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Rosario Dawson
Actor, Director, Producer
Born May 9, 1979 in New York City, New York, USA
This stunning and resourceful actress has been primarily a film player thus far. Only recently has she been opening herself up more to doing television (the series Gemini Division (2008), which she executive-produced), and animated voice-overs. Dawson's powerhouse talent stands out the most in edgy, urban filming that dates back to 1995 when she was only sixteen. A rags-to-riches article entitled "Rosario Dawson: From Tenement to Tinseltown" probably says it all. Rosario was born on May 9, 1979 in New York City. Her mother, Isabel Celeste, of Puerto Rican and Afro-Cuban descent, is a singer, and her stepfather, who raised her, Greg Dawson, of Irish descent, is a construction laborer. Her parents, who married when both were teenagers, eventually divorced. Rosario and her younger brother, Clay Dawson, had it hard while growing up, and were cared for by family members, most of whom were poverty-stricken, and some of whom were HIV-positive. Her career actually started as a child when she made a minor showing on the children's show, Sesame Street (1969). As the story goes, she was "discovered" as an adolescent on her front porch step by two photographers. One of them, Harmony Korine, was an aspiring screenwriter who thought the inexperienced sixteen-year-old was ideal for the controversial cult film Kids (1995), in which she would portray a sexually active adolescent. It took time for Rosario's film career to kick in after that, but by the late 1990s, she had nabbed several independent films. Since then, she has moved into main-stream hits (and misses) and has surprised viewers with her earthy, provocative, uninhibited approach to her roles. Reflecting New York's tougher, tawdrier side as assorted streetwalkers, homeless mothers, drug addicts, etc., her film highlights have included Light It Up (1999), Edward Burns' Sidewalks of New York (2001), Spike Lee's 25th Hour (2002) and Shattered Glass (2003). For Oliver Stone, she portrayed the duped bride of Colin Farrell's famed B.C. Macedonian warrior, Alexander (2004) (as in "...the Great"), which featured a notoriously violent-tinged nude/sex scene. Expanding her horizons beyond film, she has always expressed interest in singing. She hooked up with Prince for the re-release of his 1980s hit "1999" and appeared in The Chemical Brothers' video for the song "Out of Control" from the album "Surrender". She is also featured on the Outkast track, "She Lives in My Lap". On stage, she co-starred as Julia in a revival of "Two Gentlemen of Verona" at the Public Theater's "Shakespeare in the Park" and appeared in "The Vagina Monologues". She lucked into and got to show off her singing chops in the film adaptation of the hit New York musical Rent (2005), when Daphne Rubin-Vega, the original Mimi, became pregnant and was unable to reprise her exotic dancer role. Rosario also appeared as a prostitute in the adaptation of the graphic novel Sin City (2005). Of late, she has turned to producing. One of those, Descent (2007), had her playing a college coed who is brutally attacked and raped by a fellow student. Her more popular ventures have thus far included the role of Valerie Brown in the live-action version of the comic strip Josie and the Pussycats (2001), the Will Smith starrer Men in Black II (2002), Eagle Eye (2008) with Shia LaBeouf and Seven Pounds (2008), again with Smith, in which she offered one of her more tender-hearted performances as a woman with a potentially fatal heart condition. More recent millennium films opposite some of Hollywood's top leading movie men include the tense actioneer Unstoppable (2010) with Denzel Washington and Chris Pine; the comedy/fantasy Zookeeper (2011) opposite Dalekmania (1995); romantic dramedy 10 Years (2011) with Channing Tatum; crime drama Fire with Fire (2012) with Bruce Willis; romantic comedy Top Five (2014) with Chris Rock; and action adventure Zombieland: Double Tap (2019) with Woody Harrelson. She has also top-lined independent films with her own feisty characters such as the thriller Unforgettable (2017) and the title role in the dramedy Krystal (2017). Focusing also on TV projects, Rosario has graced such action series/mini-series as Daredevil (2015), Iron Fist (2017) and The Defenders (2017), as well as the comedy Jane the Virgin (2014) and animated cartoon series The Last Kids on Earth (2019). Off-camera, the still-single Dawson is highly active in political, social and environmental causes and has been involved with such organizations/charities/campaigns as the Lower East Side Girls Club, Global Cool, the O.N.E. Campaign, Oxfam, Amnesty International, Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, Control Arms, International Rescue Committee, Voto Latino (which she founded), Conservation International, Doctors Without Borders, National Geographic Society, The Nature Conservancy and Save the Children. In October 2008, she lent her voice to the RESPECT! Campaign, a movement aimed at preventing domestic violence.
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Arrow
Arrow
Frank Miller's Sin City (Recut, Extended, Unrated)
Rent
The LEGO Batman Movie
Unstoppable
Marvel's Daredevil Season 1
AEW: Special Guests
SpongeBob SquarePants: Viking Sized Adventure
Sesame Street: Big Bird's Wish
Jane The Virgin - Season 1
Marvel's Jessica Jones Season 1
Calls - Season 1
Justice League Dark: Apokolips War
The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking Season 1
Arrow
Arrow
Filmography
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Arrow
Arrow
2025
Opus
2024
THE 4:30 MOVIE
2023
Haunted Mansion
2022
Clerks III
DMZ: A Limited Series: The Complete First Season
2021
Calls - Season 1
Young Rock - Season 1
Space Jam: A New Legacy
2020
Justice League Dark: Apokolips War
The Water Man
It's Pony, Season 1
2019
Wonder Woman: Bloodlines
Briarpatch, Season 1
Reign of the Supermen
UNDERWORLD EVOLUTION (4K IMAX Enhanced)
Jay and Silent Bob Reboot
AEW: Special Guests
2018
Sorry To Bother You
Henchmen
The Death of Superman
2017
Unforgettable (2017)
Krystal
Marvel's Iron Fist Season 1
Marvel's The Defenders Season 1
The LEGO Batman Movie
Justice League Dark
2016
Ratchet & Clank
Justice League vs. Teen Titans
Marvel's Luke Cage Season 1
Elena of Avalor Volume Elena and the Secret of Avalor
2015
Justice League: Throne Of Atlantis (plus bonus features!)
Puerto Ricans in Paris
Marvel's Daredevil Season 1
Marvel's Jessica Jones Season 1
2014
Top Five
Cesar Chavez
The Captive
Jane The Virgin - Season 1
Parts Per Billion
Frank Miller's Sin City: A Dame To Kill For
Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast
2013
Gimme Shelter
Raze
Trance
2012
City Of Sin
Fire With Fire
2011
10 Years
Five
Zookeeper
2010
Percy Jackson & The Olympians: Making a Scene Featurette
Unstoppable
2009
Wonder Woman
Rob Zombie Presents The Haunted World of El Superbeasto
2008
Explicit Ills
Eagle Eye
Killshot
Seven Pounds
2007
Grindhouse Presents: Death Proof
Grindhouse
2006
Clerks 2
A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
2005
Frank Miller's Sin City (Recut, Extended, Unrated)
The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking Season 1
Rent
2004
Alexander (The Ultimate Cut)
2003
The Rundown
Shattered Glass
2002
The Adventures of Pluto Nash
Men in Black II
25th Hour
The Salton Sea
2001
Sidewalks of New York
Josie and the Pussycats
2000
Down To You
1999
Light It Up
SpongeBob SquarePants: Viking Sized Adventure
1998
Side Streets
He Got Game
1969
Sesame Street: Big Bird's Wish
Arrow
Arrow
Connections
Robert Rodriguez
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