Rosario Dawson
(born May 9, 1979) is an American actress and singer.
Dawson was born in New York City to Isabel — a
Bronx-born professional vocalist — and Greg Dawson —
a construction worker. The two are now divorced. Her
father is of Irish and Native American ancestry and her
mother is of Puerto Rican, Cuban, and African-American
ancestry.
Dawson grew up on Manhattan's Lower East Side and has a
brother named Clay. She and her family squatted in an
abandoned building during most of her childhood. While
attending school, she had aspirations of 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 his film Kids. Dawson's performance
was critically praised, and as a result she decided to
pursue a career in acting. She attended 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 2007, she has worked with such notable directors
as Oliver Stone, Robert Rodriguez, Quentin Tarantino,
Kevin Smith, and Spike Lee, and costarred with the likes
of Will Smith, Edward Norton, Taye Diggs, Clive Owen,
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 He
Got Game, opposite professional basketball player Ray
Allen, and Men in Black II, which saw her sharing the
screen with Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones; among her
failures are The Adventures of Pluto Nash (which was
nominated for six Golden Raspberry Awards) and the
live-action film adaptation of Josie and the Pussycats.
In 1999, Dawson teamed up with Prince for the re-release
of his 1980s hit "1999". The new remixed
version featured the actress in an introductory voice
over, offering commentary on the state of the world in
the year before the Millennium. The same year she
appeared in The Chemical Brothers' video for the song
"Out of Control" from the album Surrender.
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.
In 2004 Dawson appeared in Oliver Stone's Alexander as
the bride of Alexander the Great. That film also
featured Dawson's first on-screen nude and love scenes.
In August-September 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.
Her films for that year included the adaptation of the
popular musical Rent, where she played the exotic dancer
Mimi Marquez, and the adaptation of the graphic novel
Sin City, where she played the prostitute-dominatrix,
Gail. She will appear in Sin City's sequel in 2008.
In 2005 Dawson appeared in a graphically violent scene
in the Rob Zombie film The Devil's Rejects. Though the
scene was cut from the final film, it is available in
the deleted scenes on the DVD release.
In 2006's Clerks II, Dawson starred as Becky, the
crush-turned-wife of Dante Hicks. 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. She was at the 2007 Comic-Con to
promote her new comic book miniseries.
In 2007, Dawson teamed up with friend Talia Lugacy, whom
she met at the Lee Strasberg Academy, to produce and
star in Descent. On July 7, 2007 Dawson presented at the
American leg of Live Earth.
Personal life: Dawson dated former Sex and the
City star Jason Lewis for two years. They lived together
in Los Angeles until they separated in November 2006.
She is currently reported to be dating another Sex and
the City cast member, Andrea Boccaletti. She has also
dated Dawson's Creek star Joshua Jackson, and Jay-Z. She
is rumored to be the subject of the latter's song,
"Lost One."
It was revealed in an Oprah interview that at age 14
Rosario was sexually abused and consequently had an
abortion.
For her 27th 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.
Dawson is involved with the Lower East Side Girls Club
and supports other charities such as environmental group
Global Cool, the ONE Campaign, Oxfam, Amnesty
International, Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians
and Gays, Stay Close.org (a poster and public service ad
campaign for PFLAG where she is featured with her uncle
Frank Jump)International Rescue Committee, Voto Latino,
and she participated in the Vagina Monologues.
Dawson is a big Boston Red Sox fan. She is also a
Trekkie and speaks a little Klingon. Dawson is now
dating horror film director Eli Roth.
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