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===Personal life===
===Personal life===
Rodriguez dated her ''The Fast and the Furious'' co-star, [[Vin Diesel]], in [[2001]]. There has, however, been a recurring question regarding her sexual orientation. In July 2006, she told UK's ''[[Cosmopolitan (magazine)|Cosmopolitan]]'' magazine that she was not gay, but had "experimented" with women.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.mclaughlinlabs.com/leigh/new/articles/061406.htm | title = LOST girl | publisher = Cosmopolitan | date = [[2006]] }}</ref> However, on November 14, 2006, her openly bisexual ''[[BloodRayne (film)|Bloodrayne]]'' co-star [[Kristanna Loken]]'s comments to ''[[The Advocate]]'' were widely interpreted and reported as an admission that the two are in a relationship.<ref>http://www.advocate.com</ref><ref>http://www.nypost.com/seven/11162006/gossip/pagesix/sapphic_sisters_pagesix_.htm</ref><ref>http://www.bgay.com/bae/hollywood/aeho61226a.htm</ref> Rodriguez's representatives have not yet confirmed or denied the rumors.

Rodriguez has admitted that she had a major crush on Irish actor, [[Colin Farrell]].<ref name="hld">{{cite web | title=Hollywood.com| work=Rodríguez Dreams Of Farrell Relationship | url=http://www.hollywood.com/news/detail/id/3506423 | accessdate=June 20 | accessyear=2006}},</ref>
Rodriguez has admitted that she had a major crush on Irish actor, [[Colin Farrell]].<ref name="hld">{{cite web | title=Hollywood.com| work=Rodríguez Dreams Of Farrell Relationship | url=http://www.hollywood.com/news/detail/id/3506423 | accessdate=June 20 | accessyear=2006}},</ref>


====Legal troubles====
====Legal troubles====
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*Rodriguez and her ''Lost'' co-star, [[Cynthia Watros]], who were driving in separate cars, were each pulled over and arrested on the morning of [[December 2005|December 1]], 2005 in [[Kailua]], [[Hawaii]]. According to the arresting officers, the actresses were weaving in and out of traffic on [[Hawaii State Highway 61|Pali Highway]], which connects Kailua and Honolulu. Rodriguez and Watros were arrested at 12:05 and 12:20 am, respectively, and both failed sobriety tests. They were booked at the main Honolulu police station for driving under the influence (Rodríguez was booked under her birth name, "Mayte Michelle Rodriguez"). They were released on $500 bail.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10294957/ | title = Two ‘Lost’ stars charged with drunken driving | publisher = Associated Press | date = [[2005-12-02]] | accessdate = 2006-07-21 }}</ref> Rodriguez pleaded not guilty when arraigned<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,18057,00.html | title = "Lost" Stars Arraigned for DUIs | last = Errico | first = Marcus | publisher = E! | date = [[2005-12-29]] | accessdate = 2006-07-21 }}</ref>, 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.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/04/26/ap/entertainment/mainD8H7BOT03.shtml | title = 'Lost' Actress Chooses Jail Over Service | publisher = Associated Press | date = [[2006-04-26]] | accessdate = 2006-07-21 }}</ref> Rodriguez blamed her allergy-relieving steroids for the drunk driving and "energetic" behaviour.<ref>{{cite news | title = More Jail Time for Michelle Rodriguez | last = Finn | first = Natalie | url = http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,19089,00.html?tnew | publisher = E! | date = [[2006-05-22]] | accessdate = 2006-07-21 }}</ref> During a May 2006 interview with on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]'s ''[[Good Morning America]]'', Rodriguez said that the ordeal forced her to grow up. The fact that her and Watros' characters were killed off lead 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.
*In [[March 2002]], Rodriguez was arrested and charged for [[assault|assaulting]] her female roommate. The charges were later dropped after the roommate declined to press the allegations in court.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,9776,00.html | title = "Girlfight" Star Off the Hook | last = Grossberg | first = Josh | publisher = [[E!]] | date = [[2002-04-08]] | accessdate = 2006-07-21 }}</ref>

