Mayte Michelle Rodriguez is an American actor. She starred as Letty Ortiz in the blockbuster film The Fast and the Furious, a role she has reprised in five additional films in the Fast & Furious franchise. She has played in a number of successful action films, including Resident Evil, S.W.A.T., and Avatar.
Michelle Rodriguez is famous for an actor. She plays as Letty Ortiz in the film The Fast and the Furious. She also branched into television, playing Ana Lucia Cortez in the second season of the television series Lost. She has numerous voice work appearances in video games such as Call of Duty and Halo and lent her voice for the 3D animated film Turbo and the television series IGPX. In 2013, Entertainment Weekly article described Rodriguez as arguably the most iconic actress in the action genre, as well as one of the most visible Latinas in Hollywood.
Michelle Rodriguez was born on July 12, 1978, in San Antonio, Texas. She holds American nationality and belongs to white ethnicity. Her birth sign is Cancer. She was born to a father named Rafael Rodriguez and a mother named Carmen Milday Rodriguez. Her father was a Puerto Rican, who served in the U.S. Army, whereas her mother is Dominican. She has 10 siblings and half-siblings. She moved to the Dominican Republic with her mother when she was eight years old and lived there until age 11. Later, she moved to Puerto Rico until the age of 17. She dropped out of high school but later earned her GED. She was expelled from five schools. She attended business school before quitting to pursue a career in acting, with the ultimate goal of becoming a screenwriter and director.
Michelle Rodriguez height of 5 feet 5 inches (1.65 m) tall body weight of 57 kg. Her body measurements are 34-25-35 inches and her bra size is 32B. She has black hair and black eyes.
Michelle Rodriguez is an unmarried woman. She got engaged with her Muslim boyfriend. She was also happy to have him but later he forced him to change her religions. She called off this engaged with him rather than being married. In 2001, while filming in the Fast and the Furious Michelle began her love affairs with her co-star Vin Diesel. She began dating Oliver Martinez the ex-boyfriend of Kylie Minogue.
Michelle Rodriguez estimated net worth of $34 million and her salary is unknown. She earns a good amount of money from her career.
Michelle Rodriguez has won Deauville Film Festival for Best Female Performance, Independent Spirit Award for Best Debut Performance, National Board of Review Award for Best Breakthrough Performance by an Actress, Gotham Award for Breakthrough Performance, Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Female Newcomer for Girlfight in 2001. She won MTV Movie Award Best Supporting Actress in a Film S.W.A.T in 2002 and Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series for Lost in 2005.
Some other facts:
1. In Interview, she described herself as bisexual and said Bi, yeah I fall under the B category of LGBT.
2. She has spent a total of 26 days in jail for four separate incidents, the majority of which involve driving in some capacity.
3. She has been performing as a disc jockey since 2009 internationally at film premiere after-parties as well as nightclubs.
4. She performed all her own jet ski stunts in the entire movie, including the scene in which she tows Kate Bosworth's stunt double out to the biggest waves.
5. Before she landed the role, she was put in the ring for three weeks training with the director watching her. She was so broke that they had to give her money to buy a train ticket every day to the auditions.