Mayte Michelle Rodriguez was born on July 12,1978 and is an American actress.
27 Facts About Michelle Rodriguez
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Michelle Rodriguez began her career in 2000, playing a troubled boxer in the independent sports drama film Girlfight, where she won the Independent Spirit Award and Gotham Award for Best Debut Performance.
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Outside of film, Michelle Rodriguez played Ana Lucia Cortez in the drama television series Lost, and voiced Liz Ricarro in the English-language translation of the anime Immortal Grand Prix.
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Mayte Michelle Rodriguez was born on July 12,1978, in San Antonio, Texas.
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Michelle Rodriguez moved to the Dominican Republic with her mother when she was eight years old, and lived there until age 11.
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Michelle Rodriguez dropped out of William L Dickinson High School, but later earned her GED.
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Michelle Rodriguez briefly attended business school before quitting to pursue a career in acting, with the ultimate goal of becoming a screenwriter and director.
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Michelle Rodriguez was partly raised by her devoutly religious maternal grandmother, and was brought up as a Jehovah's Witness, although she has since abandoned the faith.
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Michelle Rodriguez stated on the show that there was some racial conflict between her families, since her Puerto Rican father had a light complexion, and her Dominican mother had a dark complexion.
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Michelle Rodriguez has had notable roles in other successful movies, including Letty in The Fast and the Furious and Rain Ocampo in Resident Evil.
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In 2004, Michelle Rodriguez lent her voice to the video game Halo 2, playing a Marine.
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Michelle Rodriguez provided the voice of Liz Ricarro in the Cartoon Network series IGPX.
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Michelle Rodriguez returned again in the penultimate episode of the series, "What They Died For", in 2010.
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In 2006, Michelle Rodriguez was featured in her own episode of G4's show Icons.
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In 2008, Michelle Rodriguez appeared in the political drama Battle in Seattle opposite Charlize Theron and Woody Harrelson.
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Later that year, Michelle Rodriguez starred in James Cameron's science fiction adventure epic Avatar, which became the highest-grossing film in history and Michelle Rodriguez's most successful film to date.
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In 2009, Michelle Rodriguez starred in Tropico de Sangre, an independent film based on the Dominican Republic's historic Mirabal sisters.
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Michelle Rodriguez starred in The Fate of the Furious, which broke records for the largest global box office opening of all-time.
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Michelle Rodriguez started Cheshire Kat Productions, a production company that produced the documentary Stuntwomen: The Untold Hollywood Story.
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In early 2000, Michelle Rodriguez broke off an engagement to a Muslim boyfriend, citing opposition to religious requests he made of her.
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In March 2002, Michelle Rodriguez was arrested for assault after getting into a fight with her roommate.
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In November 2003, Michelle Rodriguez went to court to face eight misdemeanor charges based on two driving incidents, including a hit and run and driving under the influence.
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In June 2004, Michelle Rodriguez pleaded no contest in Los Angeles to three of the charges: Hit and run; drunken driving; and driving with a suspended license.
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In 2005, while filming Lost in Hawaii, Michelle Rodriguez was pulled over by Honolulu police multiple times for speeding violations, and on December 1 was arrested for DUI.
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Michelle Rodriguez cited her high doses of allergy-relieving steroids as one of the reasons for her erratic behavior.
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In September 2007, Michelle Rodriguez allegedly violated her probation by neither completing her community service nor following an alcohol education program.
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Michelle Rodriguez was expected to spend the full 180-day term in jail but was released 18 days later due to overcrowding.