Kitana Kiki Rodriguez
{{short description|American transgender actress}}
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| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 2015}}
Kitana Kiki Rodriguez is an American actress.{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6702770/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1|title=Kitana Kiki Rodriguez|work=IMDb}}{{cite web|url=http://www.advocate.com/film/2015/12/29/tangerines-stars-have-turned-movie-movement|title=Tangerine's Stars Have Turned a Movie Into a Movement|date=29 December 2015|publisher=}} She is best known for her role as Sin-Dee Rella in Sean Baker's 2015 film Tangerine.{{cite web|last=Gardner |first=Chris |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/tangerine-stars-mya-taylor-kitana-810547 |title='Tangerine' Stars Mya Taylor and Kitana "Kiki" Rodriguez on the Perks of Fame, Caitlyn Jenner and Donuts |publisher=Hollywood Reporter |date=2015-07-23 |accessdate=2015-11-30}}{{cite web |date=2015-11-09 |title=Out100: Mya Taylor & Kitana Kiki Rodriguez | Out Magazine |url=http://www.out.com/out100-2015/2015/11/09/out100-mya-taylor-kitana-kiki-rodriguez |accessdate=2015-11-30 |publisher=Out.com}} The first Academy Award campaigns for openly transgender actresses supported by a film producer were launched for Rodriguez and Mya Taylor for Tangerine.{{cite web |url=http://spectrum.suntimes.com/culture-lifestyle/10/155/3706/magnolia-pictures-pushes-oscars-nod-trans-actresses |title=Magnolia Pictures pushes Oscars nod for trans actresses | Spectrum |publisher=Spectrum.suntimes.com |accessdate=2015-10-07 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151019104841/http://spectrum.suntimes.com/culture-lifestyle/10/155/3706/magnolia-pictures-pushes-oscars-nod-trans-actresses |archivedate=2015-10-19 }}
Life and career
Rodriguez, an openly transgender woman, had been sharing an apartment with her eventual Tangerine co-star Mya Taylor at the time that she was discovered by filmmaker Sean Baker at a local Los Angeles LGBT Center. She had no acting experience prior to being cast in the role.{{cite news | url=http://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/movies/a53980/mya-taylor-tangerine-profile/ | title=Mya Taylor and the Trans Actress's Dream of Going to the Oscars | work=Cosmopolitan | date=February 26, 2016 | author=Ruiz, Michelle}}
Filmography
=Film=
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| 2015
| Sin-Dee Rella | Nominated – Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead{{cite web |url=http://www.spiritawards.com/spiritawardcategory/best-female-lead/ |title=Nominations BEST FEMALE LEAD |publisher=Spiritawards.com |date= |accessdate=2015-11-30 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304060157/http://www.spiritawards.com/spiritawardcategory/best-female-lead/ |url-status=dead }} |
=Television=
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| 2015
| Herself | Episode: "10.37" |
References
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External links
- {{imdb name|6702770}}
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Category:American transgender actresses
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