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Villa Rosa

2004

In Bloemfontein there is a guest house where the walls have ears and where there is daily drama, intrigue and also a lot of comedy.

Lieb Bester

Cast · Known for Villa Rosa

Lieb Bester (15 Apr 1949 – 21 Jul 2021) was a South African actor and musician. He was best known for his role as Fritz Retief in kykNET's soap opera, Villa Rosa. For this role, he received an ATKV Media Veertjie for Best Actor in a Soap Opera in 2012 and 2013. Bester was also known for his role as senior superintendent George Lindeque in the TV thriller, Arsenaal, which was originally broadcast on SABC2.

Hanli Rolfes

Hanli Rolfes (credited as Hanli Rolfes-Opperman from 2002-2010) is a South African actress best known for her role as Sarah-Lee Odendaal on the SABC1 soapie Generations, from 1996-2001. She received an Honours degree in Drama (cum laude) from the University of Pretoria in 1994. Shortly thereafter she made her television debut as Lieutenant Bernice Fox in Scholtz Films's Die Laksman, after which she started her six-year stint on Generations. She has had lead roles in a number of major shows on Afrikaans pay channel kykNET, including the roles of Louise Schoeman in the soapie Villa Rosa, Sophia Landman in the drama series Kruispad, Sonja Mostert in Binnelanders and Lanie in Getroud Met Rugby, a drama series she co-created with her husband at the time, Deon Opperman. Other television series she has appeared in include Justice For All, The Adventures of Sinbad, Vetkoekpaleis, Egoli, Iemand om lief te hê (Someone to Love), Jozi Streets, 4Play: Sex Tips for Girls, Askies, Soul City, Skeem Saam, Hartland and Geraamtes in die Kas. She also has numerous theatre credits, including the Afrikaans plays Boesman my Seun (2005), Twaalfuurwals (2006), Kaburu (2007) and Knypie Oppie Kant (2008). She was one of the contestant panelists on the SABC2 game show Where Were You?, from August to November, 2008. Hanli was married to fellow actor and playwright Deon Opperman from 2002-2010, with the marriage ending in divorce.

Cobus Visser

Cobus Visser was a South African actor, voice artist and translator who has acted in numerous theatre productions, feature films and television series. He was born in 1949 and completed his school career in Upington in the Northern Cape. He completed his drama training at the University of Pretoria and was a member of Performing Arts Councils in Bloemfontein and Pretoria in the 1970s. In 1976 he joined the SABC as a freelance translator, sync translator, dubbing director and actor. During these years he attended master classes in Los Angeles at the renowned Lee Strasberg Method School of Acting on several occasions with actors such as Al Pacino and Shelly Winters as guest lecturers. Several study tours followed in places like England and Germany, the latter under the guidance of friend and teacher Professor Wolfgang von Stas, who was attached to the University of Koblenz and later Saarbrücken. Stage highlights since 1975 include The Rainmaker, Bobaas van de Boendoe (André P Brink), Hamlet, Plaston DNS child (P.G. du Plessis) and many more. He also acted in films such as Die Square, Fiela se Kind, Die Storie van Klara Viljee, Promised Land, Oh Schuks ... I'm Gatvol!, Vaatjie Sien sy Gat, Hond se Dinges, Stoute Boudjies, Platteland, Die Ballade van Robbie de Wee, Agent 2000: Die Laksman and Die Rebellie van Lafras Verwey. Cobus acted in numerous television series, including Die Avonture van Joachim Verwey, Onder Draai die Duiwel Rond, Die Vierde Kabinet, Sterk Skemer, Amalia, Dryfsand, Die Uwe Pottie Potgieter, Moeggeploeg, Molly & Wors, Vetkoek Paleis, Swartwater, The Docket and Huis Lelieveld. He also acted in a number of soap operas including Generations, 7de Laan, Villa Rosa, Egoli: Place of Gold, Ashes to Ashes and Binnelanders. He spent several years as a writer for soapies such as Egoli and Villa Rosa. Cobus was also known for his vocal work on numerous soundtracks, and did a lot of translation work for television programs and films, mostly from English and German to Afrikaans. He died on Monday 28 October, 2019, of heart failure. He was 70.

