Rosario Dawson was born on May 9, 1979 in New York City. She grew up in Alphabet City, located in Manhattan's Lower East Side. Her mother is of Afro-Cuban and Puerto Rican descent and her father is of Native American and Irish descent.

Rosario made her film debut in the controversial film "Kids" in 1995. She caught the attention of director Larry Clark who was scouting for locations for the film. She later starred in Spike Lee's film "He Got Game," "Light It Up," "Sidewalks of New York," "Men In Black II," "The Rundown," "Sin City" and "Rent."



Rosario's film credits include the following:

• Sin City 2 (2007)
• Killshot (2006)
• Clerks II (2006)
• Descent (2006)
• A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (2006)
• Rent (2005)
• Little Black Dress (2005)(Film Short)
• Sin City (2005)
• This Revolution (2005)
• Alexander (2004)
• Shattered Glass (2003)
• This Girl's Life (2003)
• The Rundown (2003)
• The 25th Hour (2002)
• The Adventures of Pluto Nash (2002)
• The First $20 Million (2002)
• Men in Black II (2002)
• Ash Wednesday (2002)
• Love In The Time of Money (2002)
• Chelsea Walls (2001)
• Trigger Happy (2001)
• Sidewalks of New York (2001)
• Josie & the Pussycats (2001)
• King of the Jungle (2001)
• Down to You (2000)
• Light It Up (1999)
• Side Streets (1998)
• He Got Game (1998)
• Girls Night Out (1997)
• Kids (1995)

Check out the following sites for additional information about Rosario:

Rosario Dawson@Internet Movie Database
Rosario Dawson@TVNow.com
Rosario Dawson@USA Weekend Magazine
Rosario Dawson Shrine
Rosario Dawson Webpage
Rosario Dawson Online
Rosario Dawson Fansite
Rosario Dawson@Wikipedia
Rosario Dawson@Hollywood.com
Rosario Filmbug.com


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