Draft: Mandahla Rose

==Early life==

==Early life==

Rose lived in foster care from the age of six. She has spoken openly about how she and her older brother Raymond were physically abused by their stepfather, which led to them being taken into the care system. At the age of eight, she was placed with two nuns, from the [[Dominican Order]], which became a long-term foster placement. She lived with them until the age of 19maintaining some contact with her mother until she died when Rose was 12.{{cite web |last=Costa|first=Daniela|title=Out Actress Mandahla Rose on her starring role in the lesbian road trip romp “All About E”|url=https://afterellen.com/actress-mandahla-rose-starring-role-lesbian-road-trip-romp-e/|access-date=January 10, 2025|website=After Ellen|date=November 23, 2015}}

Rose lived in foster care from the age of six. she eight she was placed with two nuns, from the [[Dominican Order]], which became a long-term foster placement. She lived with them until the age of 19.{{cite web |last=Costa|first=Daniela|title=Out Actress Mandahla Rose on her starring role in the lesbian road trip romp “All About E”|url=https://afterellen.com/actress-mandahla-rose-starring-role-lesbian-road-trip-romp-e/|access-date=January 10, 2025|website=After Ellen|date=November 23, 2015}}

==Career==

==Career==

Parts in commercials and music videos led to small parts in films and eventually to Rose landing the lead role in the 2015 independent film ”All About E”,{{cite web |author= |date=2020 |title=Mandahla Rose | url=https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/mandahla-rose/#:~:text=She%20was%20booked%20for%20her,feature%20films%20on%20her%20resume. | website=Lez Watch.TV |access-date=January 4, 2025}} where she played E, a lesbian DJ who has to flee Sydney with best friend Matt after she comes into possession of a bag of cash and is hotly pursued by gangsters who want it back. While on the run, E is forced to ask an old flame for shelter.{{cite web |last=Dow|first=Steve|title=All About E, Drown and Skin Deep premiere at Mardi Gras Film Festival| url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/movies/all-about-e-drown-and-skin-deep-premiere-at-mardi-gras-film-festival-20150203-133qti.html | access-date=January 12, 2025|website=Sydney Morning Herald|date=February 5, 2015}} With its stunning cinematography, heavily featuring rural New South Wales, and its deft mixture of romance and drama, ”All About E” gained a loyal following.{{cite web |last=Tedesco|first=Lisa|title=All About E Brings the Babes, the Punches, the Fun and the Drama to the Silver Screen|url=https://www.curvemag.com/blog/australian-film/all-about-e-downunder-drama/|access-date=January 10, 2025|website=Curve|date=November 23, 2015}}{{cite web |last=LOTL Staff|title=All About E, In Cinemas Near You!|url=https://www.lotl.com/film/editors-tip/all-about-e-in-cinemas-near-you/|access-date=January 10, 2025|website=Lesbians on the Loose|date=October 29, 2015}}

Parts in commercials and music videos led to small parts in films and eventually to Rose landing the lead role in the 2015 independent film ”All About E”,{{cite web |author= |date=2020 |title=Mandahla Rose | url=https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/mandahla-rose/#:~:text=She%20was%20booked%20for%20her,feature%20films%20on%20her%20resume. | website=Lez Watch.TV |access-date=January 4, 2025}} where she played E, a lesbian DJ who has to flee Sydney with best friend Matt after she comes into possession of a bag of cash and is hotly pursued by gangsters who want it back. While on the run, E is forced to ask an old flame for shelter.{{cite web |last=Dow|first=Steve|title=All About E, Drown and Skin Deep premiere at Mardi Gras Film Festival| url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/movies/all-about-e-drown-and-skin-deep-premiere-at-mardi-gras-film-festival-20150203-133qti.html | access-date=January 12, 2025|website=Sydney Morning Herald|date=February 5, 2015}}{{cite web |last=Tedesco|first=Lisa|title=All About E Brings the Babes, the Punches, the Fun and the Drama to the Silver Screen|url=https://www.curvemag.com/blog/australian-film/all-about-e-downunder-drama/|access-date=January 10, 2025|website=Curve|date=November 23, 2015}}{{cite web |last=LOTL Staff|title=All About E, In Cinemas Near You!|url=https://www.lotl.com/film/editors-tip/all-about-e-in-cinemas-near-you/|access-date=January 10, 2025|website=Lesbians on the Loose|date=October 29, 2015}}

