Rose Rollins

Rose Rollins is an American actress and former model. She is best known for her television portrayals of Tasha Williams in the Showtime drama series The L Word and Valerie Anderson in the ABC crime drama series The Catch.

Rollins was born in Berkeley, California. She later relocated to New York to pursue a modeling career, during which she appeared in numerous commercials and major advertising campaigns. Following her modeling work, she moved to Los Angeles to pursue acting.

In 1999, Rollins made her professional acting debut playing C. J. Cregg's assistant in two episodes of the NBC drama series The West Wing. During the early 2000s, she transitioned into feature films with supporting roles. She appeared in 13 Moons opposite Jennifer Beals in 2002, Undisputed starring Wesley Snipes in 2002, and Something New starring Sanaa Lathan in 2006. That same year, she also appeared in the feature film Mission: Impossible III and landed a recurring role on the short-lived ABC legal drama In Justice.

Rollins gained wider television recognition in 2007 when she joined the fourth season of Showtime's The L Word as Tasha Williams, remaining with the main cast until the series concluded in 2009. Also in 2007, she played Monique in the Angela Robinson-directed web series Girltrash!. Over the following years, she made guest appearances on CSI: NY and Miami Medical.

Between 2010 and 2011, Rollins starred opposite Kelli Giddish as a series regular in the Jerry Bruckheimer-produced NBC police drama Chase. In 2014, she starred alongside Julia Stiles in the TNT legal drama pilot Guilt by Association. She subsequently secured a recurring role as Detective Kizmin Rider in the Amazon crime drama series Bosch in 2015.

Later in 2015, Rollins was cast as Valerie Anderson in the Shonda Rhimes-produced ABC drama series The Catch, which aired from 2016 until its cancellation after two seasons in 2017. Following her work on The Catch, she joined the cast of the Audience Network thriller Condor as a co-star during its second season.