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Who is Rosa Blasi?
Rosa is an American actress, therapist and author, perhaps best known to the world as Luisa Delgado in the TV series “Strong Medicine” (2000-2006) and as Barb Thunderman in the TV series “The Thundermans” (2013-2016), in addition to several other roles that she’s secured in her career.
What is she doing now?
Rosa’s last on-screen appearance was as Nancy Derricks in the TV series “Coop and Cami Ask the World” in 2020.
Since then, she has been more focused on her work as a clinical psychologist, and registered associate marriage and family therapist, specializing in addiction and recovery.
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Rosa Blasi Wiki: Age, Childhood, and Education
Rosa Blasi was born on 19 December 1972, in Chicago, Illinois, USA, to Rocco and Joyce Blasi. Of Irish, Italian, and Puerto Rican ancestry, she is one of five children, and has two sisters, Marina and Tasha, and two brothers, Michael and Rocky.
She started training as a mezzo-soprano at an early age, and continued with consistent theatre classes, as she trained with the esteemed Piven Performance Company and the popular Chicago troupe, the Second City. She began appearing in theater productions at the age of eight, and then toured with singer Kenny Rogers.
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Career Beginnings
Rosa’s full-time professional career started in the second half of the ’90s, when she was chosen for the role of Dawn in the TV series “Lost on Earth”, and not long afterwards landed the role of April Beane in the TV comedy series “Hitz”. The series was short-lived, but this starring role helped Rosa significantly in her further career.
Before the decade ended, Rosa appeared in guest roles in several TV series, including the eponymous comedy “Frasier”, and the Primetime Emmy Award-nominated romantic drama “Beverly Hills, 90210”. She ended the decade with the role of Carolina Marquez in the television sci-fi mystery movie “Avalon: Beyond the Abyss”.
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Rise to Stardom
In 2000, Rosa landed the role of Dr. Luisa Delgado in the TV drama series “Strong Medicine”. The show follows female doctors as they treat female clients at the Rittenhouse Women’s Clinic. Her co-stars included Jenifer Lewis and Josh Coxx, among others.
Rosa starred in all episodes from 2000 to 2006 of the critically acclaimed series, which earned her international stardom, and an Imagen Award in the category of Best Actress in a Television Drama.
Concurrently, she worked on several other projects, including the television biopic about Panamanian general Manuel Antonio Noriega, entitled “Noriega: God’s Favorite”, which starred Bob Hoskins, Jeffrey DeMunn, alongside Blasi, and she appeared in the award-winning horror mystery-thriller film “The Grudge”, directed by Takashi Shimizu, and starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jason Behr, and Clea DuVall.
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Moreover, she had a guest role in the TV crime-drama series “CSI: Miami”. After “Strong Medicine”, Rosa continued her career in stunning fashion, featuring in the action crime-drama film “Fist of the Warrior”, written and directed by Wayne Kennedy and starring Ho-Sung Pak, Peter Greene, and Roger Guenveur Smith.
Next, Rosa starred in the television comedy film “Eight Days a Week”, and in 2009, secured the role of Ronnie Cruz in the award-winning sports drama series “Make it or Break It”, which starred Ayla Kell, Josie Loren and Cassandra Scerbo. Blasi featured in 23 episodes of the popular show, which earned her high praise.
Concurrently, she worked on the television horror-drama movie “Next Stop Murder”, which starred Brigid Brannagh, Allison Lange, and Brian Krause. She guest-starred in the TV series “General Hospital”.
In 2012, Rosa portrayed Agent Christine Mendoza in the television movie “Teenage Bank Heist”, with Maeve Quinlan, Abbie Cobb and Cassi Thomson as the main stars, and made an appearance in the TV series “Hot in Cleveland”.
The following year, Rosa was selected for the role of Barb Thunderman, the matriarch of the Thunderman family in Nickelodeon’s TV series “The Thundermans” (2013-2018). She is a superhero, and her alias is Electress, who can control electricity and lightning.
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Rosa starred in all episodes alongside Kira Kosarin, Jack Griffo, Addison Riecke, Chris Tallman, and Diego Velazquez, among other stars of the series, which only increased her popularity thanks to the enormous success of the series.
She wasn’t very active in pursuing other credits while portraying Barb, and made only a few appearances, such as Sara in the award-winning television romantic-comedy-drama movie “Christmas Princess” in 2016.
Following the end of “The Thundermans”, Rosa returned to an active pursuit of new roles, and in 2019, landed the role of Kit in the TV comedy series “Team Kaylie”, which starred Alison Fernandez, Bryana Salaz and Symera Jackson.
To speak further of her accomplishments, Rosa next starred in the thriller-drama film “Sinister Savior”, with Marci Miller and Kelly Blatz.
Net Worth
As of mid- 2022, Rosa Blasi’s net worth has been estimated to be around $1.5 million, earned through her successful career as an actress, during which she’s appeared in more than 40 film and TV titles.
Personal Life, Married, Husband, Children
When it comes to her personal life, from 2004 to 2008 Rosa was married to Jim Finn, a former American Football fullback who played for the Chicago Bears and New York Giants. They had a daughter, Kaia Finn, born on 20 September 2006.
In 2014, Rosa married Todd William Harris, a mortgage broker whom she met on Match.com. The two were married 16 months after being matched on the popular dating site. Rosa and Todd don’t have children of their own, though Rosa is stepmother to Harris’ daughter from a previous relationship.
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Appearance and Vital Statistics
The prominent actress has dark brown hair and dark brown eyes. She stands at a height of 5ft 2ins (1.57m), weighs about 132lbs (60kgs), with vital statistics of 36-25-37, bra size 40C.
Hobbies, Interests, and Trivia
Rosa is a published writer and has contributed to the Huffington Post on several occasions. She also wrote a comedic memoir, “Jock Itch: Misadventures of A Retired Jersey Chaser” published in 2011 by HarperCollins, about her experience of dating professional athletes for over ten years.
She is fluent in Italian.
Rosa was Miss Rockford in 1993 and Miss Chicago in 1994.
In addition to acting, she plays the piano, sings, and is trained in classical dance.
