Rosario Dawson
{{Short description|American actress (born 1979)}}
{{Use American English|date=October 2018}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2020}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Rosario Dawson
| image = Rosario Dawson by Gage Skidmore 3.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Dawson in 2024
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1979|5|9}}{{cite magazine|title=Monitor|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=May 10, 2013|issue=1258|pages=30}}
| birth_place = New York City, U.S.
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 1994–present
| children = 1
| awards = Full list
}}
Rosario Isabel Dawson{{Cite book |last=Berumen |first=Frank Javier Garcia |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oHIHDAAAQBAJ&dq=%22Rosario+Isabel+Dawson%22&pg=PA303 |title=Latino Image Makers in Hollywood: Performers, Filmmakers and Films Since the 1960s |date=2014-08-01 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-7432-5 |access-date=January 17, 2023 |archive-date=April 24, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424093836/https://books.google.com/books?id=oHIHDAAAQBAJ&dq=%22Rosario+Isabel+Dawson%22&pg=PA303 |url-status=live }} (born May 9, 1979){{cite web|url=https://www.biography.com/people/rosario-dawson-21292031|title=Rosario Dawson - Actress|work=Biography.com|publisher=A&E Networks|access-date=January 31, 2019|archive-date=July 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180702121942/https://www.biography.com/people/rosario-dawson-21292031|url-status=live}} is an American actress. She made her feature-film debut in the 1995 independent drama Kids. Her subsequent film roles include He Got Game (1998), Josie and the Pussycats (2001), Men in Black II (2002), The Rundown (2003), Rent (2005), Sin City (2005), Clerks II (2006), Death Proof (2007), Seven Pounds (2008), Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010), Unstoppable (2010), Zookeeper (2011), Trance (2013), Top Five (2014), Zombieland: Double Tap (2019), and Clerks 3 (2022). Dawson has provided voice-over work for Disney/Marvel, Warner Bros./DC Comics, and ViacomCBS's Nickelodeon unit. She is also recognized for her portrayal of the live-action Ahsoka Tano in the Star Wars franchise.
Dawson had several roles in film and television adaptations of comic books. These include Gail in Sin City (2005) and Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2014), Claire Temple in five of the Marvel Netflix series (2015–2018), and providing the voices of Diana Prince / Wonder Woman in the DC Animated Movie Universe and Space Jam: A New Legacy and Barbara Gordon / Batgirl in The Lego Batman Movie. In 2021, she had a recurring role in the Dwayne Johnson autobiographical comedy series Young Rock and a main role in the Hulu miniseries Dopesick.
Early life
Rosario Dawson was born on May 9, 1979, in New York City. Her mother, Isabel Celeste, is of Puerto Rican, Taíno, Cuban, and African ancestry.{{cite web|url=http://surlafilms.com/thecity/characters/isabel/|title=Isabel Celeste|work=Sur la Films|year=2010|access-date=November 8, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071008092501/http://surlafilms.com/thecity/characters/isabel |archive-date=October 8, 2007}} Isabel was 17 years old when Rosario was born; she never married Rosario's biological father, Patrick C. Harris.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/22/style/tmagazine/22rosariow.html|title=The Kid Stays in the Pictures|last=Hirschberg|first=Lynn|work=The New York Times|location=New York City|date=February 19, 2009|access-date=October 3, 2018|archive-date=June 23, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180623173228/https://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/22/style/tmagazine/22rosariow.html|url-status=live}} When Dawson was a year old, Isabel married Greg Dawson, a construction worker. Isabel and Greg moved into a reclaimed building on East 13th Street after being approved as members of an affordable housing plan. The family later moved to Garland, Texas.{{cite web|url=https://www.marieclaire.com/celebrity/a151/rosario-dawson/|title=Rosario Dawson: From Tenement to Tinseltown|last=Hensley|first=Dennis|work=Marie Claire|publisher=Hearst Publications|location=New York City|date=October 31, 2005|access-date=August 30, 2018|archive-date=August 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180830110232/https://www.marieclaire.com/celebrity/a151/rosario-dawson/|url-status=live}}
Career
