Rosa Nicolás, is a Certified Teacher with
the British Academy of Stage and Screen
Combat (BASSC). Since 2000, Rosa has
taught in London, Moscow, Chicago,
Germany, and Spain. Her fight direction
and choreography credits include theatrical
productions of Hamlet, The Beauty and the
Beast, Romeo and Juliet and several short
films.
In 2010, Rosa joined the Associació Catalana d'Esgrima Antiga (ACEA), a
historical fencing academy based in Barcelona which focuses on the
Verdadera Destreza Spanish fencing style, longsword, sword and buckler,
messer, and saber techniques.
Rosa has been a professional actress and singer since 1984. Notable
theatrical credits include The Mikado by Gilbert and Sullivan, The Magic Flute
by W. Amadeus Mozart, Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare,
and The Truepenny Opera by Bertold Brecht among many others.
Additionally, she participated in six-time Goya award-winning Black Bread
(2010), Blog (2010), and recently she played parts in Isle (2024) and A
Journey To You (2025). Also, she participated various TV series, including
two-time Emmy award-winning Genius: Picasso (2018), and as a stuntwoman
in Vikings (2017) and Tierra de Mujeres (2024).
She combines her acting career with stage combat teaching and continue her
professional development attending acting courses for professional actors
and stage combat workshops for certified stage combat teachers.
Actually, she teaches stage combat at the IAB (Institut of the Arts Barcelona)
and other drama schools in Barcelona and she is co-starring in the plays
Donde Reirla written by Triana Doce and Darwin’s Turtle by Juan Mayorga.