Saturday, 5 May 2012

Rosario Dawson

Rosario Dawson was born in New York in the family of the builder and a professional singer, born in the Bronx.

Has been recognized by numerous major roles in the films with the most popular to date, actor and film directors, making it one of the most successful performers in major roles in Hollywood. Dawson won the "Satellite" for the role of Mimi Marquez in the movie "Rent". Another award she received in 2007 at the Festival "ShoWest", which was named "Best Actress".

Recently, at the award ceremony "Image" from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Dawson was named the "best actress of the film" for her role in " Seven Pounds "(Will Smith), and also won the Half-Life Award at the International Cine Vegas Film Festival in 2008 along with Don Cheadle, Viggo Mortensen and Sam Rockwell.

She starred in the romantic comedy studio MGM " Zoo Keepers "with Kevin James, Sylvester Stallone, Adam Sandler and Jon Favreau.

Rosario Dawson once again met with the director of "Rent" Chris Columbus on the set of fantastic comedy, " Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief , "in which she plays along with Uma Thurman, Catherine Keener and Pierce Brosnan. The film has collected in world hire $ 127 million. She also performed a secondary role in the thriller " Eagle Eye "with Shayey LaBeouf and Billy Bob Thornton for companies Paramount / Dreamworks, and then starred in John Madden's" Killer "on the popular detective, also starring Mickey Rourke, Diane Lane Johnny Knoxville.

In 2008, Dawson co-starred in the political drama "Explicit Ills", premiere of which took place at the Festival of the South and Southwest. The film was well received by critics and received three awards at the festival, including "Choice of the spectators."

Along with Quentin Tarantino Rosario Dawson worked on the project "Grindhouse", a joint effort consisting of two feature films, a director Tarantiro, the other - Robert Rodriguez. "Death Proof", the part of the picture which shot Tarantino has been selected for a competitive showing at the Cannes Film Festival in 2007 and was a success also abroad.

As an independent filmmaker, Dawson starred in and became the producer of the film "Descent" director Talia Lugasi. It was her first film shot on their own under the label Trybe Films. "Descent" premiered at the festival, "Tribeca" in 2007 and received rave reviews.

Soon she was reunited with director Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez, to once again play the role of Gail in the long-awaited sequel, " Sin City 2 ".

Among other works Dawson - " Clerks 2 "Kevin Smith," A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints "Dito Montiel, an epic drama of Oliver Stone's" Alexander "(as part of its stellar ensemble cast, which also included Colin Farrell, Angelina Jolie, Anthony Hopkins and Jared Leto), an adventure comedy "Rundown", the drama "Shattered Glass" and "Chelsea Walls", the independent feature "This Girl's Life" and "Love in the Time of Money", films by Spike Lee "25th Hour" and "He Got Game, "" Men in Black 2 "," The Adventures of Pluto Nash "," Sidewalks of New York "and" Ash Wednesday "Ed Burns," The First $ 20 Million is Always the Hardest "," Light it Up ", "Down to You", "Josie and the Pussycats" and her debut feature film, "Kids".

Rosario Dawson also produced the 15-minute short film entitled "Bliss Virus" on the script and directed by Talia Lugasi and sometime in the near future hopes to become the first feature film producer Lugasi.