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Dawson was born in [[New York City]]. Her mother, Isabel Celeste, is a writer and singer of [[Puerto Rican people|Puerto Rican]] and [[Cubans|Cuban]] ancestry. Isabel was 16 years old when Rosario was born; she never married Rosario's biological father, Patrick C. Harris.<ref name="mols">{{cite web|url=http://surlafilms.com/thecity/characters/isabel/|title=Isabel Celeste|publisher=Surlafilms.com|year=2010|accessdate=November 8, 2010}}</ref><ref name="liml">{{cite web|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/you/article-481825/Rosario-Dawson-grabs-life-horns.html|title=Rosario Dawson grabs life by the horns|last=Mills|first=Nancy|work=[[Daily Mail]]|location=London|date=September 23, 2007|accessdate=November 8, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/22/style/tmagazine/22rosariow.html|title=The Kid Stays in the Pictures|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=February 19, 2009}}</ref> When Rosario was a year old, her mother married Greg Dawson, a construction worker, who "loved and raised Rosario as his own daughter".<ref name="mols"/> Dawson stated, "He's always been my dad."<ref name="liml"/> Dawson has a half-brother, Clay, who is four years younger. Isabel and Greg divorced in 2001. Dawson lived in [[Garland, Texas]] for a year and went to [[Garland High School]].<ref>Rosario stated this on the March 11, 2014 episode of ''[[Jimmy Kimmel Live!]]''</ref>
Dawson was born in [[New York City]]. Her mother, Isabel Celeste, is a writer and singer of [[Puerto Rican people|Puerto Rican]] and [[Cubans|Cuban]] ancestry. Isabel was 16 years old when Rosario was born; she never married Rosario's biological father, Patrick C. Harris.<ref name="mols">{{cite web|url=http://surlafilms.com/thecity/characters/isabel/|title=Isabel Celeste|publisher=Surlafilms.com|year=2010|accessdate=November 8, 2010}}</ref><ref name="liml">{{cite web|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/you/article-481825/Rosario-Dawson-grabs-life-horns.html|title=Rosario Dawson grabs life by the horns|last=Mills|first=Nancy|work=[[Daily Mail]]|location=London|date=September 23, 2007|accessdate=November 8, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/22/style/tmagazine/22rosariow.html|title=The Kid Stays in the Pictures|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=February 19, 2009}}</ref> When Rosario was a year old, her mother married Greg Dawson, a construction worker, who "loved and raised Rosario as his own daughter".<ref name="mols"/> Dawson stated, "He's always been my dad."<ref name="liml"/> Dawson has a half-brother, Clay, who is four years younger. Isabel and Greg divorced in 2001. Dawson lived in [[Garland, Texas]] for a year and went to [[Garland High School]].<ref>Rosario stated this on the March 11, 2014 episode of ''[[Jimmy Kimmel Live!]]''</ref>


At the age of 21, Isabel moved the family into an abandoned building, a [[Squatting|squat]] on the [[Lower East Side]] of [[Manhattan]], where she and her husband renovated an apartment and installed the plumbing and electrical wiring for the building, creating affordable housing where Rosario and Clay would grow up. Dawson has cited this part of her history when explaining how she learned that, "If you wanted something better, you had to do it all yourself."<ref name="MarieClaire">{{cite web|url=http://magazines.ivillage.com/marieclaire/print/0,,679254,00.html|title=Rosario Dawson: From Tenement to Tinseltown|last=Hensley|first=Dennis|work=[[Marie Claire]]|accessdate=March 20, 2007}}</ref><ref name="Newsweek">Rosario Dawson. "Using Fame and Fortune to Help Others" ''[[Newsweek]]''; October 13, 2008; Page 58.</ref>
At the age of 21, Isabel moved the family into an abandoned building, a [[Squatting|squat]] on the [[Lower East Side]] of [[Manhattan]], where she and her husband renovated an apartment and installed the plumbing and electrical wiring for the building, creating affordable housing where Rosario and Clay would grow up. Dawson has cited this part of her history when explaining how she learned that, "If you wanted something better, you had to do it all yourself."<ref name="MarieClaire">{{cite web|url=http://magazines.ivillage.com/marieclaire/print/0,,679254,00.html |title=Rosario Dawson: From Tenement to Tinseltown |last=Hensley |first=Dennis |work=[[Marie Claire]] |accessdate=March 20, 2007 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070314025932/http://magazines.ivillage.com/marieclaire/print/0%2C%2C679254%2C00.html |archivedate=March 14, 2007 |df= }}</ref><ref name="Newsweek">Rosario Dawson. "Using Fame and Fortune to Help Others" ''[[Newsweek]]''; October 13, 2008; Page 58.</ref>


