady Macbeth," and later, with the Buscón theater group, she was part of the cast of "Cuentos de amor, humor y muerte" and "La historia de un escaparate." Blanca Rosa came to television after having honed her talent in th…

Known for

Chico & Rita poster
7.2

Chico is a young piano player with big dreams. Rita is a beautiful singer with an extraordinary voice. Music and romantic desire unites them, but their journey - in the tradition of the Latin ballad, the bolero - brings heartache and torment.

Chico & Rita

2010

Juan of the Dead poster
6.3

While Havana is full of zombies hungry for human flesh, official media reported that the disturbances are caused by dissidents paid by the United States. Panic seizes all until Juan comes to the rescue: he discovers he can kill the undead destroying his brain, and decides to start a small business under the slogan "We kill your loved ones."

Juan of the Dead

2011

El Regreso poster
6.0

Detective Patricia receives news of the death of Mariano, a man who she believes had been wrongfully accused in the past.

El Regreso

2018

No artwork available
NR

In the wake of his estranged father’s death, Jim Acosta a U.S. Marine goes to Havana to learn about his father’s past. He discovers that his grandfather, Mario, is still alive and the owner of a boxing gym in Havana. Jim convinces Mario to train him and a bond is created that will change them both.

Semper Fidel

2014

No artwork available
NR

Havana, a day in September 2000. Olympic Games are being held in Sydney and Mauricio's sixtieth birthday is here: a man alone and devastated by the unexpected death of his wife. The story is told through a review of passages that gave form to the last twelve years of his life, combining flashbacks with recent events encompassing the key moments that marked the path to that day. Individual dimensions combine with the social context in the last decade in the 20th century in Cuba, a decade marked by deep political, economic and social changes that stirred the ethic and human bases of these generations, the first to enter in the new millennium.

Páginas del diario de Mauricio

2006

To the Victory at Last poster
7.0

The story of Che Guevara, featuring episodes from his childhood, his career as a medical student and work with lepers, and finally his life as a militant and guerrilla fighter.

To the Victory at Last

1997

Film credits

2010s · 9 titles

Chico & Rita poster
7.2

Chico is a young piano player with big dreams. Rita is a beautiful singer with an extraordinary voice. Music and romantic desire unites them, but their journey - in the tradition of the Latin ballad, the bolero - brings heartache and torment.

Chico & Rita

2010

Juan of the Dead poster
6.3

While Havana is full of zombies hungry for human flesh, official media reported that the disturbances are caused by dissidents paid by the United States. Panic seizes all until Juan comes to the rescue: he discovers he can kill the undead destroying his brain, and decides to start a small business under the slogan "We kill your loved ones."

Juan of the Dead

2011

El Regreso poster
6.0

Detective Patricia receives news of the death of Mariano, a man who she believes had been wrongfully accused in the past.

El Regreso

2018

No artwork available
NR

In the wake of his estranged father’s death, Jim Acosta a U.S. Marine goes to Havana to learn about his father’s past. He discovers that his grandfather, Mario, is still alive and the owner of a boxing gym in Havana. Jim convinces Mario to train him and a bond is created that will change them both.

Semper Fidel

2014

Lisanka poster
5.0

Revolves around a love triangle that later evolves into a love square involving three Cubans and a Soviet soldier. Set in a fictitious rural village near a Soviet military base in central Cuba, their amorous adventures, or misadventures, unravel against the backdrop of the 1962 Cuban missile crisis.

Lisanka

2010

No artwork available
NR

Aldo, a pimp living in Havana, travels to Pinar del Rio to sell a car and then returns with Rosa, who becomes prostitute. They are arrested and captures poicía Rosa.

Tras la huella - abismo

2011

Buscando a Casal poster
NR

When criticizing a high representative of power, a young poet will be subjected to all kinds of pressure. He will only manage to survive thanks to his elegant fantasy and admmirer. That artist is Julián del Casal, who will live in colonial Havana at the end of the 19th century.

Buscando a Casal

2019

Habanastation poster
7.8

Directed mainly for kids, the film speaks of a Havana that reveals two distinct faces, from the everyday life of a couple of kids.

Habanastation

2011

Ticket to Paradise poster
3.2

Eunice is a teenage girl who is running away from her father's sexual harassment. Alejandro is a young rocker who breaks into a drugstore and escapes to Havana with a couple of friends. When they meet on the road, they decide to travel together in search of a paradise. This will mark the rest of their lives. They are homeless, during Cuba's 'special period' of acute shortages, and the local AIDS hospice begins to look like an unlikely refuge

Ticket to Paradise

2011

2000s · 3 titles

1990s · 3 titles

Behind the camera