ROSALÍA

Rosalia Vila Tobella (born 25 September 1992), known mononymously as Rosalía is a Spanish singer.

Merritt Janson

MERRITT JANSON is a New York based actor working across theater, television and film. Devoted to developing new work, Merritt has originated roles in Robert Woodruff's Notes From Underground and Autumn Sonata (Yale Rep, La Jolla, Theatre for a New Audience); Your Blues Ain’t Sweet Like Mine, created by Ruben Santiago-Hudson (Two River); Built with Robert O’Hara at 59E59, Jonathan Franzen’s House For Sale directed by Daniel Fish (Duke Theater, Transport Group); Lloyd Suh’s Great Wall Story (Denver Center); The Deception created by Dominique Serrand (La Jolla); and The Onion Cellar with Amanda Palmer and The Dresden Dolls at the American Repertory Theater. An Off-Broadway regular, Merritt has specialized in classical roles with Theater for a New Audience (Julius Caesar directed by Shana Cooper, Sir Michael Boyd's Tamburlaine the Great, and Measure for Measure directed by Simon Godwin); The Public (Richard II w/WNYC, A Midsummer Night’s Dream); Red Bull Theater (Coriolanus) and Shakespeare Theatre DC’s Othello. Over five seasons with Shakespeare & Company she played Miranda opposite Olympia Dukakis in The Tempest, Viola in Twelfth Night, Rosalind in As You Like It, Titania in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Desdemona in Othello opposite John Douglas Thompson. Other works include the title role in The Wilma’s Eurydice directed by Blanka Zizka, American Repertory Theater’s Britannicus directed by Robert Woodruff, Paradise Lost directed by Daniel Fish and HVSF’s Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play, directed by Davis McCallum. She can be found regularly onscreen most recently appearing on “Law & Order” (NBC Universal); “Dexter: New Blood” (Showtime), “Elementary” (CBS), “Billions” (Showtime), “Quantico” (ABC), and “Madam Secretary” (CBS). Merritt also plays music. Her style and composition are rooted in early American blues and her primary instruments are finger-style guitar, piano and tenor banjo. She has used this skill in several productions, most recently in TFANA’s Measure for Measure. Merritt holds an MFA in Acting from ART/MXAT at Harvard University.

Matt Villa

Editor · Known for Runner

Matt Villa is an Australian film editor, most famous for editing The Great Gatsby, for which he won Best Editing at the 3rd AACTA Awards alongside Jason Ballantine and Jonathan Redmond. Villa won his second AACTA Award the following year for Predestination. In 2023, Villa was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Film Editing for the film Elvis. Description above from the Wikipedia article Matt Villa, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Chris Villa

Edwin Villa

Zach Villa

Zach Villa is an American actor, musician, singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and voice performer. He trained at Interlochen Arts Academy and The Juilliard School and made his Broadway debut in the original company of Lincoln Center Theater’s War Horse. His screen work includes American Horror Story: 1984, Hypochondriac, Honeyglue, The Expanse, Shameless, Destroyer, Vengeance and Station 19. Villa has also worked as a producer and performs and records music under his own name.

Fábio Villa Verde

Fábio Villa Verde (Rio de Janeiro, January 20, 1971) is a Brazilian actor and businessman.

