Rosario Dawson

Highest Rated: 100% Lost in America (2020)

Lowest Rated: 3% Down to You (2000)

Birthday: May 9, 1979

Birthplace: New York City, New York

New York-born and bred actress Rosario Dawson made her screen debut in Larry Clark's controversial Kids (1995). Literally picked off the street to play Ruby, one of the film's titular teens, Dawson -- who is of Puerto Rican, Cuban, Black, Irish, and Native American heritage -- had never acted before being cast in the film. Following Kids, she next appeared in Spike Lee's He Got Game (1998) and that same year starred in Side Streets, a series of vignettes about life in New York's five boroughs. Faithful to her New York roots through and through, Dawson has continued to star in films set in her hometown, including Light It Up and Down to You.Soon, Dawson branched into mainstream film, appearing in populist projects like Josie and the Pussycats, Men in Black 2, The Rundown, and the big-screen adaptation of Rent. The actress would also appear in harder films, like Sin City and Death Proof, as well as damanding dramatic roles, like that of a rape victim struggling to recover in Descent.

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Highest Rated Movies

Lost in America
100%
Justice League Dark: Apokolips War
100%
The Death of Superman / Reign of the Supermen Double Feature
93%
The Death of Superman
92%

Filmography

MOVIES

RATING	TITLE	CREDIT	BOX OFFICE	YEAR
89%	All the Streets Are Silent: The Convergence of Hip Hop and Skateboarding (1987-1997)	Actor	—	2021
78%	The Water Man	Actor	—	2021
36%	Henchmen	Actor	—	2020
100%	Lost in America	Actor	—	2020
No Score Yet	Find Your Groove	Actor	—	2020
100%	Justice League Dark: Apokolips War	Actor	—	2020
No Score Yet	Guardians of Life	Actor	—	2020
88%	Kiss the Ground	Actor	—	2020
68%	Zombieland: Double Tap	Nevada	—	2019
67%	Jay & Silent Bob Reboot	Reggie Faulken	—	2019
88%	This Changes Everything	Actor	—	2019
93%	The Death of Superman / Reign of the Supermen Double Feature	Wonder Woman	—	2019
88%	Wonder Woman: Bloodlines	Actor	—	2019
No Score Yet	Reign of the Supermen	Wonder Woman	—	2019
83%	Someone Great	Actor	—	2019
No Score Yet	The Death and Return of Superman	Wonder Woman	—	2019
80%	Unstoppable (Seong-nan-hwang-so)	Actor	—	2018
90%	Trust Machine: The Story of Blockchain	Narrator	—	2018
14%	Krystal	Krystal	—	2018
No Score Yet	Elena of Avalor: Song of the Sirenas	Daria	—	2018
92%	The Death of Superman	Wonder Woman	—	2018
28%	Unforgettable	Julia	$11.3M	2017
90%	The Lego Batman Movie	Batgirl/ Barbara Gordon	$175.7M	2017
No Score Yet	City of Sin	Actor	—	2017
78%	Justice League Dark	Actor	—	2017
50%	The Best Democracy Money Can Buy	Actor	$28.8k	2016
61%	War Dogs	Actor	$43.1M	2016
33%	Puerto Ricans In Paris	Vanessa	$91.4k	2016
21%	Ratchet & Clank	Elaris	—	2016