==Career==
==Career==
[[File:416px cropped Rosario Dawson.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Dawson in 2009]]
[[File:416px cropped Rosario Dawson.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Dawson in 2009]]
As a child, Dawson made a brief appearance on ''[[Sesame Street]]''. At age 15, she was subsequently discovered on her front-porch step by photographer [[Larry Clark]] and [[Harmony Korine]], where Korine lauded her as being perfect for a part he had written in his screenplay that would become the controversial 1995 film ''[[Kids (film)|Kids]]''. She went on to star in varied roles, ranging from [[independent film]]s to big budget [[Blockbuster (entertainment)|blockbusters]] including ''[[Rent (film)|Rent]]'', ''[[He Got Game]]'' and ''[[Men in Black II]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/archive/28164409.html|title=New York community fosters show biz careers|last=Adams|first=Jim|work=Indian Country Today|date=September 10, 2008|accessdate=May 18, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1213683,00.html|title=Spotlight on Rosario Dawson|last=Drumming|first=Neil|work=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=April 14, 2006|accessdate=April 10, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/01/08/1073437410018.html|title=Between The Rock and a hard place|first=Helen|last=Barlow|work=The Age|location=Melbourne|date=January 9, 2004}}</ref><ref name="MoviesGo">{{cite web|url=http://movies.go.com/rosario-dawson/b830777|title=Rosario Dawson: Actress Profile|last=Hensley|first=Dennis|publisher=Movies.go.com|accessdate=March 20, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newyorkcool.com/archives/2005/November/about_5.htm|title=''Rent'' Party|work=NewYorkCool.com|date=November 2005|accessdate=April 10, 2007}}</ref>
As a child, Dawson made a brief appearance on ''[[Sesame Street]]''. At age 15, she was subsequently discovered on her front-porch step by photographer [[Larry Clark]] and [[Harmony Korine]], where Korine lauded her as being perfect for a part he had written in his screenplay that would become the controversial 1995 film ''[[Kids (film)|Kids]]''. She went on to star in varied roles, ranging from [[independent film]]s to big budget [[Blockbuster (entertainment)|blockbusters]] including ''[[Rent (film)|Rent]]'', ''[[He Got Game]]'' and ''[[Men in Black II]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/archive/28164409.html|title=New York community fosters show biz careers|last=Adams|first=Jim|work=Indian Country Today|date=September 10, 2008|accessdate=May 18, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1213683,00.html|title=Spotlight on Rosario Dawson|last=Drumming|first=Neil|work=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=April 14, 2006|accessdate=April 10, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/01/08/1073437410018.html|title=Between The Rock and a hard place|first=Helen|last=Barlow|work=The Age|location=Melbourne|date=January 9, 2004}}</ref><ref name="MoviesGo">{{cite web|url=http://movies.go.com/rosario-dawson/b830777 |title=Rosario Dawson: Actress Profile |last=Hensley |first=Dennis |publisher=Movies.go.com |accessdate=March 20, 2007 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070323055237/http://movies.go.com/rosario-dawson/b830777 |archivedate=March 23, 2007 |df= }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newyorkcool.com/archives/2005/November/about_5.htm|title=''Rent'' Party|work=NewYorkCool.com|date=November 2005|accessdate=April 10, 2007}}</ref>


