Biography of Rosario Dawson

Rosario Dawson Biography

Rosario Dawson was born May 9, 1979, in New York City. Rosario Dawson was raised in a Manhattan tenement building by her Bronx-born mother, a professional vocalist, and her father, who worked in construction. Rosario Dawson attended an alternative school in downtown Manhattan, where Rosario Dawson harboured aspirations of one day becoming a marine biologist. When Rosario Dawson reached age 15, however, Rosario Dawson 's career plans unexpectedly changed. Rosario Dawson was literally cast off the street for the role of Ruby in the 1995 production Kids, after director Larry Clark spotted her on the stoop of her apartment building. Kids depicts 24 hours in the life of a group of New York street kids and the havoc that runs through their lives. Kids went on to become a controversial hit, and Rosario Dawson opted out of her college plans, choosing instead to attend the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute.

The training Rosario Dawson received at the Strasberg Institute complemented the publicity that Rosario Dawson had earned her, and it wasn't long before Rosario Dawson received her second casting call, this time from Spike Lee for his 1998 film, He Got Game. That same year she appeared in Side Streets, which features a series of vignettes depicting life throughout New York City. Rosario Dawson appeared in three more small-time films: as an honour student held hostage in Light It Up, a pothead in Down to You, and a bully in King of the Jungle. Although none of these projects were box-office hits, they provided Rosario Dawson with the exposure crucial to a young actress, and the jobs kept coming. Before the end of 2001, Rosario Dawson managed to appear in three more movies: Sidewalks of New York, Trigger Happy and Chelsea Walls, an Ethan Hawke production.

In 2002 she played Dina Lake, a beautiful earthling who has travelled to the moon to further her singing ambitions in The Adventures of Pluto Nash . This role cast her opposite Eddie Murphy. Rosario Dawson then starred opposite Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones in the hit sequel Men in Black II. Rosario Dawson was last seen on the big screen starring in the critically acclaimed Spike Lee film, The 25th Hour. Between films, Rosario Dawson juggles a relationship with Dawson's Creek star Joshua Jackson and a growing proficiency at guitar, which has been aided by lessons from one-time co-star Eddie Murphy.

Filmography of Rosario Dawson

Rosario Dawson Filmography

• Vinyl (2005) (pre-production) Rosario Dawson plays Sarah
• Sin City (2005) (filming) Rosario Dawson plays Gail
• This Revolution (2004) (post-production) Rosario Dawson plays Tina Santiago
• Alexander (2004) (completed) Rosario Dawson plays Roxanne
• Devil's Rejects, The (2005)
• Rundown, The (2003) Rosario Dawson plays Mariana
  ... aka Welcome to the Jungle (2004) (Australia) (UK)
• Shattered Glass (2003) Rosario Dawson plays Andy Fox
• This Girl's Life (2003) Rosario Dawson plays Martine
• 25th Hour (2002) Rosario Dawson plays Naturelle Riviera
• Adventures of Pluto Nash, The (2002) Rosario Dawson plays Dina Lake
  .... aka Pluto Nash (2002) (UK) (USA: working title)
• Men in Black II (2002) Rosario Dawson plays Laura Vasquez
  .... aka MIB 2 (2002) (USA: promotional abbreviation)
  .... aka MIIB (2002) (USA: promotional abbreviation)
• First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest, The (2002) Rosario Dawson plays Alisa
• Ash Wednesday (2002) Rosario Dawson plays Grace Quinonez
• Love In the Time of Money (2002) Rosario Dawson plays Anna
• King of the Jungle (2001) Rosario Dawson plays Veronica
• Chelsea Walls (2001) Rosario Dawson plays Audrey
  .... aka Chelsea Hotel (2001)
• Trigger Happy (2001) Rosario Dawson plays Dee
• Sidewalks of New York (2001) Rosario Dawson plays Maria
• Josie and the Pussycats (2001) Rosario Dawson plays Valerie Brown
• Down to You (2000) Rosario Dawson plays Lana
• Light It Up (1999) Rosario Dawson plays Stephanie Williams
• Side Streets (1998) Rosario Dawson plays Marisol Hidalgo
• He Got Game (1998) Rosario Dawson plays Lala Bonilla
• Girls Night Out (1997)
• Kids (1995) Rosario Dawson plays Ruby

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