• Rosario Dawson is an American actress who was discovered by a talent scout while sitting on her New York home stoop. The actress is known for her roles in Men in Black II, Sin City, and, more recently, Seven Pounds. Born and raised in New York City, Dawson made her film debut playing the role of Rudy in the film, Kids.

  Dawson stars in the 2009 limited release of Killshot, along with Mickey Rourke, Diane Lane and Thomas Jane.

• 1. Born: May 9, 1979
  2. Birthplace: New York City, New York
  3. Previously romantically linked to Jason Lewis
  4. 2006: nominated for Best Kiss at the MTV Movie Awards with Clive Owen
  5. Originally aspired to be a Marine Biologist
  6. Ancestry: Puerto Rican, Cuban, African American, Irish, and Native American
  7. Uncle is comic book artist Gustavo Vazquez
  8. Attended the Lee Strasberg Institute
  9. Hosted Saturday Night Live on January 17, 2009

• Brief Biography

  Making her first appearance on screen in the controversial 1995 film Kids, Rosario Dawson quickly became a rising-star actresses, picking up her second role on the Spike Lee film, He Got Game. She has since appeared in a number of films, ranging from independent small budget movies to big-blockbusters. She most recently appeared in Explicit Ills, and is slated to star in Sin City 2.

• Quotes

  Regarding her canine costar in Seven Pounds:

  • "I'm more of a dog person, but actually I'm really allergic to animals in general. For the movie, I was on two different types of pills and a cream; I was breaking out in hives. There were two "Dukes"; one who slobbered a lot more than the other — and I was head-butted in one scene by that horse! The scene where I fall we must've shot 25 times, with me cracking my head against the floor, because the dog didn't know where to go — it would stop, it sat on me twice."—Rosario DawsonNY Mag: Rosario Dawson on...Will Smith (December 18, 2008)

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