Michelle Rodriguez is an American actress who has made her name on the international scene for her role as Letty Ortiz in The Fast and the Furious. Her first successful role was Diana Guzman in the sports drama Girlfight, for which she won the Independent Spirit Awarr and the Gotham Award, among other awards. She played Ana Lucia Cortez in the television series Lost and has starred in numerous action films including Resident Evil, S.W.A.T. and Avatar.
Birth name
Mayte Michelle Rodríguez
Nickname
Michelle Rodriguez, Mayte, MRod, The Hard Girl, Mr, ToughM
Profession
Actress
Nationality
American
Private life
Anniversary / Date of birth
Michelle Rodriguez was born on July 12, 1978 in San Antonio, Texas, USA.
Age
She is currently 40 years old.
Sign of the sun
Cancer
Ethnicity
Michelle's ancestors are Puerto Ricans and Dominicans.
Education
Michelle spent her early years in various places, including the Dominican Republic, where she lived with her eight-to-eleven-year-old mother. She then moved to Puerto Rico until the age of 17, before settling in Jersey City, New Jersey. She attended various schools but was excluded from all schools because of her unruly behavior. To be precise, she went to 5 different schools, but she eventually dropped out of high school. She completed her training and enrolled in a business school before pursuing her acting career.
Family details
His parents are Carmen Milady Rodriguez, a Dominican and Rafael Rodriguez, who served in the US Army. She has ten brothers and sisters and half brothers and sisters.
Civil status
Unique
Business
Rodriguez has attended many men during his career. First, she was in a relationship with a Muslim man at the beginning of 2000, but they quickly separated by invoking a religious contradiction.
She then started out with her partner Vin Diesel on screen during The Fast and the Furious in 2001. However, this relationship did not last either. After that, she attended Olivier Martinez, Colin Farrell, Zac Efron, Cara Delevingne and Kristanna Loken.
Physical statistics
size
- In feet – 5 feet 5 inches
- In centimeters – 165 cm
- In meters – 1.65 meters
Weight
- In kilograms – 54,5 kg
- In pounds – 120 lbs
bodybuilding
Athletic
Eye colour
Dark brown
Hair color
Black
Shoe size
She is wearing a shoe size 8 (US).
The size of the dress
Her dress size is 2-4 (US).
Sexuality
Bisexual
In 2013, she appeared as bisexual in an interview with Entertainment Weekly: "I went both ways. I do what I want. I am too curious to sit here and not try when I can. Men are intriguing. Just like chicks.
Distinctive features
She mainly chooses action roles and her attractive look.
Professional statistics
Movie start
Michelle Rodriguez's first role was Diana Guzman in the sports drama "Girlfight" in 2000. She won up to 11 nominations in different categories for her performance in the film, winning 5 awards.
TV debut
In 2003, she appeared on a Bulgarian talk show entitled Slavi's Show on BTV.
Important works
His performance in his first film, Girlfight, was without a doubt one of his best works throughout his career. The film was hailed by critics and received several awards.
In Rob Cohen's action movie The Fast and the Furious in 2001, she played the role of Letty Ortiz, an experienced driver and mechanic. She has resumed her role as Letty in other parts of the franchise. This is one of his most successful films in his career chart, but it does not get close to Avatar. She played Captain Trudy Chacon in the movie Avatar, which is the most successful film of his career.
Other notable works include Rain Ocampo, Battle: Los Angeles as technical sergeant Elana Santos, Machete Kills in the movie Luz / Shé and television series Lost in the role of Ana Lucia Cortez.
Michelle Rodriguez's net worth
According to media reports, Michelle Rodriguez's net worth is $ 30 million. Most come from his film and television appearances.
Social media profiles
Michelle Rodriguez Facts
She attended a public call for the role of Diana Guzman in the film Girlfight (2000), where she outperformed 350 other candidates to win the role.
In fact, she had no experience as an actress before auditioning for the lead role in Girlfight, but she managed to grab the role. The Fast and the Furious was her second audition, and she also had that role.
In 2002, she was named # 77 on Stuff Magazine's "102 Sexiest Women in the World" list and was also ranked # 34 on Maxim's Hot 100 Women list the same year.
Rodriguez can play the piano.
She is a good friend to Jason Sarayba and Nicole Eggert.
Rodriguez was originally a forerunner of Christine Thayer's role in the 2004 film Crash, but actress Thandie Newton was chosen for the casting. Similarly, actress Charlize Theron starred in Æon Flux in 2005, a role that was actually aimed at Rodriguez.
Rodriguez has had many legal problems throughout his acting career, which has lasted for almost two decades. She was arrested in 2002 for physically assaulting her roommate, but the charges were later dropped. She was repeatedly arrested on charges of driving, driving, speeding, license suspension and driving under the influence.
She enjoys training in tactical pistols, skydiving and DJing.
In 2018, she appeared in a video clip of the song "Nice for What" by Canadian rapper Drake.
She has played roles in at least a dozen video game titles. including True Crime: Streets of LA, James Cameron's avatar: The Game and Call of Duty: Black Ops II.