As a child, Dawson made a brief appearance on Sesame Street. At the age of 15, she was discovered on her front-porch step by photographer Larry Clark and Harmony Korine, with Korine deciding that she was perfect for a part he had written in his screenplay for the controversial 1995 film Kids. She went on to star in varied roles in independent films and blockbusters such as He Got Game, Men in Black II, and Rent.{{cite web|url=http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/archive/28164409.html|title=New York community fosters show biz careers|last=Adams|first=Jim|work=Indian Country Today|date=September 10, 2008|access-date=May 18, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 23, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323164630/http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/}}{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2006/07/14/rosario-dawson-talks-about-being-hot-geek/|title=Rosario Dawson talks about being a "hot geek"|last=Drumming|first=Neil|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=July 14, 2006|access-date=August 30, 2018|archive-date=December 31, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171231212107/http://ew.com/article/2006/07/14/rosario-dawson-talks-about-being-hot-geek/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/movies/between-the-rock-and-a-hard-place-20040109-gdx2wp.html|title=Between The Rock and a hard place|last=Barlow|first=Helen|work=The Age|location=Melbourne, Australia|date=January 9, 2004|access-date=October 13, 2018|archive-date=October 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181013053815/https://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/movies/between-the-rock-and-a-hard-place-20040109-gdx2wp.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://movies.go.com/rosario-dawson/b830777|title=Rosario Dawson: Actress Profile|last=Hensley|first=Dennis|work=Movies.go.com|access-date=March 20, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070323055237/http://movies.go.com/rosario-dawson/b830777|archive-date=March 23, 2007|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.newyorkcool.com/archives/2005/November/about_5.htm|title=Rent Party|work=NewYorkCool.com|date=November 2005|access-date=April 10, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120223193352/http://www.newyorkcool.com/archives/2005/November/about_5.htm|archive-date=February 23, 2012|url-status=dead}}
File:416px cropped Rosario Dawson.jpg in March 2009]]
In 1998, Dawson provided an introductory voice-over for the remixed version of Prince's single "1999".{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/1999-New-Master-Prince-Revolution/dp/B00000I3XH|title=1999: The New Master EP|website=Amazon|access-date=March 30, 2007|archive-date=October 20, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161020042215/https://www.amazon.com/1999-New-Master-Prince-Revolution/dp/B00000I3XH|url-status=live}} The voice-over was a commentary on the state of the world in the next to last year before the new millennium.{{cite web|url=http://www.dtt-lyrics.com/albums/newmaster.html#rosario|title=Prince & The Revolution – The New Master Lyrics|work=DTT-Lyrics.com|access-date=March 30, 2007|archive-date=May 13, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070513153615/http://www.dtt-lyrics.com/albums/newmaster.html#rosario|url-status=live}} The following year, she appeared in The Chemical Brothers' video for the song "Out of Control" from the album Surrender.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/fashion/la-ig-wwd-rosario-dawson-responds-to-kendall-jenner-pepsi-ad-20170405-htmlstory.html|work=Los Angeles Times|date=April 5, 2017|access-date=November 27, 2019|title=Rosario Dawson responds to Kendall Jenner's now-pulled Pepsi commercial|last=Tietjen|first=Alexa|archive-date=November 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191127231610/https://www.latimes.com/fashion/la-ig-wwd-rosario-dawson-responds-to-kendall-jenner-pepsi-ad-20170405-htmlstory.html|url-status=live}} She is also featured on the track "She Lives In My Lap" from the second disc of the OutKast album Speakerboxxx/The Love Below,{{Cite web|last=Moss|first=Corey|date=2003-08-12|title=Outkast 'Flip Flop' With Jay-Z; Rosario Dawson Climbs In Dre's 'Lap'|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1476601/outkast-flip-flop-with-jay-z-rosario-dawson-climbs-in-dres-lap/|access-date=2020-12-03|website=MTV News|archive-date=May 12, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220512234125/http://www.mtv.com/news/1476601/outkast-flip-flop-with-jay-z-rosario-dawson-climbs-in-dres-lap/|url-status=dead}} in which she speaks the introduction and a brief interlude towards the end.
In 2001, she appeared in the film Josie and the Pussycats as band member Valerie Brown and had a role in Chelsea Walls, the directorial debut of Ethan Hawke.
