Rosario Dawson

***Rosario Isabel Dawson*** *is an American actress, producer, singer 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', 'Seven Pounds' *and*'Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief'*. Dawson has also provided voice-over work for Disney and DC including Justice League Vs Teen Titans', 'Justice League Dark'* and *'The Lego Batman Movie'*.

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

**She also narrates*'Artemis'* for Audible.**

## Personal Life

In February 2017 Dawson and comedian Eric Andre confirmed that they were in a relationship. In September 2017 she reported that she and Andre were still together and he supported her during surgery due to a ruptured ovarian cyst and internal bleeding. 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.

## Career

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'*.

### 1998

Dawson teamed up with Prince for the re-release of his 1980s hit "1999".

### 1999

She appeared in The Chemical Brothers' video for the song *"Out of Control"* from the album *Surrender*. 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.

### 2001 - 2002

She appeared in the movie, *'Josie and the Pussycats'*. In 2002, Dawson starred as Naturelle Rivera in the Spike Lee film drama, '*25th Hour'*.

### 2004

Oliver Stone film '*Alexander'*, she played the bride of Alexander the Great.

### 2005

In the autumn Dawson appeared on stage as Julia in the Public Theater's "Shakespeare in the Park" revival of '*Two Gentlemen of Verona'*. It was her first appearance on stage. In the film adaptation of the popular musical '*Rent'* , 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.

### 2006

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'*.

### 2007

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',* 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'*. On July 7th Dawson presented at the American leg of Live Earth.

### 2008

In 2008, Dawson starred with Will Smith in '*Seven Pounds'* and in '*Eagle Eye'*, she also starred in '*Gemini Division'*, an online TV series. In the computer animated series '*Afterworld'* she voiced the character Officer Delondre Baines

### 2009

On January 17th Dawson hosted '*Saturday Night Live'*. Later she voiced Artemis of Bana-Mighdall in the animated film '*Wonder Woman'*. 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'*. 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".

### 2010

She starred in the movies '*Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief'*, as Persephone, and '*Unstoppable'*, as railway yardmaster Connie.

### 2013 - 2014

She played Apple's mother in the independent film '*Gimme Shelter'*. In 2014 she reprised her role as Gail in '*Sin City: A Dame to Kill For'*.

### 2015 - 2017

She played Claire Temple in the Netflix TV series '*Daredevil'*, a role which she reprised in '*Jessica Jones',* '*Luke Cage',* '*Iron Fist'* and '*The Defenders'*.

She appeared in Family Feud by Jay Z ft Beyonce music video.

### 2018

She has a recurring role in Jane the Virgin season 4. As well as two movies, *'Krystal'* and *'Henchmen'.*