Michelle Rodriquez Biography
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Michelle Rodriguez (born July 12, 1978) is
an American actress best known for her roles in films like The Fast and
the Furious and Resident Evil.
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Early life
Michelle was born in Bexar County, Texas to
Rafael Rodriguez (a Puerto Rican) and Carmen (a native of the Dominican
Republic); her parents divorced in 1986. Rodriguez was raised a
Jehovah's Witness by her devoutly religious maternal grandmother, and
has total of ten half-siblings or siblings, some of whom she has never
met.
Michelle moved to the Dominican Republic
with her mother when she was 8 and lived in Puerto Rico when she was 11,
later settling in New Jersey. She dropped out of high school at 17
(after having been kicked out of 6 different schools), but later earned
her GED.
Film career
Rodriguez was a struggling actress when she
ran across an ad advertising an open casting call for the low-budget,
independent film, Girlfight. Michelle beat out 350 other girls for the
role, and landed the starring role of Diana Guzman, a troubled teen who
decides to channel her aggression by training to become a boxer. It was
her first audition. Rodriguez's performance was recognized by both
critics and audiences.
Subsequently, she has had notable roles in
other hit movies, such as The Fast and the Furious and Resident Evil.
She joined the cast of the TV series Lost in 2005, playing tough cop
Ana-Lucia Cortez.
In 2002, she was ranked #77 in Stuff
magazine’s “102 Sexiest Women In The World”, and #34 in Maxim’s "100
Sexiest Women".
Personal life
Rodriguez dated her The Fast and the
Furious co-star, Vin Diesel, in 2001. She enjoys inline skating and
plays the piano.
Arrests
In 2004, Rodriguez pleaded no contest in
relation to two motor vehicle incidents.
Rodriguez and her Lost costar, Cynthia
Watros, were pulled over and arrested on the morning of December 1, 2005
in Kailua, Hawaii (where Lost is filmed). According to the arresting
officers, the two actresses, who were driving in separate cars, were
weaving in and out of traffic on Pali Highway, which connects Kailua and
Honolulu. Rodriguez and Watros were arrested at 12:05 and 12:20am,
respectively, and both failed sobriety tests. They were booked at the
main Honolulu police station for driving under the influence of an
intoxicant (Rodriguez was booked under the Michelle Rodriquez Mayte
Michelle Rodriguez). They were released on $500 bail and have a driver’s
license revocation hearing scheduled for December 29, 2005. Their police
mugshots have since been posted at the Smoking Gun website [3].
Selected filmography
Year Title Role Other notes
2006 BloodRayne Katarin
2003 S.W.A.T. Chris Sanchez
2002 Blue Crush Eden
2002 Resident Evil Rain Ocampo
2001 The Fast and the Furious Letty
2000 Girlfight Diana Guzman
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