Dawson starred opposite Edward Norton in the Spike Lee drama 25th Hour (2002). In the 2004 Oliver Stone film Alexander, she played Roxana, the wife of Alexander the Great. In 2005, Dawson made her stage debut{{cite web|url=http://www.parade.com/articles/editions/2005/edition_11-06-2005/in_step_with_0|title=In Step With: Rosario Dawson|work=Parade|date=November 6, 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060627165808/http://www.parade.com/articles/editions/2005/edition_11-06-2005/in_step_with_0|archive-date=June 27, 2006|url-status=dead}} as Julia in the Public Theater's "Shakespeare in the Park" revival of Two Gentlemen of Verona.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/29/theater/reviews/enter-two-gentlemen-for-a-sexy-sip-of-sangria.html|title=Enter 'Two Gentlemen' For a Sexy Sip of Sangría|last=Brantley|first=Ben|work=The New York Times|date=August 29, 2005|access-date=April 29, 2022|archive-date=May 12, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220512051747/https://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/29/theater/reviews/enter-two-gentlemen-for-a-sexy-sip-of-sangria.html|url-status=live}}
In the film adaptation of the popular musical Rent in 2005, she played the exotic dancer Mimi Marquez, replacing Daphne Rubin-Vega, who was pregnant and unable to play the part. For her role in Rent, Dawson won the Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture. 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 that year, she appeared in a deleted scene in the Rob Zombie film The Devil's Rejects. The scene was included in the deleted scenes on the DVD release.
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She starred as Becky in Clerks II (2006). In Back to the Well, documentary about the making of the series, she stated that the donkey show sequence was what made her decide to take the role. In May of the same year, Dawson co-created and co-wrote the comic-book miniseries Occult Crimes Taskforce.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbr.com/speakeasy-teams-up-with-actress-rosario-dawson-for-new-comic/|title=Speakeasy Teams Up With Actress Rosario Dawson For New Comic|work=CBR|date=January 7, 2006|access-date=June 10, 2020|archive-date=June 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200610201129/https://www.cbr.com/speakeasy-teams-up-with-actress-rosario-dawson-for-new-comic/|url-status=live}} She was at the 2007 San Diego Comic-Con to promote the comic. She co-starred with former Rent alumna Tracie Thoms in the Quentin Tarantino throwback film Death Proof in 2007, part of the Tarantino/Robert Rodriguez double feature Grindhouse. She produced and starred in Descent alongside friend Talia Lugacy, whom she met at the Lee Strasberg Academy.{{cite web|url=https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/features/23157-rosario-dawson-talia-lugacy-on-descent|title=Rosario Dawson & Talia Lugacy on Descent|last=Douglas|first=Edward|work=ComingSoon.net|date=August 11, 2007|access-date=March 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160107134020/http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/features/23157-rosario-dawson-talia-lugacy-on-descent|archive-date=January 7, 2016|url-status=live}} On July 7, 2007, Dawson presented at the American leg of Live Earth.
In 2008, Dawson starred with Will Smith in Seven Pounds and in Eagle Eye, produced by Steven Spielberg. Beginning in August, she starred in Gemini Division, an online science-fiction series. In the animated series Afterworld, she voiced Officer Delondre Baines.{{cite web|url=http://www.geminidivisionfiles.com/?tag=afterworld|title=Welcome to GD Files|work=Gemini DivisionFiles.com|date=March 18, 2008|access-date=March 25, 2009|archive-date=December 31, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081231191904/http://www.geminidivisionfiles.com/?tag=afterworld|url-status=live}} On January 17, 2009, Dawson hosted Saturday Night Live. Later in the year, she voiced Artemis of Bana-Mighdall in the animated film Wonder Woman.{{cite web|url=http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/0806/26/index.htm|title=Thursday June, 26, 2008|last=Allstetter|first=Rob|work=Comics Continuum|date=June 26, 2008|access-date=July 30, 2011|archive-date=May 26, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110526201943/http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/0806/26/index.htm|url-status=live}}
In 2009, 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.{{Cite web|url=https://peopleshistory.us/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100513003536/http://www.thepeoplespeak.com/pages/credits/|url-status=dead|title=Bringing History to Life|archive-date=May 13, 2010|website=Voices of a People's History in the US}} In 2009, 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".
In 2010, she starred in the films Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief as Persephone, and Unstoppable as railway yardmaster Connie Hooper. In 2013, she appeared in the independent film Gimme Shelter. The following year, she reprised her role as Gail in Sin City: A Dame to Kill For. In 2015, she played Claire Temple in the Netflix web television series Daredevil, a role which she reprised in Jessica Jones and Luke Cage.{{cite web |last1=Seddon |first1=Dan |title=Rosario Dawson confirms she's done with Marvel and playing Claire Temple – for now |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a867103/rosario-dawson-luke-cage-claire-temple-future/ |website=Digital Spy |access-date=April 29, 2022 |date=September 26, 2018 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021033123/https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a867103/rosario-dawson-luke-cage-claire-temple-future/ |url-status=live }} Dawson's likeness was also used in the Jessica Jones tie-in comic as her character on both shows. Dawson has continued this role in 2017 in Iron Fist and The Defenders.
