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3 | ->''"You only live once. You don't want your tombstone to read: 'Played it Safe'."'' |
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5 | Rosario Isabel Dawson (born May 9, 1979 in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity, [[UsefulNotes/NewYorkState New York]]) is an American actress, singer, writer, and activist. |
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7 | Dawson made her film debut with the controversial 1995 teen drama ''Film/{{Kids}}''. Her subsequent film roles include ''Film/MenInBlackII'', ''Film/SinCity'', ''Film/ClerksII'', ''Film/DeathProof'', ''Film/{{Alexander}}'', ''Film/TheRundown'', and ''Film/{{Rent}}''. |
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9 | She joined the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse as Claire Temple, who appears in all of the franchise's Netflix series (minus ''The Punisher'', and not for a lack of trying), in roles ranging from a single episode of ''Jessica Jones'' to a major cast member in ''Luke Cage''. Her other famous live-action television role is the adult version of Ahsoka Tano from ''Franchise/StarWars'' since Season 2 of ''Series/TheMandalorian''. |
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11 | Dawson was in a relationship with U.S. Senator (and one-time Presidential candidate) Cory Booker from 2019 to 2022. |
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13 | Not to be confused with either [[Manga/RosarioPlusVampire a rosario-wearing vampire]] or [[Series/DawsonsCreek a certain creek]]. |
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16 | !!Filmography |
17 | * ''Film/{{Kids}}'' (1995) as Ruby |
18 | * ''Film/{{Josie and the Pussycats|2001}}'' (2001) as Valerie |
19 | * ''Film/{{Sidewalks of New York|2001}}'' (2001) as Maria Tedesko |
20 | * ''Film/MenInBlackII'' (2002) as Laura Vasquez |
21 | * ''Film/TwentyFifthHour'' (2002) as Naturelle Riviera |
22 | * ''Film/TheRundown'' (2003) as Mariana. |
23 | * ''Film/{{Alexander}}'' (2004) as Roxane |
24 | * ''Film/SinCity'' (2005) as Gail |
25 | ** ''Film/SinCityADameToKillFor'' (2014) |
26 | * ''Film/ClerksII'' (2006) as Becky Scott |
27 | ** ''Film/ClerksIII'' (2022) |
28 | * ''Film/{{Rent}}'' (2005) as Mimi Marquez |
29 | * ''Film/AGuideToRecognizingYourSaints'' (2006) as Laurie |
30 | * ''Film/DeathProof'' (2007) as Abernathy |
31 | * ''Film/EagleEye'' (2008) as Zoe Perez |
32 | * ''Film/{{Killshot}}'' (2008) as Donna |
33 | * ''Film/SevenPounds'' (2008) as Emily Posa |
34 | * ''{{WesternAnimation/Wonder Woman|2009}}'' (2009) as ComicBook/{{Artemis}} (voice) |
35 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheHauntedWorldOfElSuperbeasto'' (2009) as Velvet Von Black (voice) |
36 | * ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' - Herself in Truth Or Square (2009) |
37 | * ''[[Film/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief]]'' (2010) as Persephone |
38 | * ''Film/{{Unstoppable}}'' (2010) as Connie Hooper |
39 | * ''Film/FireWithFire'' (2012) as Talia Durham. |
40 | * ''Film/{{Trance}}'' (2013) |
41 | * ''[[Franchise/DisneyFairies Tinker Bell and the Legend of the Neverbeast]]'' (2014) as Nyx. |
42 | * ''Film/CesarChavez'' (2014) as Dolores Huerta |
43 | * ''WesternAnimation/DCAnimatedMovieUniverse'' (2015-present) and ''Film/SpaceJamANewLegacy'' (2021) as ComicBook/WonderWoman (voice) |
44 | * Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse (2015 – 2018) as Claire Temple: |
45 | ** ''Series/{{Daredevil 2015}}'' (2015, 2016) |
46 | ** ''Series/JessicaJones2015'' (2015) |
47 | ** ''Series/{{Luke Cage|2016}}'' (2016) |
48 | ** ''Series/{{Iron Fist|2017}}'' (2017) |
49 | ** ''Series/{{The Defenders|2017}}'' (2017) |
