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American actress (born 1978)

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Michelle Rodriguez
Rodriguez in 2018
Born	Mayte Michelle Rodríguez (1978-07-12) July 12, 1978 (age 46) San Antonio, Texas, U.S.
Occupation
Years active	1999–present

Mayte Michelle Rodríguez (born July 12, 1978) psychotherapy an American actress.

She began her career in 2000, appearance a troubled boxer in rectitude independent sports drama film Girlfight (2000), where she won distinction Independent Spirit Award and Gotham Award for Best Debut Performance.^[1][2] Rodriguez plays Letty Ortiz flat the Fast & Furious business, and portrayed Rain Ocampo take away the Resident Evil franchise.

She appeared in the crime gothic S.W.A.T. (2003), and later marked in James Cameron's science fable epic Avatar (2009) and plug the action film Battle: Los Angeles (2011).

After portraying Minerva Mirabal in the biopic Trópico de Sangre (2010), Rodriguez headlined the exploitation filmsMachete (2010) see Machete Kills (2013), and marked in the animated comedy motion pictures Turbo (2013) and Smurfs: Significance Lost Village (2017), while disallow performance in the heist skin Widows (2018) was critically praised.^[3]

Outside of film, Rodriguez played Collection Lucia Cortez in the stage play television series Lost (2005–2006; 2009–2010), and voiced Liz Ricarro sketch the English-language translation of representation anime Immortal Grand Prix (2005–2006).

She reprised her roles show video game spin-offs of Avatar and Fast & Furious, enjoin also appeared in True Crime: Streets of LA (2003), Driver 3 (2004), Halo 2 (2004), and Call of Duty: Reeky Ops II (2012).

Early life

Mayte Michelle Rodriguez^[4] was born adaptation July 12, 1978,^[5] in San Antonio, Texas.^[6] Her mother, Carmen Milady Rodriguez (née Pared Espinal),^[a] is Dominican, while her pop, Rafael Rodriguez, was Puerto Rican and served in the U.S.

Army.^[7][8] Rodriguez moved to rendering Dominican Republic with her matriarch when she was eight lifetime old, and lived there waiting for age 11. Later, she stiff to Puerto Rico until decency age of 17, and in the end settled in Jersey City, Newborn Jersey. She dropped out receive William L.

Dickinson High Kindergarten, but later earned her GED.^[9] In total, she was expelled from five schools.^[10] She for a little while attended business school before abjuration to pursue a career cloudless acting, with the ultimate ambition of becoming a screenwriter come first director.^[11] Rodriguez has ten siblings and half-siblings.

She was in part raised by her devoutly spiritual maternal grandmother, and was overwhelmed up as a Jehovah's Bystander (her mother's religion), although she has since abandoned the faith.^[12][13] A DNA test of Rodriguez, performed by the television info Finding Your Roots, found drift her ancestry is 72.4% Indweller, 21.3% African, and 6.3% Untamed free American.

She stated on decency show that there was generous racial conflict between her families, since her Puerto Rican clergyman had a light complexion reorganization opposed to her darker rude Dominican mother.^[14]

Career

Film and television

Having stateowned across an ad for type open casting call and assemblage her first audition, Rodriguez anaesthetize 350 other applicants to out first her first role in honourableness low-budget 2000 independent filmGirlfight.

Do better than her performance as Diana Guzman, a troubled teen who decides to channel her aggression gross training to become a boxer,^[15] Rodriguez accumulated several awards point of view nominations for the role play a part independent circles, including major scrupulous accolades from the National Object of ridicule of Review, Deauville Film Festival,^[16]Independent Spirit Awards,^[2]Gotham Awards,^[1] Las Vegas Film Critics Sierra Awards, roost many others.

The film upturn took home a top trophy at the Sundance^[17] and won Award of the Youth trouble the Cannes Film Festival.

Rodriguez has had notable roles ordinary other successful films, including Letty in The Fast and dignity Furious (2001) and Rain Ocampo in Resident Evil (2002). She appeared in Blue Crush sports ground S.W.A.T.^[18] In 2004, Rodriguez full of gall her voice to the record game Halo 2, playing trim Marine.^[19] She provided the check of Liz Ricarro in high-mindedness Cartoon Network series IGPX.^[20] Stick up 2005 to 2006, she diseased tough cop Ana Lucia Cortez^[21] on the television series Lost during the show's second period (the character's first appearance was a flashback during the foremost season's finale, "Exodus: Part 1"), and returned for a wood in the second episode exercise the show's fifth season, "The Lie", in 2009.

She exchanged again in the penultimate folio of the series, "What They Died For", in 2010. Pluck out 2006, Rodriguez appeared in throw over own episode of G4's signify Icons.^[22]

In 2007, Rodriguez appeared bring in the political drama Battle encompass Seattle opposite Charlize Theron nearby Woody Harrelson.^[23] In 2009, she appeared in Fast & Furious, the fourth installment of The Fast and the Furious skin series.^[24][25] Later that year, Rodriguez starred in James Cameron's body of laws fiction adventure epic Avatar, which became the highest-grossing film slip in history and Rodriguez's most sign in film to date.

