Known for movies
Short Info
Date Of Birth | September 6, 1964 |
Spouse | Eric Haze, Seth Zvi Rosenfeld |
Mark | Curvaceous, buxom figure |
Fact | Friends with the late Tupac Shakur. |
Rosie Perez is an American actress, director, and choreographer. She was born in Brooklyn, New York on September 6, 1964, to Lydia Perez and Ismael Serrano, both Puerto Rican immigrants. She has two sisters, Liza and Irene. Perez was raised in Bushwick and attended Grover Cleveland High School. After graduation, she studied at the Lehman College of the City University of New York where she majored in Spanish literature.
Good first. #MartinezAncajas @ShowtimeBoxing @premierboxing #FundoraOcampo
— Rosie Perez (@rosieperezbklyn) October 9, 2022
Perez’s career began as a dancer on Soul Train in 1984. She made her film debut in the 1985 film Do the Right Thing. She has since appeared in such films as White Men Can’t Jump (1992), Fearless (1993), and The Perez Family (1995). She made her Broadway debut in the musical The Ritz in 1975. She has also directed music videos for such artists as Jennifer Lopez and Prince.
Perez has won several awards for her work, including an Emmy Award for her choreography on In Living Color (1990), and a Tony Award for her role in The Ritz (1975). She has been nominated for several other awards, including an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Fearless (1993).
Perez has had a long and successful career in both film and television. She has appeared in such films as White Men Can’t Jump (1992), Fearless (1993), The Perez Family (1995), and Do the Right Thing (1985). She has also directed music videos for such artists as Jennifer Lopez and Prince. In addition to her work in film and television, Perez is also a successful stage actress. She made her Broadway debut in the musical The Ritz in 1975. She has also won several awards for her work, including an Emmy Award for her choreography on In Living Color (1990), and a Tony Award for her role in The Ritz (1975).
Perez is currently married to director Spike Lee. The couple has one child together, a daughter named Satchel.
General Info
Full Name | Rosie Perez |
Date Of Birth | September 6, 1964 |
Height | 1.56 m |
Profession | Film producer, Voice Actor, Author, Film director, Television presenter, Social activist, Dancer, Choreographer, Television Director |
Education | Los Angeles City College, Grover Cleveland High School |
Nationality | American |
Family
Spouse | Eric Haze, Seth Zvi Rosenfeld |
Parents | Lydia Pérez, Ismael Serrano |
Siblings | Carmen Serrano |
Accomplishments
Nominations | Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Choreography, Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female, NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture, NAACP Image A... |
Movies | White Men Can't Jump, Do the Right Thing, Pineapple Express, It Could Happen to You, The Take, Dance with the Devil, Untamed Heart, The Road to El Dorado, Fearless, Won't Back Down, Night on Earth, The 24 Hour Woman, The Counselor, A Brother's Kiss, Puerto Ricans in Paris, Just Like the Son, The Her... |
TV Shows | Go, Diego, Go!, Soul Train, Little Bill, The View |
Social profile links
Marks
# | Marks / Signs |
---|---|
1 | Curvaceous, buxom figure |
2 | Heavy Brooklyn accent |
Quotes
# | Quote |
---|---|
1 | Boxing is about pushing through your fears. It's more about fighting yourself. Floyd Mayweather could get punched - like clean shot down the middle to his face - and he wouldn't flinch. And I understand what he's doing. |
2 | Most of the criticism I got early in my career was from the Latin community. They used to take me out to lunch and tell me, "Can you go and take lessons to lessen your accent?". Or, "When you're on a talk show, can you not be so funny and loud?". People gave me so much crap about my voice, and I tried. I really did try to change, but it was the way I spoke. As I got older, the octaves dropped, thank God. Now I find it flattering if a sixteen-year-old comes up and starts imitating me. |
Facts
# | Fact |
---|---|
1 | Friends with the late Tupac Shakur. |
2 | Has one half-sister: Carmen Perez. |
3 | Cousin of Sixto Ramos. |