No Score Yet	Stretch And Bobbito: Radio That Changed Lives	Actor	—	2015
No Score Yet	Clerks III	Actor	—	2015
80%	Justice League vs. Teen Titans	Wonder Woman/Diana Prince	—	2015
86%	Top Five	Chelsea Brown	$17.1M	2014
29%	The Captive	Nicole	—	2014
42%	Frank Miller's Sin City: A Dame to Kill For	Gail	$11.1M	2014
38%	Cesar Chavez	Dolores Huerta	$5.6M	2014
28%	Gimme Shelter	June Bailey	$1.4M	2014
45%	Raze	Rachel	$4k	2014
75%	TinkerBell and the Legend of the NeverBeast	Nyx	$1.3M	2014
No Score Yet	Famous	Actor	—	2014
57%	Justice League: Throne Of Atlantis	Wonder Woman	—	2014
68%	Trance	Elizabeth	$4.9M	2013
No Score Yet	Parts Per Billion	Executive Producer Actor	—	2013
7%	Fire With Fire	Talia Durham	—	2012
13%	Hotel Noir	Sevilla	—	2012
60%	10 Years	Mary	$0.3M	2012
14%	Zookeeper	Kate	$80.4M	2011
No Score Yet	Girl Walks Into a Bar	June	—	2011
No Score Yet	Miss Representation	Actor	—	2011
No Score Yet	Chick Magnet	Actor	—	2011
No Score Yet	Five	Lili	—	2011
87%	Unstoppable	Connie	$81.6M	2010
49%	Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief	Persephone	$61.2M	2010
40%	The Haunted World of El Superbeasto	Velvet Von Black	—	2009
54%	Explicit Ills	Babo's Mom	—	2009
83%	Wonder Woman	Artemis	—	2009
No Score Yet	The People Speak	Actor	—	2009
No Score Yet	Brave New Voices	Actor	—	2009
27%	Seven Pounds	Emily Posa	$70M	2008
29%	Killshot	Donna	—	2008
26%	Eagle Eye	Zoe Perez	$101.2M	2008
35%	Descent	Maya Producer	—	2007
84%	Grindhouse	Abernathy	$25M	2007
65%	Death Proof	Abernathy	—	2007
No Score Yet	O.C.T.: Occult Crimes Taskforce	Producer Actor	—	2007
No Score Yet	Train Wreck!	Actor	—	2006
75%	A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints	Laurie	$0.5M	2006
63%	Clerks II	Becky	$24M	2006
18%	This Revolution	Tina	—	2006
No Score Yet	Alexander Revisited: Final Cut	Roxane	—	2006
No Score Yet	Back to the Well: Clerks II	Actor	—	2006
46%	Rent	Mimi Marquez	$29.1M	2005
77%	Sin City	Gail	—	2005
50%	This Girl's Life	Martine	—	2004
16%	Alexander	Roxane	$34.3M	2004
No Score Yet	Alexander: The Ultimate Cut	Roxane	—	2004
92%	Shattered Glass	Andy Fox	$2.2M	2003
69%	The Rundown	Mariana	$47.6M	2003
No Score Yet	Until the Violence Stops	Actor	—	2003
79%	25th Hour	Naturelle Rivera	—	2003
18%	Love in the Time of Money	Anna	—	2002
25%	Ash Wednesday	Grace Quinonez	—	2002
39%	Men in Black II	Laura Vasquez	$190.4M	2002
4%	The Adventures of Pluto Nash	Dina	$4.4M	2002
11%	The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest	Alisa	—	2002
56%	Sidewalks of New York	Maria	$2.2M	2001
26%	Chelsea Walls	Audrey	—	2001
52%	Josie and the Pussycats	Valerie Brown	$14.2M	2001
24%	King of the Jungle	Veronica	—	2000
3%	Down to You	Lana	—	2000
39%	Light It Up	Stephanie	—	1999
No Score Yet	Side Streets	Marisol Hidalgo	—	1998
81%	He Got Game	Lala Bonilla	—	1998
No Score Yet	Side Streets	Actor	—	1998
46%	Kids	Ruby	—	1995