She appeared in Top Five in 2014, for which she was nominated for the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress in a Comedy, and in 2018, she played the female lead role in the film Krystal.
In 2020, she was cast as the Star Wars character Ahsoka Tano in the second season of The Mandalorian on Disney+ and reprised the role in The Book of Boba Fett{{cite web |last=Sciretta |first=Peter |title=Star Wars Exclusive: 'The Mandalorian' Season 2 Casts Rosario Dawson as Ahsoka Tano |url=https://www.slashfilm.com/573029/rosario-dawson-ahsoka-mandalorian/|website=/Film |date=March 20, 2020 |access-date=April 29, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200320174731/https://www.slashfilm.com/rosario-dawson-ahsoka-mandalorian/|archive-date=March 20, 2020 |url-status=live }} and the spinoff miniseries, Ahsoka.
In 2022, she reprised her role as Becky for Clerks III (2022).
Activism and advocacy
=Politics=
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Dawson was arrested in 2004, while protesting against President George W. Bush.{{cite web|url=http://people.com/celebrity/rosario-dawson-arrested-in-ny-bush-protest/|title=Rosario Dawson Arrested in NY Bush Protest|last=Silverman|first=Stephen M.|work=People|date=August 30, 2004|access-date=February 13, 2018|archive-date=December 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171209100016/http://people.com/celebrity/rosario-dawson-arrested-in-ny-bush-protest/|url-status=live}}
Dawson endorsed Barack Obama for re-election in 2012,{{cite web|url=http://www.dailytarheel.com/article/2012/09/democrats-use-convention-to-woo-latinos|title=Democrats use DNC to woo Latino vote|last=Smialek|first=Jeanna|work=The Daily Tar Heel|date=September 5, 2012|access-date=April 25, 2016|archive-date=July 30, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170730211813/http://www.dailytarheel.com/article/2012/09/democrats-use-convention-to-woo-latinos|url-status=live}} and Bernie Sanders for the Democratic nomination in the 2016 Democratic Party primaries.{{cite web|url=http://www.elle.com/culture/career-politics/news/a35114/rosario-dawson-bernie-sanders-open-letter-on-immigration/|title=Rosario Dawson Supports Bernie Sanders in Powerful Open Letter|last=Kahn|first=Mattie|work=Elle|date=March 25, 2016|access-date=April 25, 2016|archive-date=April 28, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170428083356/http://www.elle.com/culture/career-politics/news/a35114/rosario-dawson-bernie-sanders-open-letter-on-immigration/|url-status=live}} On April 15, 2016, Dawson was among the protesters arrested during Democracy Spring in Washington, DC.{{Cite web|last=Deerwester|first=Jayme|date=April 16, 2016|title=Rosario Dawson arrested in Capitol Hill protest|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2016/04/16/rosario-dawson-arrested-during-capitol-hill-protest/83119796/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200102155750/https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2016/04/16/rosario-dawson-arrested-during-capitol-hill-protest/83119796/|archive-date=January 2, 2020|access-date=|website=USA Today|url-status=live}}
In mid-2019, Dawson endorsed her boyfriend Cory Booker in the 2020 presidential election. Booker ended his campaign for president on January 13, 2020.{{cite web|last1=O'Kane|first1=Caitin|date=March 15, 2019|title=Rosario Dawson confirms she is dating presidential hopeful Senator Cory Booker|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rosario-dawson-confirms-she-is-dating-presidential-hopeful-senator-cory-booker/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201211210255/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rosario-dawson-confirms-she-is-dating-presidential-hopeful-senator-cory-booker/|archive-date=December 11, 2020|access-date=January 2, 2020|website=CBS News|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=Turman|first=Jack|date=January 13, 2020|title=Cory Booker announces that he's suspending his campaign|work=CBS News|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cory-booker-announces-that-hes-suspending-his-presidential-campaign|access-date=January 13, 2020|archive-date=January 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200113161216/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cory-booker-announces-that-hes-suspending-his-presidential-campaign/|url-status=live}} Had she become First Lady of the United States, Dawson said she would have advocated for solutions to youth homelessness.