Cuca Roseta

Cuca Roseta began her musical career by singing in her church choir; she then became a rock singer after being recruited by her friend Thiago Benttencourt to the group Toranja during her teenage years. Roseta entered the fado scene at the age of 19, singing in Lisbon fado clubs and encouraged by composer Mario Pacheco and fado singer Carlos Zel, and later by Ana Moura. In 2006, Roseta competed in RTP's Festival da Canção, and in 2007, she appeared in the Goya Award-winning film Fados by the Spanish filmmaker Carlos Saura.

In 2009, Roseta recorded the advertisement "Pingo Doce e venha cá" for the Portuguese supermarket chain Pingo Doce.

Cuca Roseta's first album was released in 2011 and was produced by Gustavo Santaolalla, who saw her perform at the Clube de Fado, in Alfama. After this initial encounter, in which Roseta was not aware of the Argentine producer's identity, she had to wait four years to record the album due to Santaolalla's busy schedule.

Cuca Roseta has toured extensively, performing in more than 30 countries, giving individual concerts and participating in music festivals such as MEO Sudoeste in 2011. In 2015, Roseta performed more than 120 concerts, both in Portugal and abroad. That year, she participated in Badasom, a flamenco and fado festival in Badajoz, Spain, where she sang a duet with Niña Pastori. In 2019, she sang in Havana during the celebration of the centenary of diplomatic relations between Cuba and Portugal. In 2020 she performed at the Teatro Real during the Madrid fado festival, participated in an event in Buenos Aires celebrating the 100th birthday of Amália Rodrigues, and sang the Portuguese national anthem at the opening of the 2020 Portuguese Grand Prix.

In 2013, Roseta recorded the album Raíz, which was produced by Mário Barreiros. Roseta wrote most of the album's songs.

Cuca Roseta is the daughter of Miguel da Cruz Roseta and Maria Natércia Rebelo Couto, and paternal niece of Pedro Roseta, a former Minister of Culture in Portugal. She has a son named Lopo and a daughter called Benedita, born in 2016. Roseta's husband João Lapa, proposed during one of her concerts in Porto while she was performing on stage. They were married by the church in 2017 in Obidos, where she sang "Ave Maria" during the wedding. Lapa works as a conditioning and rehabilitation coach for the Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.

In 2017, Roseta's fourth studio album Luz, which was produced by Diogo Clemente, was released. The album contains several original songs by Roseta and compositions by artists Pedro da Silva Martins, Jorge Fernando, Carolina Deslandes, Hélder Moutinho and Mario Pacheco. The album's release was preceded in mid-October by the release of the single "Balelas". In July 2018, the track "Don't Be Late" was released as a second single.

Outside music, Cuca practices painting, yoga and is a black belt in taekwondo. She first studied law but did not finish, changing to a degree in psychology with a postgraduate degree in marketing. Roseta has contributed to diverse causes such as improving road safety and nature conservation. She partnered with the Automóvel Clube de Portugal to release the single "We'll all safely get home", which she performed at the 2013 gala of the International Automobile Federation. In 2019, Roseta was announced as ambassador for the Mirpuri Foundation, a non-profit organization focused in environmental sustainability.