Michelle Rodriguez Biography
Michelle Rodriguez is an American actress best known for her portrayal in the Fast & Furious franchise as Letty Ortiz. In the Resident Evil franchise, she was featured as Rain Ocampo.
Michelle Rodriguez Age
Rodriguez is 45 years old as of 2023. She was born on 12th July 1978 in San Antonio, Texas, U.S., and celebrates her birthday every year on the 12th of July.
She went to the Dominican Republic with her mother when she was eight years old until she was 11 years old. Afterward, she went to Puerto Rico up to the age of 17 years when she finally settled in Jersey City, New Jersey.
Michelle Rodriguez Height
Rodriguez stands at an approximate height of 5 feet and 4 inches.
Michelle Rodriguez Family
Rodriguez’s parents are Rafael Rodriguez and Carmen Milady Rodriguez. Her mother is Dominican whereas her father was Puerto Rican and served in the U.S. Army. She has ten half-siblings and siblings that include Omar Rodriguez, and Raul Rodriguez. Her Jehovah’s Witness religious maternal grandmother raised her partly.
Michelle Rodriguez Husband
Rodriguez was engaged to a Muslim boyfriend but she broke off the engagement in early 2000 stating opposition to religious requests he made of her. She allegedly dated Vin Diesel in 2001, her co-star in Fast & Furious. She loves DJing, skydiving, and gun training.
Michelle Rodriguez’s Net Worth
Rodriguez has an estimated net worth of between $25 Million and $40 Million which she has earned through her successful career as an actress.
Michelle Rodriguez Education
Rodriguez went to William L. Dickinson High School and later dropped out but she got her general educational development. She was expelled from five schools in total and later went to business school but quit afterward to start her acting career.
Michelle Rodriguez Career
Rodriguez started her career in the 2000 independent film Girlfight where she played Diana Guzman. She has made memorable roles such as Letty in 2001 The Fast and the Furious and in 2002 Resident Evil as Rain Ocampo. In 2003 and 2002 consecutively, she made appearances in S.W.A.T. as Officer Christina “Chris” Sanchez and Blue Crush as Eden. She lent her voice in 2004 to Halo 2 video game where she played a marine.
In IGPX, a Cartoon Network series, she gave the voice to Liz Ricarro. She portrayed tough cop Ana Lucia Cortez from 2005 to 2006 in Lost television series and reprised for a cameo in the fifth season episode two in 2009 “The Lie”. Rodriguez came back in 2010 to “What They Died For”, the penultimate episode of the series. She appeared in Icons in 2006, her own episode of the G4 show.
Rodriguez made an appearance in 2017 in Battle in Seattle, a political drama opposite Woody Harrelson and Charlize Theron. She appeared in The Fast and the Furious film series in the 2009 fourth installment. Rodriguez became the star in Avatar, a science fiction later in 2009, and this has been her most successful film. In an independent film called Trópico de Sangre which is based on the Mirabal sisters, Dominican Republic’s history, she was the star.
Michelle Rodriguez More Career
Rodriguez appeared in Machete in 2010 and in 2011, she appeared in Battle: Los Angeles, a science fiction together with Aaron Eckhart. In Resident Evil: Retribution in 2012, she came back to play the bad clone and the good clone of Rain Ocampo. She returned to play Letty in Fast & Furious 6 in 2013 and in Machete Kills, she played Luz / Shé. In DreamWorks Animation’s Turbo, she voiced a character.
Rodriguez made an appearance in Furious 7 in 2015 and starred in The Assignment in 2016 alongside Sigourney Weaver. In Smurfs: The Lost Village in 2017, she lent her voice and starred in The Fate of the Furious. Rodriguez starred in Widows, a neo-heist thriller opposite Viola Davis in 2018, and 2019 she appeared in Alita: Battle Angel. In 2019, she started a production company that produced the documentary Stuntwomen: The Untold Hollywood Story called Cheshire Kat Productions.
