Rosario Dawson
Born: 1979-05-09 in New York City, New York, USA
Known For: Acting
Biography
Rosario Isabel Dawson (born May 9, 1979) is an American actress. 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), 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), and Clerks 3 (2022). Dawson has provided voice-over work for Disney/Marvel, Warner Bros./DC Comics, and ViacomCBS's Nickelodeon unit. Dawson had several roles in film and television adaptations of comic books. These include Gail in Sin City (2005) and Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2014), Claire Temple in five of the Marvel Netflix series (2015–2018), and providing the voices of Diana Prince/Wonder Woman in the DC Animated Movie Universe and Space Jam: A New Legacy and Barbara Gordon/Batgirl in The Lego Batman Movie. In 2020, she portrayed Ahsoka Tano in the second season of The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett and stars in the Disney+ original series Ahsoka. In 2021, she had a recurring role in the Dwayne Johnson autobiographical comedy series Young Rock and a main role in the Hulu miniseries Dopesick.
Filmography
2025
- Opus as Billie Holiday (voice)
- Steal This Story, Please! ... (Executive Producer)
- E.B. White's Charlotte's Web as Edith (voice)
2024
- Soul Paint
- The 4:30 Movie as Melody's Aunt
- Frank Miller: American Genius as Self
- Vigilantes INC. - America's New Vote Suppression Hitmen as Narrator
- My First Horror Film
2023
- Ahsoka as Ahsoka Tano
- Common Ground as Self
- Haunted Mansion as Gabbie
- Superpowered: The DC Story as Narrator (voice)
- Vigilante as Narrator
- Below the Belt ... (Executive Producer)
2022
- Clerks III as Becky
- The Clerks 3 Documentary
- DMZ as Alma Ortega
- Sell/Buy/Date as Self
- Split at the Root ... (Executive Producer)
- We're Not Even Supposed to Be Here Today: 3 Decades of Clerks
- Our Words Collide ... (Executive Producer)
2021
- The Book of Boba Fett as Ahsoka Tano
- Space Jam: A New Legacy as Wonder Woman (voice)
- Young Rock as General Monica Jackson
- All the Streets Are Silent: The Convergence of Hip Hop and Skateboarding (1987-1997) as Self
- Dopesick as Bridget Meyer
- Calls as Dr. Katherine Beckett (voice)
- Go-Big Show as Self - Judge
- This Is Not a War Story ... (Executive Producer)
2020
- Justice League Dark: Apokolips War as Diana Prince / Wonder Woman (voice)
- Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian as Self - Ahsoka Tano
- The Water Man as Mary Boone
- Find Your Groove as Self
- Guardians of Life
- The Rocky Horror Musical Live Stream as Magenta
- Magnum Dopus as Self
- Briarpatch as Allegra 'Pick' Dill
- Kiss the Ground as Self
2019
- The Mandalorian as Ahsoka Tano
- Love, Death & Robots as Dr. Mirny (voice)
- All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite as Rosario Dawson
- Zombieland: Double Tap as Nevada
- A Little Late with Lilly Singh as Self
- Wonder Woman: Bloodlines as Diana Prince / Wonder Woman (voice)
- The Death and Return of Superman as Diana Prince / Wonder Woman (voice)
- Someone Great as Hannah
- Reign of the Supermen as Diana Prince / Wonder Woman (voice)
- Jay and Silent Bob Reboot as Reggie
- This Changes Everything as Self
- The Last Kids on Earth as Rezzoch (voice)
- The Deported as Herself
- Lost in America as Self
- Weird City as Delt
- Boundless as Stage Manager
- The Need to Grow as Narrator (voice)
- LA Woman Rising as Self
2018
- Explained as Narrator (voice)
- Krystal as Krystal
- The Death of Superman as Diana Prince / Wonder Woman (voice)
- Henchmen as Jolene (voice)
- Family Feud as Foremother
- Sorry to Bother You as Voice in Elevator (voice)
- Trust Machine: The Story of Blockchain as Narrator
2017
- The Lego Batman Movie as Batgirl / Barbara Gordon (voice)
- Unforgettable as Julia Banks
- Marvel's The Defenders as Claire Temple
- Justice League Dark as Wonder Woman (voice)
- Marvel's Iron Fist as Claire Temple