{{cite web|last1=Peña|first1=Mirtle|date=November 20, 2019|title=Rosario Dawson on what she would support if she were to become First Lady|url=https://us.hola.com/celebrities/20191120fiebk1zfuo/rosario-damson-cory-booker-relationship-presidential-campaign|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200102031935/https://us.hola.com/celebrities/20191120fiebk1zfuo/rosario-damson-cory-booker-relationship-presidential-campaign|archive-date=January 2, 2020|access-date=January 2, 2020|website=¡Hola!|url-status=live}} On March 9, 2020, Dawson endorsed the presidential campaign of Bernie Sanders, whom she had also previously endorsed in his 2016 bid.{{cite web|last=Belle|first=Elly|date=March 11, 2020|title=Plot Twist: Rosario Dawson & Cory Booker Just Endorsed Different Candidates|url=https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2020/03/9536528/rosario-dawson-cory-booker-endorse-bernie-biden|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200323112751/https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2020/03/9536528/rosario-dawson-cory-booker-endorse-bernie-biden|archive-date=March 23, 2020|access-date=March 18, 2020|website=Refinery29|url-status=live}}
=Philanthropy=
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Dawson is involved with the Lower East Side Girls Club{{cite web|url=http://www.girlsclub.org/special/index.html |title=GirlsClub.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070822071943/http://www.girlsclub.org/special/index.html |archive-date=August 22, 2007 |url-status=dead }} and supports other charities such as environmental group Global Cool, One Campaign, Oxfam, Operation USA, Amnesty International, Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG), the International Rescue Committee, Voto Latino,{{cite web|url=http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/500-rosario-dawson|title=Rosario Dawson's Charity Work|work=LooktotheStars.org|access-date=July 30, 2011|archive-date=July 19, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719173839/http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/500-rosario-dawson|url-status=live}} and Stay Close.org, a poster and public service advertising campaign for PFLAG, where she is featured with her uncle{{cite web|url=http://www.scenariosusa.org/|title=Home – Scenarios USAScenarios USA|work=ScenariosUSA.org|access-date=July 30, 2017|archive-date=July 30, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170730211308/https://scenariosusa.org/|url-status=usurped}} Frank Jump.{{cite web|url=http://stayclose.org/campaign/celebrity.asp?id=9|title=Pflag|publisher=StayClose.org|access-date=July 30, 2011|archive-date=July 28, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728055100/http://stayclose.org/campaign/celebrity.asp?id=9|url-status=live}} She has participated in the Vagina Monologues{{cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/2013/04/rosario-dawson-calls-her-vagina-the-general.html|title=Rosario Dawson Calls Her Vagina 'the General'|last=Vineyard|first=Jennifer|work=New York|date=April 3, 2013|access-date=March 7, 2019|archive-date=May 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170518071914/http://www.vulture.com/2013/04/rosario-dawson-calls-her-vagina-the-general.html|url-status=live}} and serves on the board for V-Day, a global non-profit movement that raises funds for women's anti-violence groups through benefits of this play.{{cite web|url=http://womensmediacenter.com/ex/013008.html|title=WMC Exclusive: From Superdome to SUPERLOVE – V-Day at 10|last=Schnall|first=Marianne|work=Women's Media Center|date=January 30, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100104191925/http://womensmediacenter.com/ex/013008.html|archive-date=January 4, 2010|url-status=dead}}
