Felissa Rose

Actress

Birthday May 23, 1969

Birth Sign Gemini

Birthplace New York City, U.S.

Age 54 years old

Nationality United States

Height 5′ 4″

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1969

Felissa Rose Esposito (born May 23, 1969), better known as simply Felissa Rose, is an American actress and producer.

Rose has amassed over 150 film credits, and is best known for her work in the horror genre, for which she is recognized as a "scream queen".

1983

Rose made her film debut as Angela Baker in the cult horror film Sleepaway Camp (1983), which established her as a horror icon.

Rose made her debut film appearance in the 1983 horror film Sleepaway Camp, in which she plays Angela Baker.

She later said of the film, "It was such a big part of my childhood. It's really hard to look at it objectively. On opening night I went to the theater with all my friends and watched it for the first time with a public audience. It was the best feeling. The energy in the theater was intense. People were really freaked out by the ending. I felt really good about the film."

1993

After appearing in Sleepaway Camp, she made some more sporadic appearances in a few films and television series, including the 1993 romantic comedy film The Night We Never Met and an episode of the short-lived 1998 television series Prey.

1999

In 1999, she was contacted by Jeff Hayes, who operates the official Sleepaway Camp website, via a letter in the mail asking her to do an interview for the website and gauge her interest in doing a new Sleepaway Camp sequel.

Shortly thereafter, Hayes met with Rose in New York.

2002

She has also appeared in two films by New Jersey filmmaker Dante Tomaselli: Horror (2002) and Satan's Playground (2005).

2003

She has since returned to cinema and has appeared in such films as Zombiegeddon (2003), Nikos (2003), and Sludge (2005).

2005

In addition Felissa co-hosted the 2005 Village Halloween Parade in New York City with fellow scream queens Debbie Rochon and Raine Brown.

Rose lives in California with her husband, former CKY singer/guitarist Deron Miller, and their two daughters, Bianca Rose (born 2005) and Lola Marue (born 2007), and son Thomas Carver (born 2009).

2008

She reprised the role in the 2008 sequel Return to Sleepaway Camp.

She also had a cameo role in the sequel to the 2008 Sleepaway Camp sequel Return to Sleepaway Camp.

In the sequel, she reprises the role of Angela Baker.

The movie had a straight to DVD release on November 4, 2008.

She also appears in Hotdog Casserole, written and directed by Chris Raab, as the mother in a dysfunctional family.

Rose starred in a role as Mother in the segment "Dinner Guest" in the anthology horror film, The Perfect House.

She also portrayed forensic pathologist Amy Short in the thriller Poe.

Rose and Miller were co-stars in Dave Campfield's 2008 horror comedy Caesar and Otto's Summer Camp Massacre.

2009

Her other horror roles include Elsa Lansing in Silent Night, Zombie Night (2009), Mother in The Perfect House (2012), Rachel Steele in Camp Dread (2014), Angela Freeman in Death House (2018), Kathleen in Victor Crowley (2018), Ms. Crowell in Bloody Summer Camp (2022), and Ms. Principe in Terrifier 2 (2022).

Rose continues to make regular appearances on The Joe Bob Briggs Show, The Last Drive-In on Shudder, and appeared in The Boulet Brothers's Halfway to Halloween special in 2023.

2016

In 2016, Rose produced a number of music videos for the metal band Slayer.

Born in Greenwich Village in New York City, Rose graduated from New York University.

In 2016, Felissa starred in the paranormal horror film Family Possessions, written and directed by Tommy Faircloth.

The film also starred Mark Patton.

2017

In May 2017, she helped produce and acted in the horror film Death House.

That same year, she appeared in Victor Crowley.

In November 2022, Rose worked with Shelley Duvall on the film The Forest Hills.