TV

RATING	TITLE	CREDIT	YEAR
No Score Yet	Go-Big Show 2021	Judge	2022 2021
87%	Dopesick 2021	Actor	2021
No Score Yet	The Daily Show With Trevor Noah 2015	Guest	2021
79%	Briarpatch 2020	Allegra Dill	2020
82%	A Little Late With Lilly Singh 2019-2021	Guest	2019
No Score Yet	The Last Kids on Earth 2019-2020	Actor Voice	2019
84%	Weird City 2019	Actor	2019
100%	Jane the Virgin 2014-2019	JR	2019 2018
92%	Marvel's Daredevil 2015-2018	Claire Temple	2019 2018 2016 2015
No Score Yet	Elena of Avalor 2016-2020	Voice	2018
No Score Yet	America Divided 2016-2018	Appearing	2018 2016
87%	Marvel's Luke Cage 2016-2018	Claire Temple	2018 2016
41%	Chelsea 2016-2017	Appearing	2017
78%	Marvel's The Defenders 2017	Claire Temple	2017
No Score Yet	The Late Show With Stephen Colbert 2015	Guest	2017 2016
No Score Yet	The Late Late Show With James Corden 2015-2021	Guest	2016 2015
No Score Yet	Punk'd 2015	Appearing	2015
No Score Yet	Late Night With Seth Meyers 2014	Guest	2015 2014
No Score Yet	Conan 2010-2021	Guest	2015 2014 2011 2010
No Score Yet	The Ellen DeGeneres Show 2003	Guest	2015 2008
No Score Yet	Charlie Rose 2013-2017	Guest	2014
No Score Yet	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 2014	Guest	2014
No Score Yet	Jimmy Kimmel Live 2003	Guest	2014 2013 2012
No Score Yet	The View 1997-2020	Guest	2014 2012
No Score Yet	The Tonight Show With Jay Leno 1992-2014	Guest	2013 2011 2007 2006 2005 2002 2001
No Score Yet	Chelsea Lately 2007-2014	Guest	2011
No Score Yet	Lopez Tonight 2009-2011	Guest	2011
No Score Yet	Late Night With Jimmy Fallon 2009-2014	Guest	2010
No Score Yet	Handy Manny 2006-2013	Voice	2009
No Score Yet	Saturday Night Live 1975	Host	2009
No Score Yet	SpongeBob SquarePants 1999-2020	Herself Voice	2009
No Score Yet	The Daily Show With Jon Stewart 2015	Guest	2005 2004
No Score Yet	Punk'd (2003) 2003-2012	Guest	2003
No Score Yet	DMZ 2022	Actor
No Score Yet	Spoilers With Kevin Smith 2012	Guest

Quotes from Rosario Dawson's Characters

Abernathy:

It's a Prada!

Roxane:	You l-love him?
Alexander:	There are different kinds of love Roxane
Alexander:	There are different kinds of love Roxane.

Dina Lake:	what makes you so sure hell help us out
Dina Lake:	What makes you so sure he'll help us out?
Pluto Nash:	oh hell help us he couldnt sing a note if it werent for me
Pluto Nash:	Oh, he'll help us. He couldn't sing a note if it weren't for me.
Dina Lake:	you taught tony fransis how to sing
Dina Lake:	You taught Tony Fransis how to sing.
Pluto Nash:	no i convinced a bookie to pour acid down his throat
Pluto Nash:	No I convinced a bookie to pour acid down his throat.

Connie:	Excuse me, can u help me?
Frank:	Connie?
Connie:	I can't decided which 1 of u i have to kiss first
Connie:	I can't decided which one of you I have to kiss first.
Frank:	Me
Frank:	Me.

Mimi Marquez:	There's only us, There's only this, Forget, Regret or life is yours to miss.
Mimi Marquez:	There's only us, there's only this. Forget regret. Or life is yours to miss. No other road, no other way, no day but today.

Connie:	THAT Was 10 Million Pounds, Mr. Galvin, And This Is The Sound Of Me Saving Your Ass!!!!
Connie:	That was 10 Million Pounds, Mr. Galvin. And this is the sound of me saving your ass!

Emily Posa:	U know i used to be really hot
Emily Posa:	You know, just so you know, I used to be really hot.

Zoë Bell:	What are you gonna do, blow him?
Zoë Bell:	What're you gonna do, blow him?
Abernathy:	No! I'm gonna insinuate that Lee's gonna blow him.
Abernathy:	No! I'm going to insinuate that Lee's going to blow him.

Jasper:	What's a cheerleader movie?
Abernathy:	A movie about cheerleaders.

