Biography
Prior to being literally plucked off the street to star in Larry Clark's controversial "Kids" (1995), actress Rosario Dawson exhibited little interest in what became her eventual career. The 15-year-old was discovered on the front steps of her building by the director, a life-changing event for a young girl still trying to figure out what life had to offer outside the confines of New York City. Ever since her breakthrough performance, which …
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Career Milestones
2011 | Played Kevin James' love interest in the "Zookeeper" | |
2010 | Co-starred with Chris Pine and Denzel Washington in the thriller, "Unstoppable" | |
2010 | Cast as Persephone, goddess of Springtime / Queen of the Dead, in the film adaptation of "Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief" | |
2008 | Played a woman with a heart condition who falls in love with Will Smith in the drama "Seven Pounds" | |
2007 | Collaborated with Heredia and Thoms, her "Rent" co-stars for the feature "Descent" | |
2007 | Apeared in "Death Proof" Quentin Tarantino's half of the goretastic double feature "Grind House" a collaboration with Robert Rodriguez | |
2006 | Co-created (with friend David Atchison) the comic book Occult Crimes Task Force | |
2006 | Cast in Kevin Smith's "Clerks ll" the sequel to his first film, 1994's "Clerks" | |
2005 | Played Mimi Marquez, an HIV-positive exotic dancer and drug addict in the big-screen adaptation of Jonathan Larson's Tony-winning musical "Rent" | |
2005 | Starred in "Sin City" the feature adaptation of comic book icon Frank Miller's uber-noir series of grapic novels; co-directed by Miller and Robert Rodriguez | |
2004 | Co-starred in Oliver Stone's "Alexander" as Roxane the wife of Alexander (Colin Farrell) | |
2003 | Featured with Seann William Scott and The Rock in "The Rundown" | |
2003 | Co-starred in "Shattered Glass"; film based on the true story of New Republic journalist Stephen Glass (Hayden Christensen) | |
2002 | Appeareed in Spike Lee's ensemble crime drama "The 25th Hour" | |
2002 | Starred opposite Eddie Murphy in the sci-fi comedy "The Adventures of Pluto Nash" | |
2002 | Cast in the summer hit sequel "Men In Black II" | |
2001 | Cast as rocker Valerie in the big screen live action adaptation of the popular cartoon series "Josie and the Pussycats" | |
2000 | Featured in the Edward Burns-directed romance "Sidewalks of New York" | |
2000 | Had a supporting role in the romantic comedy "Down to You" | |
2002 | Acted in Ethan Hawke's feature directorial debut "Chelsea Walls" | |
1999 | Played a cool-headed student with high aspirations in "Light It Up" | |
1999 | Contributed introductory voiceover commentary to Prince's remixed timely release of his hit "1999" | |
1998 | Featured in the New York City-set episodic comedy feature "Side Streets" | |
1998 | Co-starred as the opportunistic girlfriend of basketball star Jesus in the Spike Lee drama "He Got Game" | |
1995 | Made feature debut with supporting role in "Kids" | |
| Raised in downtown Manhattan | ||
Awards
2006 | MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss in Sin City |