The success of that film helped Rose make connections in [[Los Angeles]],{{cite web |last=Tedesco|first=Lisa|title=Mandahla Rose: Hollywood’s Up-And-Coming Lesbian Starlet |url=https://www.curvemag.com/blog/film-interview/mandahla-rose-hollywoods-up-and-coming-aussie-lesbian-starlet/|access-date=January 11, 2025|website=Curve|date=June 21, 2018}} where she relocated to in 2016.{{cite podcast | host=Holmes Foster, Leigh and Brigida, Ellie | date=June 10, 2019 | title=219: Close Quarters with Mandahla Rose | language=English |url=https://www.lezhangoutpod.com/eps/2019/06/10/2019-6-10-219-close-quarters-with-mandahla-rose?rq=Mandahla%20Rose | access-date=January 4, 2025 | publisher=LezHangOut Pod}} Once in [[California]], she picked up more work, including lead roles in the made-for-television film ”For the Love of Jessee” – a rare hetrosexual character in her resumé – and the indie film ”Forever Not Maybe”. But where she is most often seen is playing lesbian characters in short films and [[web series]], of which she has appeared in more than 15 of the former and 10 of the latter to date, including Emmy Award-winning [[Venice: The Series|”Venice: the Series”]].

The success of that film helped Rose make connections in [[Los Angeles]],{{cite web |last=Tedesco|first=Lisa|title=Mandahla Rose: Hollywood’s Up-And-Coming Lesbian Starlet |url=https://www.curvemag.com/blog/film-interview/mandahla-rose-hollywoods-up-and-coming-aussie-lesbian-starlet/|access-date=January 11, 2025|website=Curve|date=June 21, 2018}} where she relocated to in 2016.{{cite podcast | host=Holmes Foster, Leigh and Brigida, Ellie | date=June 10, 2019 | title=219: Close Quarters with Mandahla Rose | language=English |url=https://www.lezhangoutpod.com/eps/2019/06/10/2019-6-10-219-close-quarters-with-mandahla-rose?rq=Mandahla%20Rose | access-date=January 4, 2025 | publisher=LezHangOut Pod}} Once in [[California]], she picked up more work, including lead roles in the made-for-television film ”For the Love of Jessee” – a rare hetrosexual character in her resumé – and the indie film ”Forever Not Maybe”. But where she is most often seen is playing lesbian characters in short films and [[web series]], of which she has appeared in more than 15 of the former and 10 of the latter to date, including Emmy Award-winning [[Venice: The Series|”Venice: the Series”]].

In 2024 she starred in a short called ”The Paradise Road”, for which she was awarded Best Actress at The Hollywood International Diversity Film Festival.{{cite web |author= |date=2024 |title=Award Winners – 10th HIDFF |url=https://diversityfilm.org/awards-s10.php |website=Hollywood International Diversity Film Festival |location= |publisher=Indie Filmmakers Alliance |access-date=January 4, 2025}}

In 2024 she starred in a short called ”The Paradise Road”, for which she was awarded Best Actress at The Hollywood International Diversity Film Festival.{{cite web |author= |date=2024 |title=Award Winners – 10th HIDFF |url=https://diversityfilm.org/awards-s10.php |website=Hollywood International Diversity Film Festival |location= |publisher=Indie Filmmakers Alliance |access-date=January 4, 2025}}

Rose also has credits for work behind the camera, usually as a production assistant or 1st assistant camera, but also as assistant director and other technical roles.

Rose also has credits for work behind the camera, usually as a production assistant or 1st assistant camera, but also as assistant director and other technical roles.

She also creates, and sells, art in various forms.

She also creates, and sells, art in various forms.

==Personal life==

==Personal life==

In 2019, Rose appeared in a short video as part of the Bite the Bullet Stories series, talking openly about her suicide attempt in January 2015. She also discussed her mother’s death from a drug overdose and her brother’s death by suicide.{{cite podcast | host=Pacent, Nicole and Flans, Lauren (presenters) | date=June 10, 2019 | title=Episode 11: Mandahla Rose | language=English |url=https://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-11-mandahla-rose–47221649 | access-date=January 13, 2025 | publisher=Coming Out Pod}}

Rose dated bisexual actress Nicole Pacent for several years after they both appeared in the 2019 web series Passage.{{cite podcast | host=Pacent, Nicole and Flans, Lauren (presenters) | date=September 30, 2020 | title=Episode 118: The Poly Episode, Part 2! | language=English |url=https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/coming-out-pod/episode-118-the-poly-episode-YnZOHKQ5XS9/ | access-date=January 13, 2025 | publisher=Coming Out Pod}}

Rose dated bisexual actress Nicole Pacent for several years after they both appeared in the 2019 web series Passage.{{cite podcast | host=Pacent, Nicole and Flans, Lauren (presenters) | date=September 30, 2020 | title=Episode 118: The Poly Episode, Part 2! | language=English |url=https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/coming-out-pod/episode-118-the-poly-episode-YnZOHKQ5XS9/ | access-date=January 13, 2025 | publisher=Coming Out Pod}}