'Lost' Role:
Ana-Lucia Cortez, the tough leader of the
TailiesBirth:
July 12, 1978 in Bexar County, Texas
Early Career:
An extra in movies
Education:
She dropped out of high school at age 17, but went back and graduated via an equivalency diploma.
Family:
She has two older twin brothers named Raul and Omar, and two half-sisters.
Of Note:
- Michelle lived in Texas until the age of 8. Then her family moved to the Dominican Republic where she lived for two years before moving to Puerto Rico. At 11, Michelle's family relocated for the last time to Jersey City, New Jersey.
- She beat out 350 other girls for the role of Diana Guzman in Girlfight.
- Girlfight was her first acting audition, and she got the role. The Fast and the Furious was her second audition, and she also got that role.
What ABC.com says:
Michelle Rodriguez first came to the industry's attention with her award-winning performance in the critically acclaimed feature
Girlfight, for which she won the 2001 Independent Spirit Award for Best Debut Performance and the 2000 National Board of Review Award for Breakthrough Performance of the Year.
Roles:
- Avatar: (2009) (post-production) Trudy Chacon
- Trópico de sangre: (2009) (post-production) Minerva Mirabal
- Fast & Furious: (2009) (completed) Letty
- A Cat's Tale: (2008) (V) (voice) Jujube
- Gardens of the Night: (2008) Lucy
- Battle in Seattle: (2007) Lou
- The Breed: (2006) Nicki
- BloodRayne: (2005) Katarin
- "IGPX: Immortal Grand Prix": Liz Ricarro (1 episode, 2005)
- Control: (2004) Teresa
- Halo 2: (2004) (VG) (voice) Marine
- Driv3r: (2004) (VG) (voice) Calita
- True Crime: Streets of LA: (2003) (VG) (voice) Rosie Velasco
- S.W.A.T.: (2003) Chris Sanchez
- Blue Crush: (2002) Eden
- Resident Evil: (2002) Rain Ocampo
- The Fast and the Furious: (2001) Letty
- 3 A.M.: (2001) Salgado
- Girlfight: (2000) Diana Guzman