*In [[November 2003]], Rodriguez went to court to face eight [[misdemeanor]] charges based on two road incidents: On [[July 22]], she left the scene of an accident after hitting another motorist. And on [[November 4]], she sped through an intersection while under the influence of alcohol. She had a suspended license both times.<ref>{{cite news | title = Rodriguez: Way 2 Fast 2 Furious | last = Haberman | first = Lia | url = http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,12967,00.html?newsrellink | date = [[2003-11-20]] | publisher = E! | accessdate = 2006-07-21 }}</ref> In [[June 2004]], Rodriguez pleaded [[Nolo contendere|no contest]] in [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]] to three of the charges: [[Hit and run (vehicular)|hit and run]], [[drunk driving (United States)|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.{{fact}}

*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]].<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10466014/ | title = Michelle Rodriguez settles two traffic cases | publisher = Associated Press | date = [[2005-12-14]] | accessdate = 2006-07-21 }}</ref>

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*Rodriguez and her ''Lost'' co-star, [[Cynthia Watros]], who were driving in separate cars, were each pulled over and arrested on the morning of [[December 2005|December 1]], 2005 in [[Kailua]], [[Hawaii]]. According to the arresting officers, the actresses were weaving in and out of traffic on [[Hawaii State Highway 61|Pali Highway]], which connects Kailua and Honolulu. Rodriguez and Watros were arrested at 12:05 and 12:20 am, respectively, and both failed sobriety tests. They were booked at the main Honolulu police station for driving under the influence (Rodríguez was booked under her birth name, "Mayte Michelle Rodriguez"). They were released on $500 bail.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10294957/ | title = Two ‘Lost’ stars charged with drunken driving | publisher = Associated Press | date = [[2005-12-02]] | accessdate = 2006-07-21 }}</ref> Their police mugshots were posted at [[The Smoking Gun]] website.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.thesmokinggun.com/mugshots/lostgirlsmug1.html#story | title = TSG Mug Shot: The "Lost" Girls | work = [[The Smoking Gun]] | accessdate = 2006-07-21 }}</ref> Rodriguez pleaded not guilty when arraigned<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,18057,00.html | title = "Lost" Stars Arraigned for DUIs | last = Errico | first = Marcus | publisher = E! | date = [[2005-12-29]] | accessdate = 2006-07-21 }}</ref>, 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.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/04/26/ap/entertainment/mainD8H7BOT03.shtml | title = 'Lost' Actress Chooses Jail Over Service | publisher = Associated Press | date = [[2006-04-26]] | accessdate = 2006-07-21 }}</ref> Rodriguez blamed her allergy-relieving steroids for the drunk driving and "energetic" behaviour.<ref>{{cite news | title = More Jail Time for Michelle Rodriguez | last = Finn | first = Natalie | url = http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,19089,00.html?tnew | publisher = E! | date = [[2006-05-22]] | accessdate = 2006-07-21 }}</ref> During a May 2006 interview with on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]'s ''[[Good Morning America]]'', Rodriguez said that the ordeal forced her to grow up. The fact that her and Watros' characters were killed off lead 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.


*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 2006|May 1]], 2006.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://people.aol.com/people/articles/0,19736,1195153,00.html | title = Michelle Rodriguez Gets 60 Days in Jail | author = Lee, Ken and Silverman, Stephen M. | date = [[2006-05-22]] | accessdate = 2006-07-21 }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://people.aol.com/people/articles/0,19736,1199184,00.html | title = Michelle Rodriguez Gets Out of Jail Early | last = Lee | first = Ken | date = [[2006-05-30]] | accessdate = 2006-07-21 }}</ref>
*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 2006|May 1]], 2006.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://people.aol.com/people/articles/0,19736,1195153,00.html | title = Michelle Rodriguez Gets 60 Days in Jail | author = Lee, Ken and Silverman, Stephen M. | date = [[2006-05-22]] | accessdate = 2006-07-21 }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://people.aol.com/people/articles/0,19736,1199184,00.html | title = Michelle Rodriguez Gets Out of Jail Early | last = Lee | first = Ken | date = [[2006-05-30]] | accessdate = 2006-07-21 }}</ref>

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Michelle Rodriguez
Born
Mayte Michelle Rodríguez
Height5 ft 6 in (168 cm)

Mayte Michelle Rodriguez[1] (born July 12, 1978 in San Antonio, Texas) is an American actress, best-known for her roles in the television series Lost and movies, The Fast and the Furious, S.W.A.T. and Resident Evil.