In 1998, Dawson teamed up with [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] for the re-release of his 1980s hit "[[1999 (song)|1999]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amazon.com/1999-New-Master-Prince-Revolution/dp/B00000I3XH|title=1999: The New Master EP|publisher=[[Amazon.com]]|accessdate=March 30, 2007}}</ref> The new remixed version featured the actress in an introductory voice over, offering commentary on the state of the world in the year before the new [[millennium]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dtt-lyrics.com/albums/newmaster.html#rosario|title=Prince & The Revolution – The New Master Lyrics|accessdate=March 30, 2007}}</ref> The following year, she appeared in [[The Chemical Brothers]]' video for the song "Out of Control" from the album ''[[Surrender (The Chemical Brothers album)|Surrender]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slickmedia.com/super/bn990830.htm|work=SlickMedia.com|date=August 1999|accessdate=April 5, 2007|quote=Starring Rosario Dawson of "Kids" and "He Got Game" as a cola-brandishing rebel, the new video is said to deal with a revolution in a fictional Latin American banana republic.}}</ref> She is also featured on the track "She Lives In My Lap" from the second disc of the [[OutKast]] album ''[[Speakerboxxx/The Love Below]]'', in which she speaks the intro and a brief interlude towards the end. In 2001, she appeared in the movie, ''[[Josie and the Pussycats (film)|Josie and the Pussycats]]''.
In 1998, Dawson teamed up with [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] for the re-release of his 1980s hit "[[1999 (song)|1999]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amazon.com/1999-New-Master-Prince-Revolution/dp/B00000I3XH|title=1999: The New Master EP|publisher=[[Amazon.com]]|accessdate=March 30, 2007}}</ref> The new remixed version featured the actress in an introductory voice over, offering commentary on the state of the world in the year before the new [[millennium]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dtt-lyrics.com/albums/newmaster.html#rosario|title=Prince & The Revolution – The New Master Lyrics|accessdate=March 30, 2007}}</ref> The following year, she appeared in [[The Chemical Brothers]]' video for the song "Out of Control" from the album ''[[Surrender (The Chemical Brothers album)|Surrender]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slickmedia.com/super/bn990830.htm|work=SlickMedia.com|date=August 1999|accessdate=April 5, 2007|quote=Starring Rosario Dawson of "Kids" and "He Got Game" as a cola-brandishing rebel, the new video is said to deal with a revolution in a fictional Latin American banana republic.}}</ref> She is also featured on the track "She Lives In My Lap" from the second disc of the [[OutKast]] album ''[[Speakerboxxx/The Love Below]]'', in which she speaks the intro and a brief interlude towards the end. In 2001, she appeared in the movie, ''[[Josie and the Pussycats (film)|Josie and the Pussycats]]''.


[[File:Rosario Dawson Cannes 2011.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Dawson at the [[2011 Cannes Film Festival]]]]
[[File:Rosario Dawson Cannes 2011.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Dawson at the [[2011 Cannes Film Festival]]]]
Dawson starred as Naturelle Rivera, the love interest of a convicted drug dealer played by [[Edward Norton]], in the 2002 [[Spike Lee]] film drama, ''[[25th Hour]]''. In the 2004 [[Oliver Stone]] film ''[[Alexander (2004 film)|Alexander]]'', she played the bride of [[Alexander the Great]]. In the autumn of 2005, Dawson appeared on stage as Julia in the [[Public Theater]]'s "[[Shakespeare in the Park]]" revival of ''[[Two Gentlemen of Verona (musical)|Two Gentlemen of Verona]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://theater2.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?res=9D03E1D61F3EF93AA1575BC0A9639C8B63&fta=y|title=Shakespeare in the Park Review; Enter 'Two Gentlemen' For a Sexy Sip of Sangría|last=Brantley|first=Ben|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=August 29, 2005}}</ref> It was her first appearance on stage.<ref name=parade>{{cite web|url=http://www.parade.com/articles/editions/2005/edition_11-06-2005/in_step_with_0|title=In Step With: Rosario Dawson|work=[[Parade (magazine)|Parade]]|date=November 6, 2005}}</ref>
Dawson starred as Naturelle Rivera, the love interest of a convicted drug dealer played by [[Edward Norton]], in the 2002 [[Spike Lee]] film drama, ''[[25th Hour]]''. In the 2004 [[Oliver Stone]] film ''[[Alexander (2004 film)|Alexander]]'', she played the bride of [[Alexander the Great]]. In the autumn of 2005, Dawson appeared on stage as Julia in the [[Public Theater]]'s "[[Shakespeare in the Park]]" revival of ''[[Two Gentlemen of Verona (musical)|Two Gentlemen of Verona]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://theater2.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?res=9D03E1D61F3EF93AA1575BC0A9639C8B63&fta=y|title=Shakespeare in the Park Review; Enter 'Two Gentlemen' For a Sexy Sip of Sangría|last=Brantley|first=Ben|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=August 29, 2005}}</ref> It was her first appearance on stage.<ref name=parade>{{cite web|url=http://www.parade.com/articles/editions/2005/edition_11-06-2005/in_step_with_0 |title=In Step With: Rosario Dawson |work=[[Parade (magazine)|Parade]] |date=November 6, 2005 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061017192434/http://www.parade.com/articles/editions/2005/edition_11-06-2005/in_step_with_0 |archivedate=October 17, 2006 |df= }}</ref>


