Birth Name: Rosario Dawson
Nickname: Rosie
Date of Birth: 9 May 1979
Place of Birth: New York, New York
Heritage: Afro-Cuban, Puerto Rican, Irish, Native American
Height: 5' 7"
Dated: Josh Jackson
Movie Debut: Kids (1995)
First Starring Role: Josie and the Pussycats (2001)
Claim to Fame: Rita in Men in Black 2 (2002)

Her story may read like a modern-day Cinderella tale, but rising star Rosario Dawson is firmly grounded in reality. This actress still lives where she spent most of her formative years: right here in a homestead building that was abandoned by the city but made over by its unofficial residents with their own sweat. And it was here, too, within the urban melting pot of downtown Manhattan, that Rosario Dawson was discovered. It's a one-in-a-million Cinderella story: One hot summer afternoon four years ago, a writer-director catches sight of a teenager sitting on the stoop of a building. It's the same tenement her own mother helped make livable years before-maybe that's why she seems so at ease there. She's a mix of Cuban, Puerto Rican, Native American, African American, and Irish blood, and it shows: such an open face, so wide-eyed, with a full smile. She's the real thing, so the director decides to cast her in a documentary-style movie: Larry Clark's Kids.

Filmography
Shattered Glass (2003)
Helldorado (2003) .... Carmen
Men in Black II (2002) .... Laura Vasquez
Sidewalks of New York (2001) .... Maria Tedesco
Josie and the Pussycats (2001) .... Valerie Brown
Light It Up (1999) .... Stephanie Williams
He Got Game (1998) .... Lala Bonilla
Kids (1995) .... Ruby

Articles & Interviews
Zap2it "... Talks 'Men in Black 2' and 'Josie & the Pussycats'" August 9, 2001
E! "The Sizzlin Sixteen of 2000"