Born May 9, 1979, in New York City, Rosario Dawson was hanging out on her front stoop when director Larry Clark spotted her and asked her to be in his controversial movie Kids (1995). The rest, as they say, is history: Dawson's career has blossomed ever since, bolstered by her formal training at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute.After her debut in Kids, Dawson appeared in director Spike Lee's He Got Game and the episodic "New York life" comedy Side Streets, both from 1998. With the dawn of the 21st century, the young actress began to land more mature roles, including that of an unbridled stoner in Down to You (2000) and heroine Laura Vasquez in Men in Black II (2002).
Subsequent films for Dawson include the 2005 thriller Sin City, the musical Rent (in which she plays drug-addicted exotic dancer Mimi Marquez) and Clerks II (2006).
ZookeeperWhen an unlucky-in-love zookeeper (Kevin James) tells his romantic troubles to a giraffe, a monkey, a lion and other animals in the zoo, the critters speak up and advise him how to win over the heart of the beautiful woman who got away (Rosario Dawson). But can the sad sap really make their... Read More
Seven PoundsDistraught over his wife's death -- and convinced that his actions had something to do with it -- a depressed Internal Revenue Service agent begins planning his suicide, vowing to improve the lives of seven strangers in the process. Read More
Grindhouse: Death ProofIn this thriller from Quentin Tarantino, a tough-talking, psychotic serial murderer transforms his Dodge Charger into an indestructible weapon, then climbs behind the wheel of his well-oiled killing machine to terrorize a group of women on the road. Read More
The Adventures of Pluto NashEddie Murphy stars as Pluto Nash in this sci-fi comedy -- set in 2087 -- about an audacious moon-based nightclub owner struggling to prevent the Mafia from taking over his digs. With the help of a young singer (Rosario Dawson) and his robot sidekick (Randy Quaid), Nash defies the mob ... and has... Read More
DescentIn the wake of a violent rape that leaves her shattered and emotionally destroyed, a star college student (Rosario Dawson) with a once-promising future descends into a downward spiral of depression, drug abuse and promiscuity. Talia Lugacy directs this Tribeca Film Festival selection that explores... Read More
Gimme Shelter (2012) | NR | |
Zookeeper (2011) | PG | |
Ten Year (2011) | PG-13 | |
Miss Representation (2011) | NR | |
Five (2011) | NR | |
Girl Walks Into a Bar (2011) | NR | |
PG-13 | ||
PG | ||
Brave New Voices 2010 (2010) | NR | |
R | ||
Killshot (2009) | R | |
PG-13 | ||
Explicit Ills (2008) | R | |
Gemini Division (2008) | NR | |
PG-13 | ||
PG-13 | ||
Descent (2007) | NC-17 | |
NR | ||
R | ||
R | ||
This Revolution (2006) | R | |
Sin City (2005) | R | |
PG-13 | ||
Alexander: Director's Cut (2004) | R | |
Alexander: Theatrical Cut (2004) | R | |
PG-13 | ||
This Girl's Life (2003) | R | |
Shattered Glass (2003) | PG-13 | |
MTV: Punk'd: Season 1 (2003) | NR | |
NR | ||
Love in the Time of Money (2002) | R | |
Ash Wednesday (2002) | R | |
25th Hour (2002) | R | |
PG-13 | ||
The Adventures of Pluto Nash (2002) | PG-13 | |
The First $20 Million (2002) | PG-13 | |
Sidewalks of New York (2001) | R | |
Josie and the Pussycats (2001) | PG-13 | |
Chelsea Walls (2001) | R | |
Down to You (2000) | PG-13 | |
Light It Up (1999) | R | |
He Got Game (1998) | R | |
Side Streets (1998) | NR | |
Kids (1995) | NR | |
 | | |