4 | Parents are Ismael Serraro and Lydia Perez. |
5 | Suffered serious neck and hip injuries while filming Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: Hardwired (2009). She accepted an honor from President Barack Obama, in a wheelchair and neck-brace weeks after having surgery. |
6 | Was appointed to The Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS by President Barack Obama in 2010. |
7 | Was a former Soul Train (1971) dancer during the 1980s. |
8 | Attended and graduated from Grover Cleveland High School in Ridgewood, Queens, New York. |
9 | Jumped on stage during the second Technotronic performance when Fred Savage hosted Saturday Night Live (1975) (Season 15, Episode 14: 24 February 1990). |
10 | (January 6, 2000) Arrested for disorderly conduct in New York City following a rally to protest United States Navy bomb tests on Vieques, a small island off the coast of Puerto Rico. |
11 | Practices kung fu. |
12 | Later became a choreographer of music videos and stage shows for such performers as Bobby Brown, Diana Ross, LL Cool J and The Boys. |
Pictures
Movies
Actress
Title | Year | Status | Character |
---|---|---|---|
White Men Can't Jump | 1992 | Gloria Clemente | |
Night on Earth | 1991 | Angela | |
WIOU | 1990-1991 | TV Series | Lucy Hernandez |
In Living Color | 1990 | TV Series | Spike's Joint Customer |
Criminal Justice | 1990 | TV Movie | Denise Moore |
21 Jump Street | 1990 | TV Series | Rosie Martinez |
Do the Right Thing | 1989 | Tina | |
Active Adults | 2016 | completed | Zoe |
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero | 2014-2015 | TV Series | Aunt Rose |
Five Nights in Maine | 2015 | Ann | |
Puerto Ricans in Paris | 2015 | Gloria | |
Pitch Perfect 2 | 2015 | The View Host | |
Fugly! | 2014 | Zowie | |
The Hero of Color City | 2014 | Red (voice) | |
An American Education | 2014 | TV Movie | Rita Gomez |
The Being Experience | 2013/I | ||
Gods Behaving Badly | 2013 | Persephone | |
The Counselor | 2013 | Ruth | |
The Cleveland Show | 2012-2013 | TV Series | Choni |
Falcón | 2012 | TV Series | Madeleine Flowers |
Won't Back Down | 2012 | Breena Harper | |
Nurse Jackie | 2012 | TV Series | Jules |
Small Apartments | 2012 | Ms. Baker | |
Da Brick | 2011 | TV Movie | Annalisse |
Go, Diego! Go! | 2005-2011 | TV Series | Click |
Lies in Plain Sight | 2010 | TV Movie | Marisol Reyes |
Pete Smalls Is Dead | 2010 | Julia | |
Dora the Explorer | 2010 | TV Series | La Bruja |
The Other Guys | 2010 | Rosie Perez | |
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | 2009 | TV Series | Eva Banks |
Lipstick Jungle | 2008-2009 | TV Series | Dahlia Morales |
Exit 19 | 2009 | TV Movie | Lorna |
Pineapple Express | 2008 | Carol Female Cop | |
Diego's Moonlight Rescue | 2008 | TV Series | Click |
The Take | 2007 | Marina De La Pena | |
Lolo's Cafe | 2006 | TV Movie | Maria (voice) |
Just Like the Son | 2006 | Mrs. Ponders | |
All the Invisible Children | 2005 | Ruthie (segment "Jesus Children of America") | |
Jesus Children of America | 2005 | Short | Ruthie |
Lackawanna Blues | 2005 | TV Movie | Bertha |
Copshop | 2004 | TV Movie | Heaven |
Frasier | 1995-2004 | TV Series | Lizbeth / Francesca |
Exactly | 2004 | Short | Angela |
From the 104th Floor | 2003 | Short | Narrator (voice) |
Widows | 2002 | TV Mini-Series | Linda Pirelli |
Riding in Cars with Boys | 2001 | Shirley Perro | |
Human Nature | 2001 | Louise | |
We Deliver | 2001 | TV Series | |
King of the Jungle | 2000 | Joanne | |
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child | 1995-2000 | TV Series | Robinita Hood / Thumbelina / Witch |
The Road to El Dorado | 2000 | Chel (voice) | |
Little Bill | 1999 | TV Series | Valencia |
The 24 Hour Woman | 1999 | Grace Santos | |
Louis & Frank | 1998 | ||
Perdita Durango | 1997 | Perdita Durango | |
SUBWAYStories: Tales from the Underground | 1997 | TV Movie | The Girl (segment "Love on the A Train") |
A Brother's Kiss | 1997 | Debbie | |
Somebody to Love | 1994 | Mercedes | |
It Could Happen to You | 1994 | Muriel Lang | |
Fearless | 1993 | Carla Rodrigo | |
Untamed Heart | 1993 | Cindy |
Miscellaneous
Title | Year | Status | Character |
---|---|---|---|
Soul Train's 25th Anniversary | 1995 | TV Movie documentary choreographer | |