In the film adaptation of the popular musical ''[[Rent (film)|Rent]]'' in 2005, she played the exotic dancer Mimi Marquez, replacing [[Daphne Rubin-Vega]], who was pregnant and unable to play the part. She also appeared in the adaptation of the graphic novel ''[[Sin City (film)|Sin City]]'', co-directed by [[Robert Rodriguez]] and [[Frank Miller (comics)|Frank Miller]], portraying Gail, a prostitute-[[dominatrix]]. Also in that year, she appeared in a graphically violent scene in the [[Rob Zombie]] film ''[[The Devil's Rejects]]''. Though the scene was cut from the final film, it is available in the deleted scenes on the [[DVD]] release.
In the film adaptation of the popular musical ''[[Rent (film)|Rent]]'' in 2005, she played the exotic dancer Mimi Marquez, replacing [[Daphne Rubin-Vega]], who was pregnant and unable to play the part. She also appeared in the adaptation of the graphic novel ''[[Sin City (film)|Sin City]]'', co-directed by [[Robert Rodriguez]] and [[Frank Miller (comics)|Frank Miller]], portraying Gail, a prostitute-[[dominatrix]]. Also in that year, she appeared in a graphically violent scene in the [[Rob Zombie]] film ''[[The Devil's Rejects]]''. Though the scene was cut from the final film, it is available in the deleted scenes on the [[DVD]] release.


She starred as Becky in 2006's ''[[Clerks II]]'', and mentioned in ''Back to the Well'', the making-of documentary, that the donkey show sequence was what made her decide to take the role. In May of the same year, Dawson, an avid [[comic book]] fan, co-created the comic book miniseries ''[[Occult Crimes Taskforce]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=6422|title=SPEAKEASY TEAMS UP WITH ACTRESS ROSARIO DAWSON FOR NEW COMIC|accessdate=March 20, 2007}}</ref> She was at the 2007 [[San Diego Comic-Con International|San Diego Comic-Con]] to promote the comic. She co-starred with former ''Rent'' alum [[Tracie Thoms]] in the [[Quentin Tarantino]] throwback movie ''[[Death Proof]]'' in 2007, part of the Tarantino/Robert Rodriguez double feature ''[[Grindhouse (film)|Grindhouse]]''. She teamed up with friend Talia Lugacy, whom she met at the [[Lee Strasberg]] Academy, to produce and star in ''[[Descent (2007 film)|Descent]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/features/23157-rosario-dawson-talia-lugacy-on-descent|title=Rosario Dawson & Talia Lugacy on Descent|last=Douglas|first=Edward|publisher=ComingSoon.net|date=August 11, 2007|accessdate=March 11, 2017|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20151105171042/http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/features/23157-rosario-dawson-talia-lugacy-on-descent|archivedate=November 5, 2015|deadurl=no}}</ref> On July 7, 2007, Dawson presented at the [[Live Earth concert, New York City|American leg]] of [[Live Earth]].
She starred as Becky in 2006's ''[[Clerks II]]'', and mentioned in ''Back to the Well'', the making-of documentary, that the donkey show sequence was what made her decide to take the role. In May of the same year, Dawson, an avid [[comic book]] fan, co-created the comic book miniseries ''[[Occult Crimes Taskforce]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=6422|title=SPEAKEASY TEAMS UP WITH ACTRESS ROSARIO DAWSON FOR NEW COMIC|accessdate=March 20, 2007}}</ref> She was at the 2007 [[San Diego Comic-Con International|San Diego Comic-Con]] to promote the comic. She co-starred with former ''Rent'' alum [[Tracie Thoms]] in the [[Quentin Tarantino]] throwback movie ''[[Death Proof]]'' in 2007, part of the Tarantino/Robert Rodriguez double feature ''[[Grindhouse (film)|Grindhouse]]''. She teamed up with friend Talia Lugacy, whom she met at the [[Lee Strasberg]] Academy, to produce and star in ''[[Descent (2007 film)|Descent]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/features/23157-rosario-dawson-talia-lugacy-on-descent |title=Rosario Dawson & Talia Lugacy on Descent |last=Douglas |first=Edward |publisher=ComingSoon.net |date=August 11, 2007 |accessdate=March 11, 2017 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151105171042/http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/features/23157-rosario-dawson-talia-lugacy-on-descent |archivedate=November 5, 2015 |deadurl=no |df= }}</ref> On July 7, 2007, Dawson presented at the [[Live Earth concert, New York City|American leg]] of [[Live Earth]].


