Título: Michelle Rodriguez
Seção: Film and television
Background: Rodriguez was born in San Antonio, Texas. Her mother, Carmen Milady Rodriguez (nee Pared Espinal), is Dominican, and her father, Rafael Rodriguez, was a Puerto Rican, who served in the U.S. Army. Rodriguez moved to the Dominican Republic with her mother when she was eight years old and lived there until age 11. Later, she moved to Puerto Rico until the age of 17, and finally settled in Jersey City, New Jersey.

Conteúdo: Having run across an ad for an open casting call and attending her first audition, Rodriguez beat 350 other applicants to win her first role in the low-budget 2000 independent film Girlfight. With her performance as Diana Guzman, a troubled teen who decides to channel her aggression by training to become a boxer, Rodriguez accumulated several 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 Critics Sierra Awards, and many others. The film itself took home a top prize at the Sundance and won Award of the Youth at the Cannes Film Festival.  Rodriguez has had notable roles in other successful movies, including Letty in The Fast and the Furious (2001) and Rain Ocampo in Resident Evil (2002). She also appeared in Blue Crush and S.W.A.T.. In 2004, Rodriguez lent her voice to the video game Halo 2, playing a Marine. She also provided 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 appearance was a flashback during the first season's finale, "Exodus: Part 1"), and returned for a cameo in the second episode of the show's fifth season, "The Lie", in 2009. She returned again in the penultimate episode of the series, "What They Died For", in 2010. In 2006, Rodriguez was feature

user: What was her first film appearance?

assistant: Rodriguez beat 350 other applicants to win her first role in the low-budget 2000 independent film Girlfight.

user: Was the film successful?

assistant: The film itself took home a top prize at the Sundance and won Award of the Youth at the Cannes Film Festival.

user: Did she appear in any other films?

assistant: In 2008, Rodriguez appeared in the political drama Battle in Seattle opposite Charlize Theron and Woody Harrelson. In

user: Did she work with any other actors?

assistant: In 2009, she appeared in Fast & Furious, the fourth installment of The Fast and the Furious film series.

user: What character did she play?

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user: What TV series did she appear on?

assistant: From 2005 to 2006, she played tough cop Ana Lucia Cortez on the television series Lost during the show's second season (

user: Are there any other interesting aspects about this article?

assistant: major acting accolades from the National Board of Review, Deauville Film Festival, Independent Spirit Awards, Gotham Awards, Las Vegas Film Critics Sierra Awards, and many others.

user: Did she win any awards for these appearances?

assistant: She also starred in The Fate of the Furious, which broke records for the largest global box office opening of all-time.

user: Were there any other tv appearances?

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user: What other films did Michelle appear in?

assistant: Later that year, Rodriguez starred in James Cameron's high-budget sci-fi adventure epic Avatar, which

user: Was that movie a hit?

assistant: which became the highest-grossing film in history and Rodriguez's most successful film to date.