Editing Mercedes Rose

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|image=[[File:MercedesRose.png]]

|born=March 22, 1972 (age {{age|March 22, 1972}})

|role=Original voice actress for [[Rosalina]]}}

{{quote|I actually think a lot of myself went into [Rosalina's personality]. I am a mother and a princess so it seemed like a natural fit.|Mercedes Rose}}

'''Mercedes Rose''' (born March 22, 1972) is an American actress who was the original voice actress for [[Rosalina]]. She voiced her in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'', ''[[Mario Kart Wii]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'' before being replaced by [[Kerri Kane]]. Rose has a family-run business in the film and television industry and describes herself as a Creative Entrepreneur.<ref name="The 'Shroom">The 'Shroom (June 26, 2016). [[The_%27Shroom:Issue_111/Mercedes_Rose_Interview|Mercedes Rose Interview]]. ''Super Mario Wiki''. Retrieved June 26, 2016.</ref>

Mercedes Rose was born in the [[United States of America]], in {{wp|Salem, Oregon}}. She eventually took up acting and does work in commercials and advertising. Her introduction to voice-acting came in 2001 when her agent called her down to an audition without telling her it was a voiceover role until she arrived. Always working on expanding her skills, Mercedes went along with it and has been doing professional voiceovers ever since. While she still does live-action spots, she favors voice-work and has even created a school dedicated to sharing the skills of a voiceover career, [http://www.voiceoverdrivingschool.com Voiceover Driving School]. Mercedes Rose also has her own in-home studio which includes state-of-the-art equipment and software.

Prior to getting the role of Rosalina, Rose had never seen a ''Super Mario'' game, only having played ''{{wp|Pac-Man}}'' and ''{{wp|Space Invaders}}''. For her audition for the role of Rosalina, Rose used her "natural mom voice," as Rosalina was described as the mother of the [[Luma]]s. Rose states one of the things that attracted her the most to the role was the fact that Rosalina was the first ''Super Mario'' princess in many years. In a 2016 interview,<ref name="The 'Shroom"/> she made it clear it was not her decision to stop voicing Rosalina, though having worked for [[Nintendo]] gave her many other professional opportunities.

 

==Portrayals==

*''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' &ndash; [[Rosalina]]

*''[[Mario Kart Wii]]'' &ndash; Rosalina

*''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'' &ndash; Rosalina

 

*[http://www.mercedesrose.com/ Mercedes Rose High Performance Drama (Her official website)]

*[http://youtube.com/watch?v=p98kOdympQ8 Mercedes Rose commercial acting reel (From her official YouTube channel)]

[[Category:Voice actors]]