[[File:Rosario Dawson SDCC 2014.jpg|thumb|left|180px|Dawson at the 2014 [[San Diego Comic-Con International]]]]
[[File:Rosario Dawson SDCC 2014.jpg|thumb|left|180px|Dawson at the 2014 [[San Diego Comic-Con International]]]]
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==Philanthropy==
==Philanthropy==
[[File:Rosario Dawson by DINOBRA.jpg|thumb|Dawson at the 2008 Willow Awards]]
[[File:Rosario Dawson by DINOBRA.jpg|thumb|Dawson at the 2008 Willow Awards]]
Dawson is involved with the Lower East Side Girls Club<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.girlsclub.org/special/index.html|title=GirlsClub.org}}</ref> and supports other [[Charitable organization|charities]] such as [[environmental group]] [[Global Cool]], the [[ONE Campaign]], [[Oxfam|Operation USA, Oxfam]], [[Amnesty International]], [[Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays]], the [[International Rescue Committee]], [[Voto Latino]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/500-rosario-dawson|title=Rosario Dawson's Charity Work|publisher=LooktotheStars.org|accessdate=July 30, 2011}}</ref> and Stay Close.org, a poster and public service ad campaign for PFLAG where she is featured with her uncle Frank Jump.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stayclose.org/campaign/celebrity.asp?id=9|title=Pflag|publisher=StayClose.org|accessdate=July 30, 2011}}</ref> She has participated in the ''[[Vagina Monologues]]'' (she refers to her vagina as "The General")<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vulture.com/2013/04/rosario-dawson-calls-her-vagina-the-general.html|title=Rosario Dawson Calls Her Vagina 'the General'|last=Vineyard|first=Jennifer|work=[[New York (magazine)|New York]]|date=April 3, 2013|accessdate=April 24, 2014}}</ref> and serves on the board for [[V-Day (movement)|V-Day]], a global non-profit movement that raises funds for women's [[Sexual violence|anti-violence]] groups through benefits of this play.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://womensmediacenter.com/ex/013008.html|title=WMC Exclusive: From Superdome to SUPERLOVE – V-Day at 10|first=Marianne|last=Schnall|date=January 30, 2008|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20100104191925/http://womensmediacenter.com/ex/013008.html|archivedate=January 4, 2010|deadurl=yes}}</ref>
Dawson is involved with the Lower East Side Girls Club<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.girlsclub.org/special/index.html |title=GirlsClub.org |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070822071943/http://www.girlsclub.org/special/index.html |archivedate=August 22, 2007 |df= }}</ref> and supports other [[Charitable organization|charities]] such as [[environmental group]] [[Global Cool]], the [[ONE Campaign]], [[Oxfam|Operation USA, Oxfam]], [[Amnesty International]], [[Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays]], the [[International Rescue Committee]], [[Voto Latino]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/500-rosario-dawson|title=Rosario Dawson's Charity Work|publisher=LooktotheStars.org|accessdate=July 30, 2011}}</ref> and Stay Close.org, a poster and public service ad campaign for PFLAG where she is featured with her uncle Frank Jump.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stayclose.org/campaign/celebrity.asp?id=9|title=Pflag|publisher=StayClose.org|accessdate=July 30, 2011}}</ref> She has participated in the ''[[Vagina Monologues]]'' (she refers to her vagina as "The General")<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vulture.com/2013/04/rosario-dawson-calls-her-vagina-the-general.html|title=Rosario Dawson Calls Her Vagina 'the General'|last=Vineyard|first=Jennifer|work=[[New York (magazine)|New York]]|date=April 3, 2013|accessdate=April 24, 2014}}</ref> and serves on the board for [[V-Day (movement)|V-Day]], a global non-profit movement that raises funds for women's [[Sexual violence|anti-violence]] groups through benefits of this play.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://womensmediacenter.com/ex/013008.html |title=WMC Exclusive: From Superdome to SUPERLOVE – V-Day at 10 |first=Marianne |last=Schnall |date=January 30, 2008 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100104191925/http://womensmediacenter.com/ex/013008.html |archivedate=January 4, 2010 |deadurl=yes |df= }}</ref>