Biography

Early life

Rodriguez was born to Rafael Rodríguez (who is Puerto Rican) and Carmen Milady Pared (of the Dominican Republic), and has a total of ten half-siblings or siblings, some of whom she has never met. She was raised a Jehovah's Witness 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 New Jersey. She dropped out of high school at age 17 (after having been expelled from 6 different schools), but later earned her GED.

Career

Rodríguez was a struggling actress when she ran across an ad advertising an open casting call for the low-budget, independent film, Girlfight. She beat out 350 other applicants for the part, and was cast in 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. The film was released in 2000, and Rodríguez's performance was recognized by both critics and audiences.

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".

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 Lucia Cortez on the television series Lost during the show's second season (the character's first apparition was a flashback on season 1's finale, Exodus: Part 1). It was reported that her character was killed off because of friction caused by Rodriguez on the set, although Rodriguez herself has stated that the character was scripted to be killed off from the very beginning. Ana-Lucia might still appear in flashbacks. Rodriguez still keeps in contact with Lost co-star Cynthia Watros.

Rodriguez has recently completed filming of the horror movie The Breed, and has more recently been featured in her own episode of G4's show Icons.

Personal life

Rodriguez has admitted that she had a major crush on Irish actor, Colin Farrell.[2]

  • Rodriguez and her Lost co-star, Cynthia Watros, who were driving in separate cars, were each pulled over and arrested on the morning of December 1, 2005 in Kailua, Hawaii. According to the arresting officers, the actresses were weaving in and out of traffic on Pali Highway, which connects Kailua and Honolulu. Rodriguez and Watros were arrested at 12:05 and 12:20 am, respectively, and both failed sobriety tests. They were booked at the main Honolulu police station for driving under the influence (Rodríguez was booked under her birth name, "Mayte Michelle Rodriguez"). They were released on $500 bail.[3] Rodriguez pleaded not guilty when arraigned[4], 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.[5] Rodriguez blamed her allergy-relieving steroids for the drunk driving and "energetic" behaviour.[6] During a May 2006 interview with on ABC's Good Morning America, Rodriguez said that the ordeal forced her to grow up. The fact that her and Watros' characters were killed off lead 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.
  • 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.[7] 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.[8]

Selected filmography

Film

TV

Videogames

Anime

Documentaries

References

References

  1. ^ "Mayte Michelle Rodriguez" is her birth name, according to the State of Texas, Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997. At Ancestry.com
  2. ^ "Hollywood.com". Rodríguez Dreams Of Farrell Relationship. Retrieved June 20. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help),
  3. ^ "Two 'Lost' stars charged with drunken driving". Associated Press. 2005-12-02. Retrieved 2006-07-21. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  4. ^ Errico, Marcus (2005-12-29). ""Lost" Stars Arraigned for DUIs". E!. Retrieved 2006-07-21. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  5. ^ "'Lost' Actress Chooses Jail Over Service". Associated Press. 2006-04-26. Retrieved 2006-07-21. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  6. ^ Finn, Natalie (2006-05-22). "More Jail Time for Michelle Rodriguez". E!. Retrieved 2006-07-21. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  7. ^ Lee, Ken and Silverman, Stephen M. (2006-05-22). "Michelle Rodriguez Gets 60 Days in Jail". Retrieved 2006-07-21. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  8. ^ Lee, Ken (2006-05-30). "Michelle Rodriguez Gets Out of Jail Early". Retrieved 2006-07-21. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
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