In October 2008, Dawson became a spokeswoman for TripAdvisor.com's philanthropy program, More Than Footprints, Conservation International, Doctors Without Borders, National Geographic Society, The Nature Conservancy, and Save the Children. Also in October 2008, she lent her voice to the RESPECT! Campaign,{{cite web|url=http://rosario-dawson.net/2008/10/24/rosario-dawson-joins-the-respect-campaign/|title=Rosario Dawson joins the RESPECT! Campaign|publisher=Rosario-Dawson.net|date=April 26, 2007|access-date=May 15, 2010|archive-date=June 28, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100628043220/http://rosario-dawson.net/2008/10/24/rosario-dawson-joins-the-respect-campaign/|url-status=live}} a movement aimed at preventing domestic violence. She recorded a voice message for the Giverespect.org Web site, stressing the importance of respect in helping stop domestic violence. In 2012, Dawson partnered with SodaStream International in launching the first annual Unbottle the World Day, a campaign conceived in an effort to raise awareness to the impact of cans and plastic bottles on the environment.{{cite web|url=http://nbclatino.com/2012/07/20/rosario-dawson-helps-kickoff-unbottle-the-world-day/|title=Rosario Dawson helps kickoff 'Unbottle the World Day'|last=Carrion|first=Kelly|work=NBC Latino|date=July 20, 2012|access-date=July 31, 2012|archive-date=November 12, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171112182004/http://nbclatino.com/2012/07/20/rosario-dawson-helps-kickoff-unbottle-the-world-day/|url-status=dead}}
Personal life
Dawson is a self-professed Trekkie, who mentioned both her brothers and her love of Star Trek in an interview with Conan O'Brien.{{YouTube|WXGMPt0IFOQ|Rosario Dawson Speaks Klingon}}
Dawson adopted a 12-year-old girl, Isabella, in 2014.{{cite web|url=https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-moms/news/rosario-dawson-adopts-12-year-old-daughter-2014212/|title=Rosario Dawson Adopts 12-Year-Old Daughter|last=Marquina|first=Sierra|work=Us Weekly|date=December 2, 2014|access-date=June 2, 2018|archive-date=December 4, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171204065726/https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-moms/news/rosario-dawson-adopts-12-year-old-daughter-2014212/|url-status=live}} In December 2023, Dawson announced that Isabella was pregnant and her first grandchild was scheduled to be born in 2024.{{cite web|url=https://people.com/rosario-dawson-to-become-grandmother-next-year-8416508|work=People.com|title=Rosario Dawson, 44, to Become Grandmother Next Year: 'Very Exciting'|first=Angel|last=Saunders|date=December 15, 2023|accessdate=December 15, 2023}}
From December 2018 until February 2022, Dawson was in a relationship with US Senator Cory Booker.{{cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2019/03/14/rosario-dawson-cory-booker-dating-1221753|title=Actress Rosario Dawson confirms relationship with Cory Booker|last=Morin|first=Rebecca|work=Politico|date=December 2, 2014|access-date=March 14, 2019|archive-date=March 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190314210946/https://www.politico.com/story/2019/03/14/rosario-dawson-cory-booker-dating-1221753|url-status=live}}{{Cite web |last=Parsley |first=Aaron |date=2022-02-13 |title=Rosario Dawson and Sen. Cory Booker Have Split After More Than 2 Years as a Couple |url=https://people.com/politics/rosario-dawson-cory-booker-split-after-more-than-2-years-breakup/ |access-date=2022-04-12 |website=People |archive-date=April 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407182247/https://people.com/politics/rosario-dawson-cory-booker-split-after-more-than-2-years-breakup/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=2022-02-14 |title=Cory Booker and Rosario Dawson Break Up After Three Years of Dating |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2022/02/cory-booker-rosario-dawson-break-up-after-three-years-dating |access-date=2022-04-12 |website=Vanity Fair |language=en-US |archive-date=May 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527073109/https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2022/02/cory-booker-rosario-dawson-break-up-after-three-years-dating |url-status=live }}