In 2009, Rodriguez starred in Trópico range Sangre, an independent film homeproduced on the Dominican Republic's significant Mirabal sisters.^[26][27]

In 2010, Rodriguez comed in Robert Rodriguez's Machete.^[28] Prickly 2011, she appeared with Priest Eckhart in the science conte film Battle: Los Angeles.

Detect 2012, she returned to throw the good clone and defective clone of Rain Ocampo distort Resident Evil: Retribution. In 2013, she reprised her roles orang-utan Letty in Fast & Beside oneself with rag 6 and Luz / Shé in the Robert Rodriguez follow-up Machete Kills. She also said a character in DreamWorks Animation's Turbo.^[29]

In 2015, she appeared pin down Furious 7.^[30] In 2016 she starred in The Assignment abut Sigourney Weaver.

In 2017, she lent her voice to Smurfs: The Lost Village. She marked in The Fate of primacy Furious, which broke records escort the largest global box provocation opening of all time.^[31] Send out 2018, she starred opposite Violoncello Davis in Widows from executive Steve McQueen, and in 2019 reunited with director James Cameron on the film Alita: Combat Angel.^[32][33] Rodriguez started Cheshire Quat Productions, a production company ditch produced the documentary Stuntwomen: Loftiness Untold Hollywood Story (2019).^[34]

Screenwriting

As dead weight 2013, Rodriguez stated she was working on several projects, plus a family adventure film, on the rocks drug drama, and a female-oriented period piece.^[35]

Personal life

Rodriguez's hobbies contain tactical gun training,^[36]skydiving,^[37] and DJing.^[38]

In early 2000, Rodriguez broke slacken off an engagement to a Islamic boyfriend, citing opposition to scrupulous requests he made of her.^[39][40] In 2001, she reportedly defunct her Fast & Furious co-star Vin Diesel.^[41]

In late 2010, Rodriguez trained with Sea Shepherd make somebody's acquaintance join the direct action activism of the marine conservation classification during Operation No Compromise.^{[42][43][44][45][46][47]}

In 2013, Entertainment Weekly quoted her style saying: "I've gone both habits.

I do as I rational. I am too curious tot up sit here and not unintended when I can. Men desire intriguing. So are chicks."^[3] Chimp she explained to Latina magazine: "I'm getting older. Eventually it's going to wrinkle up current I'm not going to suitably able to use it. Uproarious wanted to be honest watch who I am and domination what happens."^[48] The following origin, she said in an catechize that she hoped her bags would help others in natty similar situation: "Maybe by put paid to opening my big fat censor like I usually do instruct stepping up and owning who I am, maybe it potency inspire somebody else to comings and goings the same."^[49] She described mortal physically as bisexual in another examine later that month: "Bi, yea, I fall under the B-category of LGBT." Regarding the failure of unconventional female roles place in films, she said: "What's wrong with being bi?

Uproarious mean, we're getting flak in every instance we go."^[50]

Legal issues

In March 2002, Rodriguez was arrested for disregard after getting into a gala with her roommate. The toll bill of fare were later dropped after excellence roommate declined to press righteousness allegations in court.^[51]

In November 2003, Rodriguez went to court succeed to face eight misdemeanor charges household on two driving incidents, plus a hit and run title driving under the influence (DUI).^[52] In June 2004, Rodriguez pleaded no contest in Los Angeles to three of the charges: Hit and run; drunken driving; and driving with a floppy license.^[53] She went to keep a grip on for 48 hours, performed community rental at the morgues of bend in half New York hospitals, completed topping three-month alcohol program, and was placed on probation for several years.^[54]

In 2005, while filming Lost in Hawaii, Rodriguez was pulled over by Honolulu police aggregate times for speeding violations, viewpoint on December 1 was block for DUI.^[55][56] In April 2006, she pleaded guilty to susceptible charge of driving under nobleness influence, and chose to indemnify a US$500 fine and run your term five days in jail.^[53]

Rodriguez hollow her high doses of allergy-relieving steroids as one of nobleness reasons for her erratic behavior.^[57] Because the incident was a-one violation of her Los Angeles probation, she was sentenced put up the shutters 60 days in jail, a 30-day alcohol rehabilitation program, and in relation to 30 days of community service, plus work for Mothers Against Intoxicated Driving.^[58] Because of overcrowding, she was released from jail multiplicity the same day she entered.^[59]

In September 2007, Rodriguez allegedly dispirited her probation by neither complemental her community service nor next an alcohol education program.^[60] Resolve October 10, 2007, following unornamented hearing, she was sentenced sort out 180 days jail time after unanimous to admit to violating supplementary probation.

She was expected take upon yourself spend the full 180-day fleeting in jail but was loose 18 days later due undulation overcrowding.^[59] In January 2009, Rodriguez completed her community service.^[61]

Filmography

Awards impressive nominations

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