Rosario Dawson
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| Rosario Dawson | |
 Rosario Dawson at the 2006 Comic Con |
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| Born | May 9, 1979 (age 27) New York, New York, USA |
| Years active | 1995 - current |
| Notable roles | Naturelle Riviera in 25th Hour Mimi Marquez in Rent Gail in Sin City Becky Scott in Clerks II |
Rosario Dawson (born May 9, 1979) is an American actress and singer, known for her roles in the movies Kids, Sin City, Rent, and 25th Hour.
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Biography
Early life
Dawson was born in New York City to Isabelle,[1] a Bronx-born professional vocalist, and Greg Dawson, a construction worker. She has a brother, Clay. Her father is of Native American and Irish descent and her mother is of Puerto Rican and Afro-Cuban ancestry.[2] The two are now divorced.[3] She grew up with a close friend of her mothers, a teacher known as "Uncle Frank" and "Mr. Jump", who had HIV.[3]
While attending school she harbored aspirations of some day becoming a marine biologist.
Career
Dawson's acting career began when filmmaker Larry Clark saw her on a Manhattan stoop and asked her to be in a movie he was making.[4] The movie, Kids, became a critical success and Dawson's performance was commended, and as a result she decided to pursue career in acting; attending the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute. Dawson has worked steadily since her debut, with a mixed amount of commercial and critical success. As of 2006, she has worked with such notable directors as Oliver Stone, Robert Rodriguez, Kevin Smith, Chris Columbus and Spike Lee, and costarred with the likes of Will Smith, Edward Norton, Taye Diggs, and Colin Farrell.
Dawson's films have varied; ranging from independent films, to highly successful big budget blockbusters, and large scale box office bombs. Among her successes are the Spike Lee-directed He Got Game, opposite Denzel Washington and professional basketball player Ray Allen, and Men in Black II, which saw her sharing the screen with Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones, and among her failures she counts the long-shelved The Adventures of Pluto Nash (which was nominated for six Golden Raspberry Awards[5]) and Josie and the Pussycats, though the latter did go on to find a cult audience once it was released on home video.[6]
In 1999, Dawson teamed up with Prince for the timely re-release of his 1980s hit "1999".[7] The new remixed version featured the actress in an introductory voice over, offering commentary on the state of the world in the titular year.[8] The same year she could be seen in The Chemical Brothers video for the song "Out of Control" from the album Surrender.[9] She is also featured on the track "She Lives In My Lap" from the second disc of the OutKast album Speakerboxxx/The Love Below, during which she speaks the intro and a brief interlude towards the end.[10]
In 2005, Dawson appeared on stage as Julia in the Public Theatre revival of Galt MacDermot's 1971 musical The Two Gentlemen of Verona at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park, New York (August-September 2005).[11] After that she portrayed the HIV-positive heroin-addicted exotic dancer Mimi Marquez in the film adaptation of Rent in her first role in a musical. Later in the same year Dawson had a role in the comic book adaptation, Sin City, and after the movie became a success and a sequel was announced she signed on to reprise her role.
In 2006's Clerks II, Dawson starred as Becky, the crush-turned-wife of Dante (Brian O'Halloran). As she mentioned in the making of documentary, Back to the Well, the donkey show sequence was what made her decide to appear in the movie. In May of the same year Dawson, an avid comic book fan, co-created the comic book miniseries Occult Crimes Taskforce.[12]
Personal life
Dawson dated former Sex and the City star Jason Lewis for 2 years, residing together in Los Angeles until they separated in November 2006.[13] It has been reported she is currently dating another Sex and the City actor, Andrea Boccaletti.[14]
For her twenty seventh-birthday party, she asked Guns N' Roses to perform. At the event Axl Rose and Tommy Hilfiger got into a physical altercation which garnered some press attention.[15]
Selected filmography
- Kids (1995)
- He Got Game (1998)
- Side Streets (1998)
- Down to You (2000)
- King of the Jungle (2000)
- Josie and the Pussycats (2001)
- Ash Wednesday (2002)
- Men in Black II (2002)
- The Adventures of Pluto Nash (2002)
- 25th Hour (2002)
- The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest (2002)
- World VDAY (2003) (documentary)
- This Girl's Life (2003)
- The Rundown (2003)
- Alexander (2004)
- Sin City (2005)
- Rent (2005)
- Clerks II (2006)
- A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (2006)
- Killshot (2006)
- Grind House (2007)
Upcoming:
- Sin City 2 (2007)
Footnotes
- ^ http://www.newyorkcool.com/archives/2005/November/about_5.htm
- ^ http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1213683,00.html
- ^ a b Hensley, Dennis. Rosario Dawson: From Tenement to Tinseltown. Marie Claire. Retrieved on March 20, 2007.
- ^ Interview with Hayden Christensen. Retrieved on March 30, 2007.
- ^ Adventures of Pluto Nash awards page. Internet Movie Database. Retrieved on March 20, 2007.
- ^ Mutant Reviewers from Hell Josie & the Pussycats review. Retrieved on March 20, 2007.
- ^ 1999: The New Master EP. Amazon.com. Retrieved on March 30, 2007. “2. Rosario 1999”
- ^ Prince & The Revolution - The New Master Lyrics. Retrieved on March 30, 2007.
- ^ SlickMedia.com - August 1999. Retrieved on April 5, 2007. “Starring Rosario Dawson of "Kids" and "He Got Game" as a cola-brandishing rebel, the new video is said to deal with a revolution in a fictional Latin American banana republic.”
- ^ She Lives In My Lap lyrics. azlyrics.com. Retrieved on March 30, 2007.
- ^ Dawson & Lewis to Star in The Two Gentlemen of Verona in Central Park. Broadway.com. Retrieved on March 30, 2007.
- ^ SPEAKEASY TEAMS UP WITH ACTRESS ROSARIO DAWSON FOR NEW COMIC. Retrieved on March 20, 2007.
- ^ Rosario Dawson and Jason Lewis Split. Us Weekly. Retrieved on March 20, 2007.
- ^ Hot Couple of the Minute: Rosario and Andrea. Retrieved on March 20, 2007.
- ^ Axl Rose fight with Tommy Hilfiger. Retrieved on April 3, 2007.
External links
- Rosario Dawson at the Internet Movie Database
- Rosario Dawsonat Tv.com
- 2 Part Video Interview - PopCultureShock