In October 2008, Dawson became a spokeswoman for [[TripAdvisor]].com's philanthropy program, More Than Footprints, [[Conservation International]], [[Doctors Without Borders]], [[National Geographic Society]], [[The Nature Conservancy]], and [[Save The Children]]. Also in October 2008, she lent her voice to the RESPECT! Campaign,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rosario-dawson.net/2008/10/24/rosario-dawson-joins-the-respect-campaign/|title=Rosario Dawson joins the RESPECT! Campaign|publisher=Rosario-Dawson.net|date=April 26, 2007|accessdate=May 15, 2010}}</ref> a movement aimed at preventing domestic violence. She recorded a voice message for the Giverespect.org Web site stressing the importance of respect in helping stop domestic violence. In 2012, Dawson partnered with [[SodaStream International]] in launching the first annual Unbottle the World Day, a campaign conceived in an effort to raise awareness to the impact of cans and plastic bottles on the environment.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nbclatino.com/2012/07/20/rosario-dawson-helps-kickoff-unbottle-the-world-day/|title=Rosario Dawson helps kickoff 'Unbottle the World Day'|last=Carrion|first=Kelly|work=[[NBC|NBC Latino]]|date=July 20, 2012|accessdate=July 31, 2012}}</ref>
In October 2008, Dawson became a spokeswoman for [[TripAdvisor]].com's philanthropy program, More Than Footprints, [[Conservation International]], [[Doctors Without Borders]], [[National Geographic Society]], [[The Nature Conservancy]], and [[Save The Children]]. Also in October 2008, she lent her voice to the RESPECT! Campaign,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rosario-dawson.net/2008/10/24/rosario-dawson-joins-the-respect-campaign/|title=Rosario Dawson joins the RESPECT! Campaign|publisher=Rosario-Dawson.net|date=April 26, 2007|accessdate=May 15, 2010}}</ref> a movement aimed at preventing domestic violence. She recorded a voice message for the Giverespect.org Web site stressing the importance of respect in helping stop domestic violence. In 2012, Dawson partnered with [[SodaStream International]] in launching the first annual Unbottle the World Day, a campaign conceived in an effort to raise awareness to the impact of cans and plastic bottles on the environment.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nbclatino.com/2012/07/20/rosario-dawson-helps-kickoff-unbottle-the-world-day/|title=Rosario Dawson helps kickoff 'Unbottle the World Day'|last=Carrion|first=Kelly|work=[[NBC|NBC Latino]]|date=July 20, 2012|accessdate=July 31, 2012}}</ref>

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Rosario Dawson
Dawson in June 2016
Born (1979-05-09) May 9, 1979 (age 45)[1]
New York City, New York, U.S.
Occupation(s)Actress, producer, writer
Years active1995–present
PartnerEric Andre (2016–present)

Rosario Isabel Dawson[2] (born May 9, 1979) is an American actress, producer, and comic book writer. She made her film debut in the 1995 teen drama Kids. Her subsequent film roles include He Got Game, Men in Black II, 25th Hour, Rent, Sin City, Death Proof, Seven Pounds, Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, and Top Five. Dawson has also provided voice over work for Disney and DC.

For her role in Rent, Dawson won the Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture; for her role in Top Five, she was nominated for the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress in a Comedy.

Dawson portrays Claire Temple/Night Nurse in five of the Marvel/Netflix shows, including Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Iron Fist, and The Defenders.

Early life

Dawson was born in New York City. Her mother, Isabel Celeste, is a writer and singer of Puerto Rican and Cuban ancestry. Isabel was 16 years old when Rosario was born; she never married Rosario's biological father, Patrick C. Harris.[3][4][5] When Rosario was a year old, her mother married Greg Dawson, a construction worker, who "loved and raised Rosario as his own daughter".[3] Dawson stated, "He's always been my dad."[4] Dawson has a half-brother, Clay, who is four years younger. Isabel and Greg divorced in 2001. Dawson lived in Garland, Texas for a year and went to Garland High School.[6]

At the age of 21, Isabel moved the family into an abandoned building, a squat on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, where she and her husband renovated an apartment and installed the plumbing and electrical wiring for the building, creating affordable housing where Rosario and Clay would grow up. Dawson has cited this part of her history when explaining how she learned that, "If you wanted something better, you had to do it all yourself."[7][8]

Career

Dawson in 2009

As a child, Dawson made a brief appearance on Sesame Street. At age 15, she was subsequently discovered on her front-porch step by photographer Larry Clark and Harmony Korine, where Korine lauded her as being perfect for a part he had written in his screenplay that would become the controversial 1995 film Kids. She went on to star in varied roles, ranging from independent films to big budget blockbusters including Rent, He Got Game and Men in Black II.[9][10][11][12][13]

In 1998, Dawson teamed up with Prince for the re-release of his 1980s hit "1999".[14] The new remixed version featured the actress in an introductory voice over, offering commentary on the state of the world in the year before the new millennium.[15] The following year, she appeared in The Chemical Brothers' video for the song "Out of Control" from the album Surrender.[16] She is also featured on the track "She Lives In My Lap" from the second disc of the OutKast album Speakerboxxx/The Love Below, in which she speaks the intro and a brief interlude towards the end. In 2001, she appeared in the movie, Josie and the Pussycats.

