Rosita is a 5-year-old turquoise Hispanic female monster Muppet character on the children's television seriesSesame Street. Fluent in both American English and Mexican Spanish, she is the first regular bilingual Muppet on the show. Rosita comes from Mexico and likes to play the guitar.
History
Rosita was originally designed to look similar to a fruit bat and bore the name Rosita, La Monstrua de las Cuevas. However, her wings were removed in 2004. She wears a ribbon in her hair, but in difference to Zoe she does not wear two because she is just no longer so little. Rosita was introduced to the series in 1991. Rosita is performed by Carmen Osbahr, who originally worked on Mexico's Plaza Sésamo.
March 3, 2004: Rosita, Elmo, Zoe, Big Bird and purple AM Monster appear on The West Wing. April 24, 2004: Rosita, Elmo, Zoe, Grover, Cookie Monster Phoebe and Elephant on Hollywood Hits Broadway Benefit Gala November 4, 2005: Elmo, Grover, Telly, Rosita and a Muppet Turkey on Emeril Live. May 3, 2008: Rosita on The Early Show May 4, 2008: Rosita on Good Morning America May 15, 2008: Rosita on Tell Me More July 4, 2009: Elmo, Big Bird, Cookie Monster, Oscar the Grouch, Rosita, and Abby Cadabby on A Capitol Fourth November 9, 2009: Elmo and Rosita on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon December 3, 2009: Elmo, Rosita and Cookie Monster on The Tyra Show September 20, 2011: Elmo, Grover, Rosita, Cookie Monster, Oscar, and Slimey on Good Morning America September 19, 2012: Elmo, Big Bird, Murray, Grover, Bert, Abby, Rosita, Oscar, and Cookie Monster on Good Morning America January 28, 2013: Rosita, Grundgetta, Herry, Alan Muraoka, Bob McGrath, Roscoe Orman, Sonia Manzano, and Alison Bartlett O'Reilly, at From Broadway With Love: A Benefit Concert for Sandy Hook May 10, 2013: Rosita, Oscar, Cookie Monster, Telly and Armando on Good Morning America. September 13, 2013: Elmo, Grover, Abby Cadabby, Rosita, Cookie Monster, Murray, The Count, and Big Bird on Good Morning America December 11–14, 2014: Elmo, Grover, Rosita, Ernie, Bert, Cookie Monster, Big Bird, The Count, Abby and guest star Santino Fontana at Mormon Tabernacle Choir January 15, 2016: Ernie, Telly, Abby, Rosita, Elmo and Carol-Lynn Parente on Good Morning America April 17, 2016: Elmo, Rosita, and Oscar the Grouch on Last Week Tonight with John Oliver May 1, 2016: Elmo and Rosita at Daytime Emmy Awards January 5, 2017: Big Bird, Elmo, Oscar the Grouch, Cookie Monster, Abby Cadabby, The Count, Rosita and Grover on Today January 10, 2017: Abby Cadabby, Rosita and Telly at SiriusXM October 6, 2017: Big Bird, Rosita and Abby Cadabby on Good Morning America October 6, 2017: Elmo, Rosita and Abby Cadabby on Today November 8, 2017: Alan Muraoka, Rosemarie Truglio, Elmo, Abby, Zoe, Big Bird, Telly, Count von Count, Rosita, Cookie Monster, Bert and Ernie on Today July 4, 2019: Big Bird, Elmo, Abby Cadabby, Rosita, Ernie and Bert on A Capitol Fourth October 21, 2019: Elmo, Abby, Big Bird, Cookie Monster, Rosita, Ernie, Bert, Oscar, Grover, and the Count on Today