Michelle Rodriguez Legal Issues
Rodriguez was apprehended for assault in 2002 after she got in a fight with her roommate. The charges were dropped when her roommate refused to press charges. Rodriguez went to court in 2003 to face eight misdemeanor charges because of two driving incidents, which included DUI (driving under the influence) and a hit and run. She pleaded no defense in June 2004 to three charges in Los Angeles including driving with a suspended license, drunken driving, and Hit and run. She was put on probation for three years, finished a three-month alcohol program went to jail for 48 hours, and performed community service in two New York hospital morgues.
While filming Lost in Hawaii in 2005, she was pulled over several times for speeding violation by Honolulu police, and on 1st December, she was arrested for DUI. In April 2006, she spent five days in jail and paid a US$500 fine when she pleaded guilty to a DUI charge.
Rodriguez quoted her high doses of allergy-relieving steroids as one of the reasons for her unstable behavior. She violated Los Angeles probation with the incident and as a result, she was sentenced to 6o days in jail, an alcohol rehabilitation program for 30 days, and community service for 30 days, this includes working for Mothers Against Drunk Driving. She was released from jail on the same day she entered because of overcrowding.
Rodriguez did not complete her community service or alcohol education program thus violating her probation in September 2007. She agreed to violate the probation on 10th October 2007 and was sentenced to 180 days in jail. Rodriguez was however released 18 days later because of overcrowding. She finished her community service in January 2009.
Michelle Rodriguez Avatar
Rodriguez portrayed the role of Trudy Chacón a combat pilot allocated to support the Avatar Program who is compassionate to the Na’vi, 10-foot-tall (3.0 m), blue-skinned, sapient humanoids that live in conformity with nature.
Michelle Rodriguez The Fast and the Furious
Rodriguez portrays Letty Ortiz, a member of Dominic “Dom” Toretto’s team, and his girlfriend. Other crew members include Jordana Brewster as Mia Toretto, Rick Yune as Johnny Tran, Chad Lindberg as Jesse, Johnny Strong as Leon, and Paul Walker as Brian O’Conner.
Michelle Rodriguez Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
Rodriguez is portrayed as Holga Kilgore a barbarian who was thrown out from the Uthgardt Elk Tribe because of marrying an outsider. She acts as a surrogate mother for Kira and is taken to prison with Edgin.
Michelle Rodriguez Girlfight
Rodriguez portrays Diana Guzman, a hot-tempered Brooklyn teenager who gets in trouble in school because she repeatedly starts fights with other students. Her frustration comes from her unhappy life at home. She lives with her single father, Sandro, and brother Tiny in a public housing estate. Her brother trains to be a boxer and as she visits her brother during his training, she asks the trainer to allow her to box as well. The trainer’s fee is high and she asks her father to give her allowance but he refuses and she ends up stealing from him and pays the trainer.
Rodriguez Rodriguez TV and Films
- Fast and furious as Letty Ortiz.
- Immortal Grand Prix 2005 to 2006 as Liz Ricarro.
- CollegeHumor Original 2011 as Jessica.
- Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves 2023 as Holga Kilgore.
- Crisis 2021 as Supervisor Garrett.
- Smurfs: The Lost Village 2017 as Smurf Storm (voice).
- Machete Kills 2013 as Luz / Shé.
- Avatar 2009 as Captain Trudy Chacón.
- Gardens of the Night 2008 as Lucy.
- Battle in Seattle 2007 as Lou.
- S.W.A.T. 2003 as Officer Christina “Chris” Sanchez.
- Girlfight 2000 as Diana Guzman.
Michelle Rodriguez Awards
- Deauville Film Festival Award for Best Female Performance in 2001.
- Independent Spirit Award for Best Debut Performance in 2001.
- National Board of Review Award for Best Breakthrough Performance by an Actress in 2001.
- Gotham Award for Breakthrough Actor in 2001.
- Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Female Newcomer in 2001.
- Imagen Foundation Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Film in 2002.
- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in 2005.
- Chinese American Film Festival for Golden Angel for Best Leading Actress of the Year in 2015.
Michelle Rodriguez’s Social Media Platforms
She is active on her social media accounts and is often seen posting on her Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. She has over 9M followers on Instagram.
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