In 2018, Dawson made a post to Instagram that was widely perceived as her coming out as queer; when asked about this in a 2020 interview, she stated that this had not been her intention, and further specified that although "People kept saying that I [came out]... I didn't do that, ... I mean, it's not inaccurate, but I never did come out. I mean, I guess I am now ... I've never had a relationship in that space, so it's never felt like an authentic calling to me." A representative of Dawson later clarified to The Daily Beast that she meant to say she came out as an ally of the LGBTQ community.{{Cite web|last=Bendix|first=Trish|date=February 20, 2020|title=Rosario Dawson's LGBTQ 'coming out' a chance to talk about what queerness really means|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/rosario-dawson-s-lgbtq-coming-out-chance-talk-about-what-ncna1140111|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201219200209/https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/rosario-dawson-s-lgbtq-coming-out-chance-talk-about-what-ncna1140111|archive-date=December 19, 2020|access-date=|website=NBC News|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.advocate.com/people/2020/2/18/rosario-dawson-comes-out-lgbtq-while-explaining-she-hadnt|title=Rosario Dawson Comes Out as LGBTQ While Explaining She Hadn't Before|last=Gilchrist|first=Tracy E.|date=February 18, 2020|website=Advocate|access-date=February 18, 2020|archive-date=February 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200218231729/https://www.advocate.com/people/2020/2/18/rosario-dawson-comes-out-lgbtq-while-explaining-she-hadnt|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/02/18/rosario-dawson-coming-out-lgbt-marvel-sin-city-jessica-jones-daredevil-cory-booker/|title=Marvel star Rosario Dawson just came out while making an important point about bi-erasure|last=Maurice|first=Emma Powys|date=February 18, 2020|website=PinkNews|language=en-GB|access-date=February 18, 2020|archive-date=February 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200218225926/https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/02/18/rosario-dawson-coming-out-lgbt-marvel-sin-city-jessica-jones-daredevil-cory-booker/|url-status=live}}
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
| 1995
| Kids | Ruby | |
| 1997
| Girls' Night Out | Girl | Short film |
| rowspan="2"| 1998
| Lala Bonilla | |
| Side Streets
| Marisol Hidalgo | |
| 1999
| Stephanie Williams | |
| rowspan="2"| 2000
| Lana | |
| King of the Jungle
| Veronica | |
| rowspan="4"| 2001
| Valerie Brown | |
| Sidewalks of New York
| Maria Tedesko | |
| Trigger Happy
| Dee | |
| Chelsea Walls
| Audrey | |
| rowspan="6"| 2002
| Grace Quinonez | |
| {{sortname|The|First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest}}
| Alisa | |
| Men in Black II
| Laura Vasquez | |
| {{sortname|The|Adventures of Pluto Nash}}
| Dina Lake | |
| Love in the Time of Money
| Anna | |
| 25th Hour
| Naturelle Riviera | |
| rowspan="4"| 2003
| V-Day: Until the Violence Stops | Herself | |
| This Girl's Life
| Martine | |
| Shattered Glass
| Andy Fox | |
| {{sortname|The|Rundown}}
| Mariana | |
| 2004
| Roxana | |
| rowspan="4"| 2005
| Tina Santiago | |
| Sin City
| Gail | |
| Little Black Dress
| Haley | Short film |
| Rent
| Mimi Marquez | |
| rowspan="2"| 2006
| Rebecca "Becky" Scott | |
| {{sortname|A|Guide to Recognizing Your Saints}}
| Laurie | |
| rowspan="2"| 2007
| Death Proof (Grindhouse) | Abernathy Ross | |
| Descent
| Maya | Also producer |
| rowspan="4"| 2008
| Babo's Mom | |
| Eagle Eye
| Zoe Perez | |
| Killshot
| Donna | |
| Seven Pounds
| Emily Posa | |
| rowspan="3"| 2009
| Artemis | rowspan="2" |Voice |
| {{sortname|The|Haunted World of El Superbeasto}}
| Velvet Von Black |
| {{sortname|The|People Speak|dab=film}}
| Herself | |
| rowspan="3"| 2010
| Awake | Robin | Short film |
| Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
| |
| Unstoppable
| Connie Hooper | |
| rowspan="4"| 2011
| Herself | |
| Girl Walks into a Bar
| June | |
| Zookeeper
| Kate | |
| 10 Years
| Mary | |
| rowspan="2"| 2012
| Talia Durham | |
| Hotel Noir
| Sevilla, the Maid | |
| rowspan="5"| 2013
| Trance | Elizabeth Lamb | |
| Gimme Shelter
| June Bailey | |
| César Chávez
| |
| Parts per Billion
| Mia | |
| Raze
| Rachel | |
| rowspan="4"| 2014
| Sin City: A Dame to Kill For | Gail | |
| The Ever After
| Herself | |
| {{sortname|The|Captive|dab=2014 film}}
| Nicole | |
| Top Five
| Chelsea Brown | |
| rowspan="3"| 2015
| Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast | Nyx | rowspan="2" |Voice |
| Justice League: Throne of Atlantis |
| Puerto Ricans in Paris
| Vanessa | |
| rowspan="2"| 2016
| Justice League vs. Teen Titans | Diana Prince / Wonder Woman | rowspan="4" |Voice |
| Ratchet & Clank
| Elaris |
| rowspan="4"| 2017
| Diana Prince / Wonder Woman |
