Latarsha Rose

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Latarsha Rose
OccupationActress
Years active2000–present

Latarsha Rose is an American film and television actress, best known for her role as Portia in the 2012 film The Hunger Games . [1] [2]

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Background

Rose is from Brooklyn, New York and attended Georgetown University. From the University, she performed in Theater productions for several years, [1] before being chosen to be a part of Bravo TV's The It Factor , a show which followed her and eleven other hopefuls as they "tried to make it in the entertainment business". [3]

Career

Rose had roles in shows such episodic series as Law & Order , CSI: NY , Bones , CSI: Miami , All My Children , and The Cape , as well as recurring roles in the shows Windfall and Swingtown . In 2012, after almost quitting the business, Rose was offered a role in The Hunger Games, as Portia, Peeta's stylist from the Capitol. [1] Rose also starred in the upcoming BET television series Being Mary Jane as Dr. Lisa Hudson, as Mary Jane's best friend. [2] [4]

When first cast in The Hunger Games, The Hollywood Reporter in May 2011, referred to her as a "relative unknown". [5] In a 2002 article about actors, Time Magazine used her dimples as an example of how some actors might be initially cast for their physical characteristics. [6]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2000Clockin' GreenHostageVideo
2002 The Ghost of F. Scott Fitzgerald -Short
2008UninvitedMichelleShort
2009Meat PuppetCharlieShort
2010NeighborsHarrietShort
2012 The Hunger Games Portia
2016CoraCoraShort
You Can't Hurry LoveAngelaTV movie
2017ShelterAudraTV movie
2018My Brother's KeeperRashidaShort
Holly DayStephanie
2019Holiday for HeroesJade WilcoxTV movie
2024Sugar MamaVeronicaFilm

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2000 Law & Order TinaEpisode: "Black, White and Blue"
2002 The It Factor HerselfTV series
2003 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Laurie SchneiderEpisode: "Tortured"
2004 CSI: NY GirlfriendEpisode: "American Dreamers"
2006 Windfall LizEpisode: "Crash Into You" & "Truth Be Told"
2008 Swingtown MichelleRecurring cast
2009 Bones Jenny HoltEpisode: "The Critic in the Cabernet"
CSI: Miami Tanya ArringtonEpisode: "Hostile Takeover"
2010 All My Children StephanieEpisode: "Episode #1.10383"
2011 The Cape TeacherEpisode: "Kozmo"
2012 Revenge Rachel FiskEpisode: "Confidence"
2013–15 Being Mary Jane Dr. Lisa HudsonMain cast: seasons 1–3
2016 Grey's Anatomy Polly CampbellEpisode: "Falling Slowly"
2017 Bull Donna HendersonEpisode: "Teacher's Pet"
2018 S.W.A.T. GeniseEpisode: "Patrol"
Star Dr. McDonaldEpisode: "Someday We'll All Be Free"
Into the Dark Melanie BurnsEpisode: "Pooka!"
2019–2020 The L Word: Generation Q FelicityRecurring cast: season 1
2021 Them Arnette BeaumontRecurring cast

References

  1. 1 2 3 Peterman, Mindy (March 23, 2012). "Latarsha Rose's fateful role as Portia in The Hunger Games". Digital Journal. Retrieved June 7, 2012.
  2. 1 2 Andreeva, Nellie (11 April 2012). "Latarsha Rose, Omari Hardwick Join 'Mary Jane'; Freya Tingley To 'Hemlock Grove'". April 10, 2012. Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved June 7, 2012.
  3. Diane Snyder and David Lefkowitz (January 6, 2002). "Will Struggling Actors Find 'It' on Bravo TV?". Playbill . Archived from the original on January 31, 2013. Retrieved June 7, 2012.
  4. "Omari Hardwick, Latarsha Rose Join BET's 'Being Mary Jane'". April 12, 2012. Electronic Urban Report. Archived from the original on April 13, 2012. Retrieved June 7, 2012.
  5. Nordyke, Kimberly (June 7, 2012). "'The Hunger Games' Casts Portia, Octavia: Latarsha Rose and Brooke Bundy join the movie starring Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved May 19, 2012.
  6. Corliss, Richard (February 4, 2002). "How To Fail In Movies". Time . Archived from the original on October 22, 2010. Retrieved June 7, 2012.