Hilary Busis of Entertainment Weekly described the character as a forgettable non-entity during the first season. She also praised Stephanie Andujar's performance as Young Rosa and called for her own spin-off series to be created. Kimberley Potts of Yahoo! TV voted Miss Rosa's backstory as the second best one of the entire show. Vogue magazine's John Powers criticized it, however, writing, "bald Miss Rosa is never again as interesting after clumsy, overlong flashbacks to her criminal career." The Huffington Posts Miller described Rosa as "the husky-voiced, curmudgeonly, terminal cancer patient who comes up for air just long enough to pluck a "tit hair" or knock off a bank." Jenee Osterheldt from The Kansas City Star said that "if there’s one thing that sticks out about her character, it’s that husky and seductive voice that steals every conversation. You want to hear her speak, to cling to her words and let her paint the picture." Anita Li writing for Mashable praised the character's friendship with Yusef stating "despite the depressing circumstances of their meeting, the pair's chemistry is entertaining for viewers to watch." ScreenCrush's Britt Hayes said that Miss Rosa and Vee's stories dominated the second season, but that she was disappointed that the two stories collided to form the series finale. She felt that it was both comical and absurd. Kevin Fallon of The Daily Beast opined that the scene in which Miss Rosa learns she is dying was handled phenomenally. He also said that she deserved an award for killing Vee. Kate Zernike of The New York Times criticized the character's accent, believing it sounded more Russian. However, she thought Miss Rosa's last scene was both brilliant and exhilarating. Perri Nemiroff from Screen Rant praised the ending because it was emotional. She described Morello offering her freedom as an "especially moving season-ending thrill". She summed up Miss Rosa as being a kind person and branded it all more "gratifying" when she killed Vee. Entertainment Weekly readers voted Miss Rosa killing Vee as the "most shocking moment" of season two. Jayme Deerwester of USA Today said that Miss Rosa provided the best moments of season two, and that Rosenblatt deserved an Emmy Award. Dana Piccoli from AfterEllen.com said Miss Rosa was a character with the ability to "beguile me and break my heart". She called the scene with Rosa sniffing the stolen money as "euphoric". Lauren Hoffman of Cosmopolitan found