Lee:	I can't believe a fucking Circle A clerk carries Italian Vogue.
Lee:	I can't belive a fucking Circle A clerk carries Italian Vogue.
Abernathy (Death Proof):	It doesn't. It's his own personal copy. He'll let it go for 27 bucks.
Abernathy (Death Proof):	It doesn't. It's his own personal copy. He'll let it go for 27 bucks.
Lee:	27 bucks?
Lee:	[scoffs] 27 bucks?
Abernathy (Death Proof):	What the fuck do you care? We're talking about fucking per diem here. We found an issue of Italian Vogue in Lebanon, Tennessee. We're lucky he's not asking for fucking Krugerrands. I'm getting it, and we're splitting it three ways.
Abernathy (Death Proof):	What the fuck do you care? We're talking about fucking per diem here. We found an issue of Italian Vogue in Lebanon, Tennessee. We're lucky he's not asking for fuckin' Krugerrands. I'm getting it, and we're splitting it three ways.
Lee:	What? Me, you, and Kim?
Abernathy (Death Proof):	No. Kim doesn't give a shit about Italian Vogue. But Brandy will come in with us, and if she won't, Tyson, her assistant, will.
Lee:	Okay, but if anyone tears out any sheets that I want, you gotta make color Xerox copies of those pages, and I'm not talking fucking Kinko's here, either. You take it to the art department and have them do it fucking right.
Lee:	Okay, but if anyone tears out any sheets that I want, you gotta make color Xerox copies of those pages, and I'm not talkin' fuckin' Kinko's here either. You take it to the art department and have them do it fucking right.

Lee:	I'm sorry, but what is "home"? Is that Australia, right?
Lee:	[to ZoÃ«] I'm sorry, but what is 'home'? Is that Australia, right?
Zoe (Death Proof):	What do you mean by that, mate?
Zoe (Death Proof):	[seemingly offended] What do you mean by that, mate?
Abernathy (Death Proof):	Zoe's from New Zealand. And you never, I repeat, never, call a Kiwi an Aussie.
Abernathy (Death Proof):	ZoÃ«'s from New Zealand. And you never, I repeat, NEVER, call a Kiwi an Aussie.
Kim (Death Proof):	Not unless you wanna get your ass kicked.
Kim (Death Proof):	Not unless you wanna get your ass kicked.
Lee:	I'm so sorry, I really am.
Zoe (Death Proof):	We're just taking the piss out of you, mate!
Zoe (Death Proof):	[Abby, ZoÃ« and Kim laugh] We're just taking the piss out of you, mate!

Zoe (Death Proof):	So let's hear it ladies. Set romances, who's gettin' it off?
Kim (Death Proof):	That would be Lee and Toolbox.
Zoe (Death Proof):	Oh, Toolbox. Name sounds promising.
Abernathy (Death Proof):	He's a grip.
Lee:	What he is, is a pervert.
Zoe (Death Proof):	Wow, he just keeps sounding better and better. What's his perversion?
Lee:	He likes to watch me pee.
Kim (Death Proof):	Haha! Lee is sittin' on a toilet and Toolbox is watching her pee, P-I-S-S-I-N-G.

Zoe (Death Proof):	So what's your story, Abernathy?
Abernathy (Death Proof):	I had a set crush on Cecil.
Kim (Death Proof):	Set crush? Nigga please, you were his set wife.
Kim (Death Proof):	Set crush? Please, you were his set wife.
Abernathy (Death Proof):	Were and Had being the key words here.
Abernathy (Death Proof):	Were and had being the key words here.
Kim (Death Proof):	Bitch, you two are still into each other, and you know it.
Abernathy (Death Proof):	Oh yeah? If he's still into me, then why did he fuck Daryl Hannah's stand in? Yes, men are dogs, oh it's so funny, it's so funny!
Kim (Death Proof):	Oh, stop acting all hurt, your ass is just mad.
Abernathy (Death Proof):	Yeah, he's a stand in fucker.