- One Brick at a Time: Making the LEGO Batman Movie as Self
2016
- Ratchet & Clank as Elaris (voice)
- Chelsea as Self
- Marvel's Luke Cage as Claire Temple
- Justice League vs. Teen Titans as Wonder Woman (voice)
- America Divided as Self
- The Best Democracy Money Can Buy as Self
2015
- The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self
- Marvel's Daredevil as Claire Temple
- Marvel's Jessica Jones as Claire Temple
- Justice League: Throne of Atlantis as Wonder Woman / Diana (voice)
- Puerto Ricans in Paris as Vanessa
- The Ever After as Rosario Dawson
2014
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- Jane the Virgin as Jane "JR" Ramos
- Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast as Nyx (voice)
- Top Five as Chelsea Brown
- Cesar Chavez as Dolores Huerta
- Sin City: A Dame to Kill For as Gail
- The Captive as Nicole
- Parts Per Billion as Mia
2013
- Gimme Shelter as June Bailey
- Trance as Elizabeth
- Raze as Rachel
- They Die by Dawn as Edmonia Lewis
- The Frame as Ruby
2012
- Comic Book Men as Self
- 10 Years as Mary
- Fire with Fire as Talia Durham
- Hotel Noir as Sevilla
2011
- Five as Lili
- Zookeeper as Kate
- Miss Representation as Self
- Girl Walks Into a Bar as June
2010
- Conan as Self
- Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief as Persephone
- Unstoppable as Connie Hooper
- Brave New Voices 2010 as Herself - Host
- The Invocation as Self
2009
- Wonder Woman as Artemis (voice)
- The Haunted World of El Superbeasto as Velvet Von Black (voice)
- Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants as Self
- SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas as (archive footage)
- The People Speak as Self
- SpongeBob's Truth or Square as Self
- We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial as Self
2008
- Killshot as Donna
- Eagle Eye as Zoe Perez
- Seven Pounds as Emily
- Explicit Ills as Babo's Mom
- Gemini Division as Anna Diaz
2007
- Death Proof as Abernathy
- Descent as Maya
- Grindhouse as Abernathy (segment "Death Proof")
2006
- Clerks II as Becky
- Back to the Well: 'Clerks II' as Self / Becky
- No Day But Today: The Story of 'Rent' as Self
- A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints as Laurie
- Scream Awards as Herself - Host
2005
- Robot Chicken as Woman / Dean's Girlfriend / Clara Palmer (voice)
- Sin City as Gail
- Rent as Mimi Marquez
- This Revolution as Tina Santiago
- Little Black Dress as Haley
- God Sleeps in Rwanda as Narrator
2004
- Alexander as Roxane
- The Tony Danza Show as Self - Guest
- This Girl's Life as Martine
2003
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- Punk'd as Self
- The Rundown as Mariana
- Shattered Glass as Andy Fox
- The Evolution of an American Filmmaker as Self
2002
- Men in Black II as Laura Vasquez
- Ash Wednesday as Grace Quinonez
- Icons as Self
- The Adventures of Pluto Nash as Dina Lake
- Love in the Time of Money as Anna
- The Salton Sea as Tweaker (uncredited)
- The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest as Alisa
- 25th Hour as Naturelle Riviera
- AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories as Self
2001
- Josie and the Pussycats as Valerie Brown
- Sidewalks of New York as Maria
- Chelsea Walls as Audrey
- Trigger Happy as Dee
2000
- King of the Jungle as Veronica
- Down to You as Lana
1999
- SpongeBob SquarePants
- The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn as Self - Guest
- Light It Up as Stephanie Williams
1998
- TRL
- Side Streets as Marisol Hidalgo
- He Got Game as Lala Bonilla
1997
- The View as Self - Guest
- Girls Night Out as Victoria
- EP Daily
1996
- The Daily Show as Self
1995
- Kids as Ruby
1993
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
1992
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
- MTV Movie & TV Awards as Self / Presenter
1988
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self
1975
- Saturday Night Live as Self - Host