Michelle Rodriguez
Michelle Rodriguez (born Mayte Michelle Rodriguez on July 12, 1978 in San Antonio, Texas) is an American actress, best-known for her roles in the television series Lost and action movies The Fast and the Furious, S.W.A.T., and Resident Evil.
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 her 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, later settling in Jersey City, New Jersey. She dropped out of high school at age 17 and later earned her GED.
Rodríguez moved to the Dominican Republic with her mother when she was 8 and lived in Puerto Rico when she was 11, later settling in Jersey City, New Jersey. She dropped out of high school at age 17 and later earned her GED.
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Career
Rodríguez won her first role, in the low-budget independent film, Girlfight (2000), after attending her first audition, having run across an ad for an open casting call. She beat 350 other applicants for the starring part of Diana Guzman, a troubled teen who decides to channel her aggression by training to become a boxer. Rodríguez's performance was recognized by both critics and audiences. Despite major industry buzz of a possible Academy Award nomination, she did not receive the Oscar nom. Rodriguez did however accumulate several other significant awards and nominations for the role in independent circles, including major acting accolades from the National Board of Review, Deauville Film Festival, Independent Spirit Awards, Gotham Awards, Las Vegas Film Ciritics Sierra Awards and many others and the film itself took home top prizes at both the Sundance and Cannes Film Festivals.Subsequently, she has had notable roles in other successful movies, including S.W.A.T., 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 her play Eden in the surfer girlpower flick Blue Crush.
In 2004, Rodríguez gave her voice to the 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 (the character's first appearance was a flashback on season 1's finale, Exodus: Part 1). Rodriguez still keeps in contact with Lost co-star Cynthia Watros.
Rodriguez recently starred in the horror movie The Breed, and has more recently been featured in her own episode of G4's show Icons. Battle in Seattle, her latest film, now in post-production, is due for release in December 2007, and it has recently been announced that she will costar in James Cameron's upcoming scifi adventure Avatar.
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Personal life
In early 2000, Rodriguez broke off a near engagement to a Muslim boyfriend, citing opposition to religious requirements he demanded of her, which included covering herself completely. In 2001, Rodriguez then 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 Cosmopolitan magazine that she was not gay, but had "experimented" with women. However, on November 14, 2006, her openly bisexual Bloodrayne co-star Kristanna Loken's comments to The Advocate were widely interpreted and reported by the media as an admission that the two were in a relationship. Asked about the relationship in April 2007, Kristanna Loken said, "We're great friends. She'll always remain a great, close friend of mine. I'll always love Michelle."On her blog, Rodriguez denied lesbian rumors and accused Curve magazine of inaccurately and unfairly attempting to "out" her, suggesting how extreme labels and false assumptions from the media could be damaging to both one's career and personal life. On her official website she said the following:
As far as rumors go of me coming out, I guess curve magazine took it upon themselves to out me on the premise of their own suspicions. Whatever, I'm not insulted, I have a big lesbian following, and for whatever reasons they show me love I'm never going to shun, disrespect or neglect anybody who shows me genuine non-psychotic Love. But I will Say this, to put words in someone's mouth and place people in categories affects them for sure, especially in this business. I don't know what the intent behind the curve magazine cover was. I wasn't informed of it, I had no Idea they were planning on using my image to sell magazines. By the way I only got kicked out of five schools not six...
Personal life (continued)
Look, I guess what I'm trying to say ultimately is that, if I wanted people to know what I do with my Vagina I would have released A sex video a long time ago. Yet i haven't done that. You know why? Because extremists can rarely be mediators, mass communicators, or chameleons for that matter. I have bin an extremist in my personal life, Yes. Yet I have never really over stepped the boundaries consciously in the public eye. I have really focused on specific types of films for that very reason, I don't need to be limited by judgmental labels, especially in a society ruled mostly by an MTV A.D.D. mentality. See, I even labeled, It's almost second nature to the generation Y culture, and what about the popular culture groups that buy up all the US Weekly's, In Touch's, Hello's And the readers of sites like Perez Hilton.com.If I were Ellen I may get away with: ' The I'm Gay' level of exposure, but I'm not a comedian, I like men; (real one's anyway) and I've only been in this business for 7 years, not 20. Years of recognition can give a person lots of leverage especially if you have many years of positive recognition under your belt. There are certain things that can close doors between a celebrity and certain audiences. Especially in a world where walls are constantly being put up by people seeking comfort and groups to belong to. There is so much out there, over-saturation of music, media, Agenda News, war, political drama, high school prom drama, image drama, religion drama, Bully drama. All this drama is caused by one thing, not understanding the true meaning of communication and the real power behind it. It's tough to learn, I'm working on it myself, but when people come out of nowhere and put words in my mouth or call me Gay, they should really think for one second How they could truly affect my life by doing such things. You don't know what producer, director, would be husband or future audience member may be influenced by these opinions and media content.
