Rosana Pastor

Rosana Pastor is a Spanish actress, born in Alboraya, in the province of Valencia, who trained in dramatic art in Valencia under teachers including Francisco Romá, Antonio Tordera and Antonio Díaz Zamora. She appeared in Ken Loach's Land and Freedom (1995), acting alongside Ian Hart and Icíar Bollaín, and has worked extensively in film and television. She played Doña Juana Coello in La conjura de El Escorial (2008), and her turn as Doña Elvira in Mad Love earned a Goya nomination for best supporting actress in 2002. Her stage credits range from Pessoa en Persona and Les Troyens to Uncle Vanya and La pell en Flames. At the Palau de les Arts she took the role of Joan of Arc, backed by the Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana and its orchestra. She also directed and narrated Enoch Arden, a show weaving Richard Strauss's music with narration and singing.