Chris Villa

Efrain Villa

Debora Villa

Cast · Known for Camera Café

Sabino Villa Lobos

Carl Villa Roman

Alfredo Villa

Israel Villa

Patricia Villa

Juan Francisco Villa

Cast · Known for The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants

Juan Francisco Villa is a New York City 1st generation Colombian-American who grew up in LOISAIDA. He proudly calls Chicago his artistic home and has made the recent move to Los Angeles. He is an artistic creator focusing on Acting, Directing, Writing and Teaching Artist. TV Acting Highlights include being Directed by Eric Stoltz on MADAM SECRETARY (CBS) and acting with Tea Leoni, working with the cast of CHICAGO PD (NBC), and his first Guest Starring role as Detective Orjuela on BETRAYAL (ABC). Theater Acting Highlights include the NY Times Critics Pick OEDIPUS EL REY by MacArthur Genius Luis Alfaro, Directed by Chay Yew at the lauded Public Theater and playing the iconic role of TENNESSEE WILLIAMS in THE GENTLEMAN CALLER by Phillip Dawkins, Directed by Tony Especiale at the infamous Cherry Lane Theater in NYC. He will be shooting an upcoming Independent Feature EYES UPON WAKING by Jennifer Scott, playing a suicidal American War Vet whom has been working through PTSD after serving 4 tours in the Iraq War. Theater Directing highlights include Co-Directing the upcoming docu-drama COLUMBINUS, April 2019, in Washington D.C. at 1st Stage Theater which is based on interviews with those affected by the Columbine shooting 20 years ago. 1st Stage is the same theater that provided him with an opportunity to Co-Direct JESUS HOPPED THE A-TRAIN by Stephen Adley-Guirgis which received 2 Helen Hayes Awards along. Playwriting Highlights include his autobiographical solo play EMPANADA FOR A DREAM which chronicles his life growing up in The Lower East Side of NYC. It has been presented in NYC, Chicago, LA, San Diego and Washington DC along with cracking the list of Top Ten Shows for the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Reader and Los Angeles Times. His ensemble play DON CHIPOTLE World Premiered at the Chicago DCASE Storefront Theater presented by terraNOVA Collective and The Playground Theater. He is currently developing his follow up solo play FINDING PANCHO which traces his relationship to his father who has disappeared deep into Colombia. This past summer Juan was accepted into the Maria Irene Fornes Playwriting Workshop in Chicago developing his newest work False Evidence Appearing Real or Cosmic Lovers. He has partaken in writing workshops led by MacArthur Geniuses Luis Alfaro and Han Ong along with Erin Courtney, John Jesurun, Zakiyyah Abdul-Rahim Alexander and April Yvette-Thompson. He is a 4 time recipient of the Chicago DCASE grant, PBS Latino New Media Finalist. Juan's other written works include THE BIG APPLE (Brooklyn Generator), TEARS OF HOPE (Something Marvelous Theater ), CAN YOU HEAR ME... (Chicago Blue Ring Radio Play), WANNA BE STARTING SOMETHING (Chicago Black Box Academy) COPPAZZ and WHEN MY FATHER DIED... (NYC INTAR OMPF).

Aaron Dalla Villa

Aaron Dalla Villa was born and raised in Suffolk, Virginia and studied music and dance-training at the prestigious Governor’s School for the Arts in Norfolk, Virginia in classical ballet and classical modern dance. Prior to experiencing an injury, he had a career in dance and worked with NB2-Nashville Ballet Second Company. After moving to NYC, Aaron continued to pursue performance as an actor and has been featured in numerous film, television, and theater roles including a starring role in the feature film PLEDGE, distributed by IFC Midnight, a starring role on the series DUELS, a spot on GOTHAM, and voice work in the popular video game series Earth Defense Force. He’s won Best Ensemble Broadway World Long Island 2015 for ORPHANS, by Lyle Kessler, directed by James Bonney at the Conklin Theatre.

Lola Wayne Villa

Alba Flores

Cast · Known for Money Heist

Alba González Villa, known as Alba Flores, is a Spanish actress. She is mainly known for having played the characters of Saray Vargas, in the series Locked Up, and Nairobi, in the series Money Heist.

Fernando Contigiani García

Cast · Known for Society of the Snow

Fernando Contigiani García (Was born in Villa Devoto, Buenos Aires, Argentina) is an Argentine theatre, film, and television actor.