Michelle Rodriguez
Born on July 12, 1978 in Texas, in Hispanic family, Michelle Rodriguez has dreamed of becoming famous, though she did not know which way she will achieve this. When she was eight years old, his parents moved first to the Dominican Republic, then to Puerto Rico, and when their daughter was eleven, the family returned to the U.S. and settled in Jersey City, New Jersey.
After high school, Rodriguez attempted to break into show business, shooting in the crowd in the film "Sam bloody summer" and "Cradle Will Rock". She thought about going to marketing school, when her eyes came across the announcement of the open audition in the movie "Girlfight", which was going to shoot Karyn Kusama, a former assistant of John Sayles.
The film "Girlfight" was shown in 2000 at the festival "Sundance", where it has received the Grand Prix. Later, Rodriguez was named the best actress at the American Film Festival in Deauville, and the community of Las Vegas Film Critics named her work the best actor's debut of the year. That's when she signed a contract to participate in the movie "Resident Evil".
Because of the delays in slow work on the project before filming, she had got shot in the blockbuster "Fast and the Furious", which was released almost a year before the "Resident Evil" and became a surprise summer hit in 2001. "Fast and the Furious" even became almost a cult film in the genre of youth gangs in Los Angeles asserting its power in urban areas with furious street racing. Michelle has played one of the heroines of the movie, consisting in a "gang-gang fans".
After success of "Fast and the Furious" Michelle was going to sign a contract to star in the continuation of the blockbuster, but was unable to negotiate with producers. But she managed to get into the draft, perhaps even more successful - action movie "S.W.A.T".
There, she is together with Samuel L. Jackson and Colin Farrell played a member of the S.W.A.T of Los Angeles, Chris Sanchez, adding to the treasury of her roles another image of "cool girl".
Of course, there are a lot of interesting roles on Michelle account.
Michelle Rodriguez is not going to lock herself in the role of "cool girl". In the 2002 she appeared on stage in the feminist play "Vagina Monologues" and insists that she intends to continue working in the theater.
Private life.
While shooting the film "Fast and the Furious" she has some flirt with Vin Diesel. However, from time to time raised questions about her sexual orientation, she stated that she is not a lesbian, while actively supporting the rights of homosexuals. Michelle loves to skate and play the piano. She can be seen in various clubs in West Hollywood.
Films: X-Men Origins: Magneto (2012), Battle: Los Angeles (2011), Machete (2010), Trapico de sangre (2009), Avatar (2009), Los Bandoleros (2009), Fast & Furious (2009) , A Cat's Tale (2008), Gardens of the Night (2008) , Battle in Seattle (2007), Breed (2006), IGPX: Immortal Grand Prix TV series (2005 - 2008), BloodRayne (2005), Control (2004), Lost (2004-2010), S.W.A.T.(2003), Blue Crush (2002), Resident Evil (2002), Fast and the Furious (2001), 3 A.M.(2001), Girlfight (2000)