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Personal life (continued)
Asked about the Curve issue, she told E Online,"People are gonna say what they say. It's like Eminem...I am whatever you say I am. Free press...it's all good-the more, the merrier. Just as long as it doesn't mess up my flow if I ever want some shows, ya know? That would suck."
After her rumored relationship with Loken, she was linked by newspapers to Kylie Minogue's ex Olivier Martinez with whom she had previously been linked to several times since 2003.
In the July/August 2007 issue of Curve, editors responded to this criticism by stating:
"If you read the article, you will see that the author did not, in fact, 'out' Rodriguez; rather, the article stated both that 'Rodriguez has never publicly come out' and 'Rodriguez has said she in not a lesbian."
The editors stated that the misunderstanding arose when Perez Hilton posted in his blog that she had come out in Curve after seeing her on the cover and assuming it was a coming out story after hearing rumors about her possible relationship with Loken. The Curve website did describe her as a 'bad bi girl' in trailing the issue.
Michelle has been seen recently with supermodel Aleksandra Rastovic, who is lesbian. They were seen eating sushi in Los Angeles, and coming out of a club into a car on August 21st, 2007.
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Legal troubles
* In March 2002, Rodriguez was arrested for assault after getting into a fight with her 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 driving incidents including a hit and run and DUI. 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 the 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 cited her high doses of allergy-relieving steroids as part of the reason for her erratic behaviour. The fact that her and Watros' characters were killed off (appropriately enough, in an episode titled Two for the Road) led some fans to believe that 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 just coincidental. Her hiatus from movie roles from 2003 to 2007 also led fans to believe she was being temporarily blacklisted for her legal troubles.
* 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 the experience on her blog. 2007
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Filmography
Film* Girlfight (2000) - Diana Guzmán
* The Fast and the Furious (2001) - Letty
* 3 A.M. (2001) - Salgado
* Resident Evil (2002) - Rain Ocampo
* Blue Crush (2002) - Eden
* S.W.A.T. (2003) - Chris Sánchez
* Control (2004) - Teresa
* BloodRayne (2005) - Katarin
* The Breed (2006) - Nicki
* Battle in Seattle (2007) - Lou
* Avatar (2009) - Ex-Marine pilot, name TBA
TV
* Lost - Ana Lucía Cortez
Videogames
* Driver 3 - Calita (voice)
* Halo 2 - Marine (voice)
* True Crime: Streets of LA - Rosie Velasco
Anime
* Immortal Grand Prix - Liz Ricarro
Documentaries
* Adventures in Voice Acting - Herself
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Trivia
* She was the original choice for the title role in Aeon Flux (2005) which was directed by the same director as Girlfight.* Voice-acted for the video game Halo 2.
* Was arrested on December 1, 2005, within 15 minutes of Cynthia Watros (Libby). Both women were charged with DUI (drunk driving). Having been found guilty, Rodriguez decided to do time in jail rather than do community service. She was sentenced to six days in prison, out of which she served three. This conviction also broke the terms of her probation for a previous reckless driving conviction in the state of California. Upon her return to the state, she was immediately sentenced to 60 days in jail and her probation was extended for another two years.
o Before the DUI, Rodriguez was cited three times for speeding on Oahu in 2005. On Aug. 24 Rodriguez was fined $197 for driving 80mph in a 50 zone, On Nov.1 was fined $357 for driving 83mph in a 55 zone, and on Oct 20 a $399 fine for driving 90mph in a 35 zone.
o Stated on "Good Morning America" on May 04, 2006 that the death of Ana Lucia was not a consequence of her recent DUI arrest. She claims that her original contract stated that her character would die toward the end of Season 2.
+ That statement was supported by Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse in the Two for the Road podcast.
* It was rumored that her character was killed off in the series because she is such a nightmare to work with, according to reports in the US. These rumors have since been dismissed by Damon Lindelof.
* Rodriguez is rumored to be in a relationship with actress Kristanna Loken, who did not deny it when asked directly.
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Mayte Michelle Rodriguez (born July 12, 1978), better known as Michelle Rodriguez, is an American actress, known for starring in films such as Girlfight, The Fast and the Furious, Resident Evil and S.W.A.T. as well as her role in the television series Lost.