Dawson at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival

Dawson starred as Naturelle Rivera, the love interest of a convicted drug dealer played by Edward Norton, in the 2002 Spike Lee film drama, 25th Hour. In the 2004 Oliver Stone film Alexander, she played the bride of Alexander the Great. In the autumn of 2005, Dawson appeared on stage as Julia in the Public Theater's "Shakespeare in the Park" revival of Two Gentlemen of Verona.[17] It was her first appearance on stage.[18]

In the film adaptation of the popular musical Rent in 2005, she played the exotic dancer Mimi Marquez, replacing Daphne Rubin-Vega, who was pregnant and unable to play the part. She also appeared in the adaptation of the graphic novel Sin City, co-directed by Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller, portraying Gail, a prostitute-dominatrix. Also in that year, she appeared in a graphically violent scene in the Rob Zombie film The Devil's Rejects. Though the scene was cut from the final film, it is available in the deleted scenes on the DVD release.

She starred as Becky in 2006's Clerks II, and mentioned in Back to the Well, the making-of documentary, that the donkey show sequence was what made her decide to take the role. In May of the same year, Dawson, an avid comic book fan, co-created the comic book miniseries Occult Crimes Taskforce.[19] She was at the 2007 San Diego Comic-Con to promote the comic. She co-starred with former Rent alum Tracie Thoms in the Quentin Tarantino throwback movie Death Proof in 2007, part of the Tarantino/Robert Rodriguez double feature Grindhouse. She teamed up with friend Talia Lugacy, whom she met at the Lee Strasberg Academy, to produce and star in Descent.[20] On July 7, 2007, Dawson presented at the American leg of Live Earth.

Dawson at the 2014 San Diego Comic-Con International

In 2008, Dawson starred with Will Smith in Seven Pounds and in Eagle Eye, produced by Steven Spielberg. Beginning in August, she starred in Gemini Division, an online TV series. In the computer animated series Afterworld she voiced the character Officer Delondre Baines.[21] On January 17, 2009, Dawson hosted Saturday Night Live. Later in the year, she voiced Artemis of Bana-Mighdall in the animated film Wonder Woman.[22]

In 2009, Dawson performed in The People Speak, a documentary feature film that uses dramatic and musical performances of the letters, diaries, and speeches of everyday Americans, based on historian Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States.[23] In 2009, Dawson also voiced the character of Velvet Von Black in Rob Zombie's animated feature, The Haunted World of El Superbeasto. For the Kasabian album West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum, she is featured singing on the track "West Ryder Silver Bullet".

In 2010, she starred in the movies Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, as Persephone, and Unstoppable, as railway yardmaster Connie. In 2013, she played Apple's mother in the independent film Gimme Shelter. The following year, she reprised her role as Gail in Sin City: A Dame to Kill For. In 2015, she played Claire Temple in the TV series Daredevil, a role which she reprised in Jessica Jones and Luke Cage.[24] Dawson's likeness was also used in the Jessica Jones tie-in comic as her character on both shows. Temple will continue this role in 2017 in Iron Fist and The Defenders.

Personal life

After months of speculation, Dawson and comedian Eric Andre confirmed in February of 2017 that they are in a relationship.[25]

Dawson is a self-professed Trekkie who mentioned both her and her brother's love of Star Trek in an interview with Conan O'Brien, and also demonstrated her knowledge of several Klingon words.[26]

Politics

Dawson at the Bernie Sanders rally in Washington Square Park, 2016

Dawson was arrested in 2004, while protesting against president George W. Bush.[27]

Dawson endorsed Barack Obama for re-election in 2012,[28] and Bernie Sanders for the Democratic nomination in the 2016 Democratic Party primaries.[29]

On April 15, 2016, Dawson was among the protesters arrested during Democracy Spring in Washington, D.C.[30]

Philanthropy

Dawson at the 2008 Willow Awards

Dawson is involved with the Lower East Side Girls Club[31] and supports other charities such as environmental group Global Cool, the ONE Campaign, Operation USA, Oxfam, Amnesty International, Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, the International Rescue Committee, Voto Latino,[32] and Stay Close.org, a poster and public service ad campaign for PFLAG where she is featured with her uncle Frank Jump.[33] She has participated in the Vagina Monologues (she refers to her vagina as "The General")[34] and serves on the board for V-Day, a global non-profit movement that raises funds for women's anti-violence groups through benefits of this play.[35]

