Rosario Dawson

Born 1979 · American actress

Rosario Isabel Dawson is an American actress and activist. She made her feature-film debut in the 1995 independent drama Kids. Her subsequent film roles include He Got Game (1998), Josie and the Pussycats (2001), 25th Hour (2002), Men in Black II (2002), The Rundown (2003), Rent (2005), Sin City (2005), Clerks II (2006), Death Proof (2007), Seven Pounds (2008), Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010), Unstoppable (2010), Zookeeper (2011), Trance (2013), Top Five (2014), Zombieland: Double Tap (2019), Clerks 3 (2022), and Haunted Mansion (2023). Dawson has provided voice-over work for Disney/Marvel Comics, and Skydance Corporation/DC Comics/Nickelodeon. She is also recognized for her portrayal of the live-action Ahsoka Tano in the Star Wars franchise.

Rosario Dawson, in order

1975 Saturday Night Live (TV series): acted · directed by A. D. Miles and Adam McKay · audiences 63% · streaming on Peacock, Prime Video, fuboTV
1995 Kids: acted · directed by Larry Clark · critics 48%, audiences 76%
1998 He Got Game: acted · directed by Spike Lee · critics 81%, audiences 83% · streaming on Philo
1998 Side Streets: acted · directed by Tony Gerber
1999 Light It Up: acted · directed by Craig Bolotin
2000 Down to You: acted · directed by Kris Isacsson · critics 4%, audiences 48% · streaming on Kanopy, Hoopla
2000 King of the Jungle: acted · directed by Seth Zvi Rosenfeld · critics 25%, audiences 62%
2001 Chelsea Walls: acted · directed by Ethan Hawke · critics 27%, audiences 40%
2001 Josie and the Pussycats: acted · directed by Deborah Kaplan and Harry Elfont
2001 Sidewalks of New York: acted · directed by Edward Burns
2002 25th Hour: acted · directed by Spike Lee · critics 80%, audiences 85% · streaming on Prime Video, Hoopla
2002 Ash Wednesday: acted · directed by Edward Burns
2002 Love in the Time of Money: acted · directed by Peter Mattei · critics 16%, audiences 25%
2002 Men in Black II: acted · directed by Barry Sonnenfeld · critics 38%, audiences 45% · streaming on Paramount+, Philo
2002 The Adventures of Pluto Nash: acted · directed by Ron Underwood · critics 6%, audiences 20% · streaming on Prime Video, Roku Channel, Hoopla
2002 The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest: acted · directed by Mick Jackson
2003 Shattered Glass: acted · directed by Billy Ray · critics 92%, audiences 79% · streaming on Kanopy, Hoopla, YouTube (free)
2003 The Rundown: acted · directed by Peter Berg · critics 69%, audiences 66% · streaming on Prime Video, Philo, AMC+
2003 This Girl's Life: acted · directed by Ash Baron-Cohen
2003 V-Day: Until the Violence Stops: acted · directed by Abby Epstein
2004 Alexander: acted · directed by Oliver Stone
2005 Rent: acted · directed by Chris Columbus · critics 46%, audiences 83% · streaming on Kanopy, YouTube (free)
2005 Sin City: acted · directed by Frank Miller and Quentin Tarantino · critics 76%, audiences 78% · streaming on Kanopy, Hoopla
2005 The Devil's Rejects: acted · directed by Rob Zombie
2005 This Revolution: acted · directed by Stephen Marshall
2006 A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints: acted · directed by Dito Montiel
2006 Clerks II: acted · directed by Kevin Smith
2007 Death Proof: acted · directed by Quentin Tarantino · critics 66%, audiences 71%
2007 Descent: produced, acted · directed by Talia Lugacy
2007 Grindhouse: acted · directed by Edgar Wright and Eli Roth · critics 83%, audiences 87%
2008 Eagle Eye: acted · directed by D.J. Caruso · critics 26%, audiences 62% · streaming on Prime Video, Paramount+, Kanopy
2008 Killshot: acted · directed by John Madden
2008 Seven Pounds: acted · directed by Gabriele Muccino
2009 The Haunted World of El Superbeasto: acted · directed by Mr. Lawrence and Rob Zombie
2009 The People Speak: acted · directed by Chris Moore and Howard Zinn
2010 Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief: acted · directed by Chris Columbus
2010 Unstoppable: acted · directed by Tony Scott · critics 87%, audiences 73%
2011 10 Years: acted · directed by Jamie Linden
2011 Five (TV movie): acted · directed by Alicia Keys and Demi Moore
2011 Girl Walks into a Bar: acted · directed by Sebastian Gutierrez
2011 Zookeeper: acted · directed by Frank Coraci
2012 Fire with Fire: acted · directed by David Barrett · critics 7%, audiences 36% · streaming on Roku Channel, Hoopla, Plex
2012 Hotel Noir: acted · directed by Sebastian Gutierrez
2013 Gimme Shelter: acted · directed by Ronald Krauss
2013 Raze: acted · directed by Josh Waller
2013 Trance: acted · directed by Danny Boyle
2014 Cesar Chavez: acted · directed by Diego Luna
2014 Jane the Virgin (TV series): acted
2014 Parts per Billion: acted · directed by Brian Horiuchi
2014 Sin City: A Dame to Kill For: acted · directed by Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez
2014 The Captive: acted · directed by Atom Egoyan · critics 28%, audiences 31% · streaming on Roku Channel
2014 Top Five: acted · directed by Chris Rock
2015 Daredevil (TV series): acted · critics 92%, audiences 90% · streaming on Disney+
2015 Puerto Ricans in Paris: acted · directed by Ian Edelman
2016 Henchmen: acted · directed by Adam Wood
2016–18 Luke Cage (TV series): acted · critics 88%, audiences 71% · streaming on Disney+
2017 Iron Fist (TV series): acted
2017 The Defenders (TV series): acted
2017 Unforgettable: acted · directed by Denise Di Novi
2018 Sorry to Bother You: acted · directed by Boots Riley · critics 93%, audiences 70% · streaming on Kanopy
2019 Someone Great: acted · directed by Jennifer Kaytin Robinson
2019 Weird City (TV series): acted
2019 Zombieland: Double Tap: acted · directed by Ruben Fleischer
2020 The Mandalorian (TV series): acted · directed by Bryce Dallas Howard and Carl Weathers
2021 Dopesick (TV series): acted
2021 The Book of Boba Fett (TV series): acted
2022 Clerks III: acted · directed by Kevin Smith
2023 Ahsoka (TV series): acted · directed by Dave Filoni and Geeta Patel
2023 Haunted Mansion: acted · directed by Justin Simien
Baton: acted · directed by Danny Ramirez
Midnight: acted