50 | * ''WesternAnimation/RatchetAndClank2016'' as Elaris |
51 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOBatmanMovie'' (2017) as [[ComicBook/{{Batgirl}} Barbara Gordon / Batgirl]] (voice) |
52 | ** ''VideoGame/LEGODimensions'' (2017) |
53 | * ''Film/Unforgettable2017'' |
54 | * ''Series/JaneTheVirgin'' (2018) as Jane Ramos[[note]]Not the title character, and typically called "JR" to differentiate her.[[/note]] |
55 | * ''WesternAnimation/ElenaOfAvalor'' (2018) as Daria (voice) |
56 | * ''Film/ZombielandDoubleTap'' (2019) as Nevada |
57 | * ''Film/JayAndSilentBobReboot'' (2019) as Reggie Faulken |
58 | * ''WesternAnimation/ItsPony'' (2020) as Principal Ramiro |
59 | * ''Series/{{Briarpatch}}'' (2020) as Allegra Dill |
60 | * ''Franchise/StarWars'' as [[Characters/StarWarsAhsokaTano Ahsoka Tano]] (Live-Action) |
61 | ** ''Series/TheMandalorian'' (2020) |
62 | ** ''Series/TheBookOfBobaFett'' (2022) |
63 | ** ''Series/{{Ahsoka}}'' (2023) |
64 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheLastKidsOnEarth'' (2020) as Rezzoch |
65 | * ''Podcast/BatmanTheAudioAdventures'' (2021) as Catwoman |
66 | * ''Film/{{Haunted Mansion|2023}}'' (2023) as Gabbie |
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68 | !!Dawson's work contains examples of: |
69 | * AscendedFancast: She has stated that being a popular fancast for the role of Ahsoka Tano helped her get the role in ''The Mandalorian''. |
70 | * MsFanservice: Most of her roles either focus on her sexiness or have her appear without her clothes on, including ''Sin City'', ''Alexander'', ''Death Proof'' and ''Trance'' (where she appeared with full-frontal nudity, along with two sex scenes). This led her friend [[Podcast/HollywoodBabbleOn Ralph Garman]] to dub her "Hottie [=McChocolateSkin=]". |
71 | * PlaysGreatEthnics: Her ethnic ambiguity has led to her diverse roles that span the world, from Brazilian in ''The Rundown'' to Bactrian (modern-day Afghanistan) in ''Alexander''. |
72 | * SassyBlackWoman: Due to her roles, some would even go so far as to call her the Creator/PamGrier of her generation. Due to her mixed heritage, she doubles up as a SpicyLatina. |
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74 | !!Trivia related to Dawson's work: |
75 | * ActorInspiredElement: For ''Film/DeathProof'' it was her idea to have Abernathy's hair cut to resemble pin-up icon Bettie Page. |
76 | * DeletedRole: She had a small part in ''Film/TheDevilsRejects'' but it was cut. |
77 | * TheOtherDarrin: The original Broadway cast of ''{{Theatre/Rent}}'' carried over to the film adaptation, except Creator/DaphneRubinVega who was pregnant at the time. Rosario replaced her as Mimi. |
78 | * RealLifeWritesThePlot: Rosario wanting to play the adult Laurie in ''Film/AGuideToRecognizingYourSaints'' resulted in the character getting a RaceLift to become Latina - and Eleonore Hendricks, the original teenage version of Laurie, getting replaced with Melonie Diaz. |
79 | * UnderageCasting: |
80 | ** In ''Film/AGuideToRecognizingYourSaints'' she plays Laurie's older self. There's only five years between her and Melonie Diaz (who is admittedly relying on some heavy DawsonCasting to play a teenager). |
81 | ** She's just nine years older than her on screen daughter Vanessa Hudgens in ''Gimme Shelter''. |
82 | * WhatCouldHaveBeen: She was cast to play Cecilia Reyes in ''Film/TheNewMutants'', in which case she would have joined Creator/JoshBrolin as actors who migrated from the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse to the Film/XMenFilmSeries. However she was forced to drop out because the scheduling demands for ''Series/LukeCage2016'' would interfere with filming. |
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