Rosanna DeSoto (born September 2, 1950) is a Mexican American actress who has performed in films and television. She is best known for her roles in Stand and Deliver, for which she won an Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female, and in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country as Azetbur, the daughter of Klingon Chancellor Gorkon.Her other film roles include La Bamba (1987) as Ritchie Valens' mother Connie Valenzuela; and Family Business (1989) as the wife of Vito McMullen (Dustin Hoffman).DeSoto's first television role was in the series A.E.S. Hudson Street (1978) as Nurse Rosa Santiago. She starred in the short-lived series The Redd Foxx Show (1986). She has made guest appearances on many television series, including Cannon, Kung Fu, Barnaby Jones, Barney Miller, Melrose Place, Murder, She Wrote, The Bold and the Beautiful and Law & Order.
Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female
Nominations
ALMA Award for Outstanding Actress in a Made-for-Television Movie or Mini-Series
Movies
La Bamba, Stand and Deliver, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, Family Business, About Last Night, Child of Rage, Once Upon a Wedding, Cannery Row, The 24 Hour Woman, The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez, The In-Laws, Wooly Boys, Mambo Café, Thicker Than Blood, Life Partners, Women of San Quentin, Ki...
TV Shows
Invasion, The Redd Foxx Show, A.E.S. Hudson Street
Star Sign
Virgo
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Fact
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Won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Actress in Stand and Deliver (1988).
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