In Living Color | 1990-1993 | TV Series choreographer - 92 episodes | |
Do the Right Thing | 1989 | choreographer |
Director
Title | Year | Status | Character |
---|---|---|---|
Yo soy Boricua, pa'que tu lo sepas! | 2006 | Documentary | |
In Living Color | 1991-1993 | TV Series 59 episodes |
Casting Department
Title | Year | Status | Character |
---|---|---|---|
In Living Color | 1992-1993 | TV Series talent coordinator - 28 episodes |
Soundtrack
Title | Year | Status | Character |
---|---|---|---|
Go, Diego! Go! | 2009-2010 | TV Series performer - 2 episodes | |
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child | 1997 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
Somebody to Love | 1994 | performer: "Romeo's Aria" |
Producer
Title | Year | Status | Character |
---|---|---|---|
Yo soy Boricua, pa'que tu lo sepas! | 2006 | Documentary executive producer | |
The 24 Hour Woman | 1999 | co-producer | |
SUBWAYStories: Tales from the Underground | 1997 | TV Movie executive producer |
Writer
Title | Year | Status | Character |
---|---|---|---|
SUBWAYStories: Tales from the Underground | 1997 | TV Movie creator |
Thanks
Title | Year | Status | Character |
---|---|---|---|
Home | 2006/III | Documentary very special thanks | |
The 24 Hour Woman | 1999 | special thanks |
Self
Title | Year | Status | Character |
---|---|---|---|
Talk Stoop with Cat Greenleaf | 2009-2016 | TV Series | Herself / Herself - Guest |
Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall | 2016 | Documentary | Herself |
38th Annual Kennedy Center Honors | 2015 | TV Special | Herself - Performer |
The Sweet Science of Life with Al Bernstein | 2015 | TV Series | Herself |
American Masters | 2015 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
Stretch and Bobbito: Radio That Changed Lives | 2015 | Documentary | |
The View | 2014-2015 | TV Series | Herself - Co-Hostess / Herself - Co-host / Herself - Guest Co-Hostess |
Thank You and Sorry | 2015 | TV Mini-Series documentary | |
The Wendy Williams Show | 2009-2015 | TV Series | Herself - Guest / Herself |
Entertainment Tonight | 2010-2015 | TV Series | Herself / Herself - Co-Hostess, The View |
The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore | 2015 | TV Series | Herself - Panelist |
Today | 1994-2015 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
The 8th Annual CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute | 2014 | TV Movie documentary | Herself - Presenter |
Jimmy Kimmel Live! | 2006-2014 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
Larry King Now | 2014 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
Inside Edition | 2014 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
CBS News: 50 Years Later, Civil Rights | 2014 | TV Special | Herself |
Park Bench with Steve Buscemi | 2014 | TV Series | Herself |
The Queen Latifah Show | 2014 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
Steve Harvey | 2014 | TV Series | Herself |
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | 2007-2014 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
The Chew | 2012-2014 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
Piers Morgan Tonight | 2014 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
The Arsenio Hall Show | 2013 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
Access Hollywood Live | 2013 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
Bethenny | 2013 | TV Series | Herself |
American Latino TV | 2013 | TV Series | Herself |
Sidewalks Entertainment | 2013 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show | 2004-2013 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | 1993-2013 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
Picasso Baby: A Performance Art Film | 2013 | TV Movie documentary | Herself - Actor |
ESPN Friday Night Fights | 2013 | TV Series | Herself - Audience Member |
Good Day L.A. | 2013 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
Anderson Live | 2013 | TV Series | Herself - Co-Host |
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars | 2012 | TV Series | Herself - Guest Judge |
Road to Brooklyn | 2012 | TV Series documentary short | |
