Rosario Dawson Net Worth

Rosario Dawson's Quotes

• As an actor, there are times when you're sitting around and wishing you were working, so you've got to just take it when it comes.
• [on what she would change about her body] I'd be taller. I'm 5' 7", but my mom is 6 feet tall. In my family, I'm short.
• If you wanted something better, you had to do it yourself.
• There's always something to learn. That's my ultimate goal. To grow and learn.

Interesting Facts about Rosario Dawson

1. Her uncle is a teacher known as Uncle Frank or Mr. Jump
2. Rosario was raised in Manhattan. Rosario's mother, Isabel Celeste, is a writer and professional vocalist, who has Puerto Rican and Afro-Cuban ancestry. Rosario's biological father's name is Patrick C. Harris. Rosario's mother married Greg Dawson, a caucasian construction worker who raised Rosario and gave her his surname.
3. Discovered sitting on her front porch in New York City and asked if she wanted to be in a movie. That movie was Kids (1995).
4. Attended an alternative school in downtown Manhattan, where she harbored aspirations of one day becoming a marine biologist.
5. Has a younger brother: Clay Dawson.
6. Lives with Jason Lewis in Los Angeles, California. [November 2005]
7. Has her own production company called Trybe.
8. Her character from Rent (2005), Mimi, is modeled after the character Mimi in Giacomo Puccini's "La Boheme".
9. Her uncle is comic book artist Gustavo Vazquez.
10. Co-created the comic book "Occult Crimes Taskforce" (2006).
11. (November 9, 2006) Broke up with Jason Lewis.
12. Originally had a small role as a nurse in the horror film The Devil's Rejects (2005). Her character was cut out of the theatrical release after director Rob Zombie decided to remove the character Dr. Satan. Her character was to be killed off within forty seconds of her entrance.
13. Is an alumna of the Lee Strasberg Institute, along with such actors as Frank Miranda, Mickey Rourke, Scarlett Johansson, Dennis Hopper and Julia Roberts.
14. Is a huge fan of the Star Trek franchise, and even speaks broken Klingon language.
15. Her birthdate holds the record for the hottest May 9th ever in New York City at an approximate 97 degrees.
16. Attended and graduated from Garland High School in Garland, Texas.
17. She was homeless and lived in abandoned apartments virtually all of her adolescence.
18. Is a huge fan of the webcomic "Homestuck".
19. Never knew her biological father. Her adoptive father Greg Dawson met Rosario's mother when she was eight months pregnant with her.
20. Her mother was sixteen when she gave birth to her.