In October 2008, Dawson became a spokeswoman for TripAdvisor.com's philanthropy program, More Than Footprints, Conservation International, Doctors Without Borders, National Geographic Society, The Nature Conservancy, and Save The Children. Also in October 2008, she lent her voice to the RESPECT! Campaign,[36] a movement aimed at preventing domestic violence. She recorded a voice message for the Giverespect.org Web site stressing the importance of respect in helping stop domestic violence. In 2012, Dawson partnered with SodaStream International in launching the first annual Unbottle the World Day, a campaign conceived in an effort to raise awareness to the impact of cans and plastic bottles on the environment.[37]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1995 Kids Ruby
1997 Girls' Night Out Girl Short film
1998 He Got Game Lala Bonilla
1998 Side Streets Marisol Hidalgo
1999 Light It Up Stephanie Williams
2000 Down to You Lana
2000 King of the Jungle Veronica
2001 Josie and the Pussycats Valerie Brown
2001 Sidewalks of New York Maria Tedesko
2001 Trigger Happy Dee
2001 Chelsea Walls Audrey
2002 Ash Wednesday Grace Quinonez
2002 The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest Alisa
2002 Men in Black II Laura Vasquez
2002 The Adventures of Pluto Nash Dina Lake
2002 Love in the Time of Money Anna
2002 25th Hour Naturelle Riviera
2003 V-Day: Until the Violence Stops Herself Documentary film
2003 This Girl's Life Martine
2003 Shattered Glass Andy Fox
2003 The Rundown Mariana
2004 Alexander Roxana
2005 This Revolution Tina Santiago
2005 Sin City Gail
2005 Little Black Dress Haley Short film
2005 Rent Mimi Marquez
2006 Clerks II Rebecca "Becky" Scott
2006 A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints Laurie
2007 Death Proof Abernathy Ross
2007 Descent Maya Also producer, direct-to-VOD
2008 Explicit Ills Babo's Mom
2008 Eagle Eye Zoe Perez
2008 Killshot Donna
2008 Seven Pounds Emily Posa
2009 Wonder Woman Artemis (voice)
2009 The Haunted World of El Superbeasto Velvet Von Black (voice)
2009 The People Speak Herself Documentary film
2010 Awake Robin Short film
2010 Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief Persephone
2010 Unstoppable Connie Hooper
2011 Miss Representation Herself Documentary film
2011 Girl Walks into a Bar June
2011 Zookeeper Kate
2011 10 Years Mary
2012 Fire with Fire Talia Durham
2012 Hotel Noir Sevilla, the Maid
2013 Trance Elizabeth Lamb
2013 Gimme Shelter June Bailey
2013 César Chávez Dolores Huerta [38]
2013 Parts per Billion Mia
2013 Raze Rachel
2014 Sin City: A Dame to Kill For Gail
2014 The Ever After Herself
2014 The Captive Nicole
2014 Top Five Chelsea Brown
2015 Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast Nyx (voice)
2015 Justice League: Throne of Atlantis Wonder Woman (voice)
2015 Puerto Ricans in Paris Vanessa
2016 Justice League vs. Teen Titans Wonder Woman (voice)
2016 Ratchet & Clank Elaris (voice)
2017 Justice League Dark Wonder Woman (voice)
2017 The Lego Batman Movie Barbara Gordon / Batgirl (voice)
2017 Unforgettable Julia Banks
2017 Krystal Krystal Post-production
TBA Henchmen Jolene (voice)

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2003 Punk'd Herself Season 1, episode 8
2007 Robot Chicken Various (voice) Episode: "More Blood, More Chocolate"
2008 Gemini Division Anna Diaz Web series; 50 episodes; also executive producer
2009 Saturday Night Live Herself Episode: "Rosario Dawson/Fleet Foxes"
2009 SpongeBob SquarePants Herself Episode: "Truth or Square"
2011 Five Lili Television film
2015–present Daredevil Claire Temple/Night Nurse 8 episodes
2015–present Jessica Jones Episode: "AKA Smile"
2016–present Luke Cage 8 episodes
2017 Iron Fist 6 episodes
2017 The Defenders

Video games

Year Title Voice Role
2006 Marc Eckō's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure Tina
2012 Syndicate Lily Drawl
2016 Ratchet & Clank Elaris
2016 Dishonored 2 Meagan Foster/Billie Lurk

Awards and nominations

Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Rosario Dawson

See also

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