The Rachel Maddow Show | 2012 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
Made in Hollywood | 2012 | TV Series | Herself |
The Cleveland Show | 2012 | TV Series | Herself |
Brooklyn Boheme | 2011 | Documentary | Herself |
Vine Talk | 2011 | TV Series | Herself |
VH1 Rock Docs | 2010 | TV Series | Herself |
Island Summer Celebrity Sports Invitational | 2009 | TV Movie | Herself |
Celebrity Habla | 2009 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
The 2009 Independent Spirit Awards | 2009 | TV Special | Herself |
The Bonnie Hunt Show | 2009 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
Big Pun: The Legacy | 2008 | Video documentary | Herself |
Late Show with David Letterman | 1993-2008 | TV Series | Herself - Guest / Herself |
Home | 2006/III | Documentary | Herself (as Rorry Perez) |
Late Night with Conan O'Brien | 1997-2006 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
The 60th Annual Tony Awards | 2006 | TV Special | Herself - Presenter: The Year in Plays |
Tribeca Film Festival Presents: Live from the Red Carpet | 2006 | TV Movie | Herself |
Yo soy Boricua, pa'que tu lo sepas! | 2006 | Documentary | Herself |
2006 Independent Spirit Awards | 2006 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
Made You Look: Top 25 Moments of BET History | 2005 | TV Special documentary | Herself |
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde | 2004 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn | 2003-2004 | TV Series | Herself - Guest Host / Herself - Guest |
The Daily Show | 2003-2004 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies | 2004 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
Back in Step with the Fly Girls | 2004 | Short | Herself - Choreographer |
Looking Back in Living Color: The First Season | 2004 | Video short | Herself - Choreographer |
Dinner for Five | 2003 | TV Series | Herself |
The Isaac Mizrahi Show | 2003 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
The 57th Annual Tony Awards | 2003 | TV Special | Herself - Presenter: Best Featured Actor in a Musical |
Spike Lee's '25th Hour': The Evolution of an American Filmmaker | 2003 | Video documentary short | Herself |
Until the Violence Stops | 2003 | Herself | |
What I Want My Words to Do to You: Voices from Inside a Women's Maximum Security Prison | 2003 | Documentary | Herself |
XXI Century | 2003 | TV Series documentary | Herself - Actor |
IFP Gotham Awards 2002 | 2002 | TV Special | Host |
One World Jam | 2002 | TV Special | Host |
One World Jam: A Concert for Global Harmony | 2002 | TV Special | Host |
The Rosie O'Donnell Show | 1997-2002 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family' | 2002 | Documentary | Herself |
My Generation | 2000 | Documentary | Herself |
HBO First Look | 2000 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
The Howard Stern Radio Show | 1999-2000 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
¡Mi Gente! My People! | 1999 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
Comic Relief VIII | 1998 | TV Special | Herself |
Venice Report | 1997 | TV Short documentary | Herself |
Howard Stern | 1997 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
3rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards | 1997 | TV Special | Herself |
Días de cine | 1996 | TV Series | Herself |
Saturday Night Special | 1996 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
The Girlie Show | 1996 | TV Series documentary | Herself - Guest |
Soul Train's 25th Anniversary | 1995 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
Comic Relief VII | 1995 | TV Special documentary | Herself |
In a New Light: Sex Unplugged | 1995 | TV Movie | Host |
The 52nd Annual Golden Globe Awards | 1995 | TV Special | Herself - Presenter: Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture |
The 20th Annual People's Choice Awards | 1994 | TV Special | Herself - Presenter: Favorite Actress in a Dramatic Motion Picture |
The 8th Annual Soul Train Music Awards | 1994 | TV Special | Herself - Presenter |
CBS This Morning | 1994 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
In a New Light '94 | 1994 | TV Special | Herself |
The 8th Annual American Comedy Awards | 1994 | TV Special | Herself - Presenter |
