Mayte Michelle Rodriguez has really built a strong career in Hollywood with a rare mix of successful acting talent, power and attractiveness as one of the promising young stars whom people praise. Inherited from her parents, Rafael Rodriguez and Carmen Milady, a Hispanic ethnicity of Puerto Rican and Dominican origin, Michelle was born as the only daughter in her family on July 12, 1978 in Bexar County, Texas. Following the split of her parents when she was eight, the girl was brought to the Dominican Republic by her mother, then to Puerto Rico until eventually settling at the age of eleven in Jersey City, New Jersey. Since completing her GED exam, she wanted to pursue the professional life, so she went into the entertainment industry, becoming a failing thespian who only received extra roles in the 1999 “Summer of Sam” and “Cradle Will Rock.” movies.
This young Latina then traveled to New York to join an open casting call in her attempt to come out of the shadows, searching for a fitting actress to portray Diana Guzman, a female boxer in Karyn Kusama’s new film. She unexpectedly became the one who obtained the leading spot, vying with 350 other hopefuls, and subsequently completed an intense boxing academy at Gleason’s Gym in Brooklyn, New York, while also taking acting lessons to refine her raw ability. Her contribution to her character’s physical and emotional demands was really paying off when the image, “Girlfight” (2000), was fantastically won the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival held in the same year, taking her name to the surface immediately.
Also earning accolades and favorable feedback of her success in the sports drama function, Michelle undeniably became a new subject of publicity that ultimately helped her to gain a significant part in “The Fast and the Furious” by Rob Cohen (2001). Starred alongside Paul Walker and Vin Diesel, her status rose as the flick turned out to be a worldwide smash box office success, scoring more than 207 million U.S. dollars in a foreign gross. Via “Resident Evil” (2002), “Blue Crush” (2002), and “S.W.A.T” (2003), she effectively strengthened her career with roles in “BloodRayne” (2005) and “The Breed” (2007) as well as in 2005-2006 in the iconic ABC series “Lost”
