Michelle Rodriguez
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born Mayte Michelle Rodriguez July 12, 1978 in San Antonio, Texas
Height - 5' 4" (1.63 m)
American actress, best known for her roles in the tV series Lost and movies The Fast and the Furious, S.W.A.T., and Resident Evil.
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Biography
Early
life
Rodriguez was born to Walter Rodríguez (who is Puerto Rican) and
Carmen Milady Pared (of the Dominican Republic), and has a total of ten half siblings
or siblings. She was raised by a devoutly religious maternal grandmother.
Rodríguez moved to the Dominican Republic with her mother when she was 8 and lived in Puerto Rico when she was 11, settling in New Jersey. She dropped out of high school at age 17 and later earned her GED.
Career
Rodríguez was a struggling
actress when she ran across an ad advertising an open casting call for the low
budget, independent film, Girlfight. She beat 350 other applicants for the part,
and was cast in the starring role of Diana Guzman, a troubled teen who decides
to channel her aggression by training to be a boxer. It was her first audition.
The film was released in 2000, and Rodríguez's performance was recognized
by critics and audiences.
Subsequently, she had notable roles in other successful movies, including SWAT., The Fast and the Furious and Resident Evil. In 2002, she was ranked 77 in Stuff magazine’s “102 Sexiest Women In The World”, and 34 in Maxim’s "100 Sexiest Women". 2002 also saw Michelle play Eden in the surfer girlpower flick 'Blue Crush'.
In 2004, Rodríguez gave her voice to a hit video game "Halo 2", playing one of the Marines. She also currently provides the voice of Liz Ricarro in the Cartoon Network series IGPX. From 2005 to 2006, she played tough cop Ana Lucía Cortez on the television series Lost during the show's second season. Rodriguez still keeps in contact with Lost co star Cynthia Watros.
Rodriguez completed filming of the horror movie The Breed, and has been featured in her own episode of G4's show Icons.
Personal life
Rodriguez dated The Fast and the Furious co star, Vin Diesel.
In 2006, she expressed a romantic interest in Irish actor, Colin Farrell. In July
2006, Rodriguez told UK's Cosmo magazine she was not gay, but had experimented
with women. On November 14, 2006, her openly bisexual Bloodrayne co star Kristanna
Loken's comments to The Advocate were widely interpreted and reported as an admission
that the two are in a serious relationship. Asked about the relationship in April
2007, Kristanna Loken said, We're great friends
On her blog, Rodriguez revealed she had not come out because of concerns it would damage her career.
Legal troubles
In March 2002, Rodriguez was arrested and charged for assaulting
a female roommate. The charges were later dropped after the roommate declined
to press the allegations in court.
In November 2003, Rodriguez went to court
to face eight misdemeanor charges based on two road incidents: On July 22, she
left the scene of an accident after hitting another motorist. And on November
4, she sped through a intersection while under the influence of alcohol. She had
a suspended license both times. In June 2004, Rodriguez pleaded no contest in
Los Angeles to three of the charges: hit and run, drunken driving, and driving
with a suspended license. She went to jail for 48 hours, performed community service
at morgues of two New York hospitals, completed a three month alcohol program,
and was placed on probation for three years.
In 2005, while filming Lost in
Hawaii, Rodriguez was pulled over by Honolulu police multiple times; she was cited
for driving 83 mph in a 55 mph zone on Oahu on Nov. 1 and was fined $357, paid
a $300 fine for driving 90 mph in a 35 mph zone on Oct. 20, was fined $197 for
going 80 mph in a 50 mph zone on August 24. On December 1, 2005, Rodriguez and
her Lost co-star, Cynthia Watros were separately pulled over and arrested for
driving under the influence. Rodriguez pleaded not guilty when arraigned, but
on the day of her trial in April 2006, she pleaded guilty to one charge of driving
under the influence. She chose to pay a $500 fine and spend five days in jail
instead of doing 240 hours of community service. Rodriguez blamed her allergy
relieving steroids for the drunk driving and energetic behaviour. The fact her
and Watros' characters were killed off led some fans to believe it was a result
of the arrests, however Rodriguez and producers said their exit from the show
had been planned before the season began and the arrests were coincidental.
Because
the Kailua incident was a violation of her Los Angeles probation, Rodriguez was
sentenced to 60 days in jail, a 30 day alcohol rehabilitation program and another
30 days of community service, including work for Mothers Against Drunk Driving,
by a judge in Los Angeles on May 1, 2006. Because of overcrowding, she was released
from jail on the same day she entered it. As of June 2006, she will still have
to serve the community service. She wrote about a experience on her blog.
Selected filmography
Film
3 A.M. - Salgado
BloodRayne - Katarin
Blue
Crush - Eden
Control - Teresa
Girlfight - Diana Guzmán
Resident
Evil - Rain Ocampo
S.W.A.T. - Chris Sánchez
The Battle in Seattle
- Lou
The Breed - Nicki
The Fast and the Furious - Letty
TV
Lost
- Ana Lucía Cortez
Videogames
Driver 3 - Calita
Halo 2 -
Marine
True Crime: Streets of LA - Rosie Velasco
Anime
Immortal
Grand Prix - Liz Ricarro
Documentaries
Adventures in Voice Acting -
Herself
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