Johanne Cathrine Rosing (née Olsen; 2 June 1756 – 15 January 1853) was a Danish stage actress and ballet dancer, one of the most noted of the era.

[1] Born in a poor home as the daughter of Herman Olsen and Gundel Marie Abelgreen.

In 1777–79, she was a member of the academy Det Dramatiske Selskab under the direction of Frederik Schwarz (1753–1838).

They were the parents of singer and stage actress Emilie Rosing (1783–1811).

[4][5] As an actress, she had her great breakthrough in the 1780s, when she began to play the part of mother: in the part of a "tender mother", she personified the new ideal of femininity of the time, which was highlighted by the fact that she was often pregnant on stage.