Mixed Race Celebrities - Rosario Dawson - A talented Latina actress of mixed race descent, known for her roles in Kids, Sin City, Rent - the movie, and Rundown.
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Mixed Race Celebrities - Rosario Dawson
Birthdate: May 9, 1979Birthplace: New York, New York
Racial / Ethnic Heritage: Puerto Rican, Afro-Cuban, Irish, and Native American heritage
Family: Brother, Clay Dawson; Father, Greg Dawson (separated from Rosario's mother); Mother, Isabel Dawson
Dawson on comparisons to Jennifer Lopez: "It's hard when I'm compared to someone whom I have a likeness to. You don't compare other actresses like that. There's going to be a time when I won't have to be put under someone else or replace someone else. I'm hoping, as our careers expand, people will see the difference and stop comparing us just because we're Puerto Rican, which is ridiculous."---quoted in Austin's Insite Magazine, November 1999.
Factoid: Discovered by Kids director while sitting on her stoop in NY's Lower East Side
Claim to Fame: Breakthrough performance in Kids (1995) led to leading roles in He Got Game (1998), Josie and the Pussycats (2000), Men in Black II (2002), the Rundown (XXXX), Alexander (2004), Rent (2005), Sin City (2005), Killshot (2006), Clerks 2 (2006)
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