Michelle Rodriguez
American, Actress
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- In December 2005, Michelle was arrested for DUI. She later pled guilty to the charges and was fined US$500 and had to spend 5 days in jail.
- In March 2002, she was arrested after she was caught fighting with her roommate.
- She had also been flashed in various video games, True Crime: Streets of LA (2003), Driv3r (2003), Halo 2 (2004), James Cameron‘s Avatar: The Game (2009), Call of Duty: Black Ops II (2012).
- Her hobbies include tactical skydiving, gun training, and DJing.
- She didn’t have a driving license when she had to do the chasing sequences in the 2001 movie The Fast and the Furious.
- She was selected out of a total of 350 girls for the role in the 2000 movie, Girlfight.
- Michelle enjoys doing skating on inline skates.
- She can play the piano.
- She has received 2 awards for the TV series Lost – “ALMA Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Television Series” and “Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series”. She also received one more nomination for her role, but could not turn into an award.
- She relocated to the Dominican Republic with her mother at eight. She was raised there and stayed there until eleven. Post which, she finally moved to Jersey City, New Jersey.
- She was born to a Puerto Rican father and Dominican Republican mother.
- She was the original choice for the title role in Æon Flux (2005).
- Has Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD).
- Good friends with Jason Sarayba and Nicole Eggert.
- Was raised in Texas, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic and in Jersey City.
- It was announced in 2005 that she would be joining the second season cast of the hit ABC drama "Lost" (2004).
- Has two half-sisters on her father's side.
- Girlfight (2000) was her first acting audition, and she got the role. The Fast and the Furious (2001) was her second audition, and she also got that role.
- Is often seen singing karaoke alongside Lindsay Lohan, Bo Barrett, Emile Hirsch, and Nicole Richie at Beverly Hills hot spot "Guys" .
- Has two older twin brothers named Raul and Omar.
- She was the original choice for the title role in Æon Flux (2005).
- Is of Puerto Rican and Dominican descent.
- She beat out 350 other girls for the role of Diana Guzman in Girlfight (2000).
- Is an avid in-line skater.