| {{sortname|The|Lego Batman Movie}} |
| Unforgettable
| Julia Banks | |
| Krystal
| Krystal Bryant | |
| rowspan="4" |2018
| Diana Prince / Wonder Woman |Voice |
| The Need to Grow
|Narrator |Voice, documentary |
| Sorry to Bother You
| Voice in Elevator | rowspan="3" |Voice |
| Henchmen
| Jolene |
| rowspan="6"| 2019
| Diana Prince / Wonder Woman |
| Someone Great
| Hannah Davis | |
| Jay and Silent Bob Reboot
| Reggie Faulken | |
| Zombieland: Double Tap
| Nevada | |
| Wonder Woman: Bloodlines
| Diana Prince / Wonder Woman |Voice |
| The Deported
| Herself | Documentary |
| rowspan="3"|2020
| Justice League Dark: Apokolips War | Diana Prince / Wonder Woman |Voice |
| The Water Man
| Mary | |
| Kiss The Ground
|Herself |Documentary |
| 2021
| Diana Prince / Wonder Woman | Voice |
| rowspan="2"|2022
| Herself | Documentary |
| Clerks III
| Becky Scott | |
| 2023
| Gabbie | |
| TBA
| Midnight | {{TBA}} | Post-production; also producer |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable"| Notes |
|---|
| 2003
| Punk'd | Herself | Episode #1.8 |
| 2007
| Various | Voice, episode: "More Blood, More Chocolate" |
| 2008
| Anna Diaz | Web series; 50 episodes |
| rowspan=2| 2009
| Herself | Episode: "Rosario Dawson/Fleet Foxes" |
| SpongeBob SquarePants
| Herself | Episode: "SpongeBob's Truth or Square" |
| 2011
| Five | Lili | Television film |
| 2015–2016
| rowspan="5" | Claire Temple | Series regular; 8 episodes |
| 2015
| Episode: "AKA Smile" |
| 2016–2018
| Series regular; 11 episodes |
| rowspan=3| 2017
| rowspan="2" | Series regular; 6 episodes |
| The Defenders |
| Waves for Water
| Herself | Documentary |
| 2018–2019
| Jane "J.R." Ramos | 17 episodes |
| 2018
| Daria | Voice, 2 episodes |
| 2019
| Delt | Episode: "A Family" |
| 2020
| Rezzoch |
| rowspan=3| 2020
| Allegra "Pick" Dill | Main role; 10 episodes |
| Make It Work!
| Herself | Television special |
| The Mandalorian
| Episode: "Chapter 13: The Jedi" |
| 2020–2022
| Penny Ramiro | Recurring role; 4 episodes |
| rowspan=5| 2021
| Calls | Katherine | Voice, episode: "It's All In Your Head" |
| Young Rock
| General Monica Jackson | 2 episodes |
| Eden
| A37 |
| Dopesick
| Bridget Meyer |
| AEW Dynamite
| Herself | Episode #2.50{{cite web|url=https://www.f4wonline.com/aew-news/rosario-dawson-appears-aew-dynamite-cody-rhodes-returns-353546|title=Rosario Dawson appears on AEW Dynamite, Cody Rhodes returns|work=Wrestling Observer Newsletter|first=Bryan|last=Rose|date=September 15, 2021|access-date=September 15, 2021|archive-date=September 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210916021841/https://www.f4wonline.com/aew-news/rosario-dawson-appears-aew-dynamite-cody-rhodes-returns-353546|url-status=live}} |
| 2021–2022
| Herself (judge) |16 episodes |
| rowspan=3|2022
| Episode: "Chapter 6: From the Desert Comes a Stranger" |
| DMZ
| Alma "Zee" Ortega | Miniseries |
| ''Love, Death & Robots
| Dr. Mirny | Episode: "Swarm" |
| 2023–present
| Ahsoka | Main role; 8 episodes |
| 2024
|Kokoro |
=Music video=
=Video games=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Voice role(s) ! Notes |
|---|
| 2006
| Marc Eckō's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure | Tina | |
| 2012
| Lily Drawl | |
| rowspan="3"| 2016
| Elaris | |
| Dishonored 2
| Meagan Foster / Billie Lurk | |
| Lego Dimensions
| Barbara Gordon / Batgirl | Credited as Rasario Dawson |
| rowspan="2"| 2017
| Elsa Wolcott | |
| Dishonored: Death of the Outsider
| Billie Lurk | |
| 2019
| NBA 2K20 | Isa | MyCAREER Story |
| 2022
| Lawan | |
=Audiobooks=
= Audio =
| class="wikitable"
|+ !Year !Title !Role !Author !Production Company |
| 2021
|Batman: The Audio Adventures{{Citation |title=Batman: The Audio Adventures (Podcast Series 2021) – IMDb |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt15179396/fullcredits |access-date=2022-11-17 |archive-date=November 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211111071557/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15179396/fullcredits |url-status=live }} |Dennis McNicholas |
Awards and nominations
{{Main|List of awards and nominations received by Rosario Dawson}}
See also
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References
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External links
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