Rosana DeSoto
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Rosana DeSoto (born 2 September 1950 in San Jose, California) is the actress who played Azetbur, the daughter of Chancellor Gorkon, in the 1991 film Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.
She is best known for her role as "Connie Valenzuela" in the 1987 hit biographical movie La Bamba, which also featured TNG guest actors Sam Anderson and Noble Willingham (both from "The Royale"). The following year, she and her La Bamba co-star Lou Diamond Phillips had roles in the popular drama Stand and Deliver.
She made her film debut in the 1979 comedy The In-Laws, co-starring Richard Libertini and Ed Begley, Jr.). The following year, she appeared with her future Undiscovered Country co-star Paul Rossilli in the comedy Serial (also featuring Sally Kellerman). Her other film credits include Cannery Row (1982), About Last Night... (1986), and Family Business (1989), and the 1997 science fiction made-for-television movie Invasion, with her Undiscovered Country co-star Kim Cattrall and Star Trek: First Contact actor Neal McDonough.
She also made guest appearances on such TV shows as Barney Miller (with Ron Glass, Gregory Sierra, and James Gregory), Murder, She Wrote (with William Windom), and Quantum Leap (with Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell). She was also a regular on The Red Foxx Show in 1986.