Ebony's 15th Annual Black Achievement Awards | 1994 | TV Special | Herself - Presenter |
The 66th Annual Academy Awards | 1994 | TV Special | Herself - Nominated: Best Actress in a Supporting Role |
The 51st Annual Golden Globe Awards | 1994 | TV Special | Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture |
Comic Relief VI | 1994 | TV Special documentary | Herself |
1993 MTV Movie Awards | 1993 | TV Special | Herself - Presenter |
The 7th Annual Soul Train Music Awards | 1993 | TV Special | Herself |
In Living Color | 1990-1993 | TV Series | Herself |
Late Night with David Letterman | 1993 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
1992 MTV Movie Awards | 1992 | TV Special | Herself - Presenter |
Comic Relief V | 1992 | TV Special | Herself |
The 6th Annual Soul Train Music Awards | 1992 | TV Special | Herself - Presenter |
Ebony/Jet Showcase | 1991 | TV Series | Herself |
The 5th Annual Soul Train Music Awards | 1991 | TV Special | Herself - Presenter |
The Arsenio Hall Show | 1990 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
Making 'Do the Right Thing' | 1989 | TV Movie documentary | Herself / Tina |
Archive Footage
Title | Year | Status | Character |
---|---|---|---|
Entertainment Tonight | 2014-2015 | TV Series | Herself / Herself - Co-Hostess, The View |
Extra | 2015 | TV Series | Herself - Co-Hostess, The View / Herself |
Inside Edition | 2014-2015 | TV Series documentary | Herself - Co-Hostess, The View / Herself / Herself - The View / ... |
Media Buzz | 2014-2015 | TV Series | Herself - Co-Hostess, The View |
The Insider | 2014-2015 | TV Series | Herself / Herself - Co-Hostess, The View |
Sexo en el plató | 2007 | TV Movie documentary | Perdita Durango |
El oficio de actor | 2005 | TV Movie documentary | Perdita Durango (uncredited) |
The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema | 2002 | Documentary | Herself |
Awards
Won Awards
Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
---|---|---|---|---|
2011 | Gracie | Gracie Allen Awards | Outstanding Female Lead in a Drama Special | Lies in Plain Sight (2010) |
2006 | Grammy | Grammy Awards | Best Spoken Word Album for Children | |
1998 | Best Actress | Fantafestival | Perdita Durango (1997) | |
1994 | Special Mention | Berlin International Film Festival | Fearless (1993) | |
1994 | CFCA Award | Chicago Film Critics Association Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Fearless (1993) |
1994 | DFWFCA Award | Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Fearless (1993) |
1993 | BSFC Award | Boston Society of Film Critics Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Fearless (1993) |
1993 | LAFCA Award | Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Fearless (1993) |
Nominated Awards
Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
---|---|---|---|---|
2016 | BTVA Television Voice Acting Award | Behind the Voice Actors Awards | Best Vocal Ensemble in a New Television Series | Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero (2014) |
2016 | Daytime Emmy | Daytime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show Host | The View (1997) |
2011 | Image Award | Image Awards | Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special | Lies in Plain Sight (2010) |
2011 | Imagen Award | Imagen Foundation Awards | Best Actress - Television | Lies in Plain Sight (2010) |
2009 | ALMA Award | ALMA Awards | Actress in Television - Comedy | Lipstick Jungle (2008) |
2009 | Independent Spirit Award | Independent Spirit Awards | Best Supporting Female | The Take (2007) |
2006 | Black Reel | Black Reel Awards | Best Supporting Actress - Television | Lackawanna Blues (2005) |
2006 | Image Award | Image Awards | Outstanding Actress in a TV Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special | Lackawanna Blues (2005) |
2000 | ALMA Award | ALMA Awards | Outstanding Actress in a Feature Film | The 24 Hour Woman (1999) |
2000 | Black Reel | Black Reel Awards | Theatrical - Best Actress | The 24 Hour Woman (1999) |
1994 | Oscar | Academy Awards, USA | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Fearless (1993) |
1994 | Golden Globe | Golden Globes, USA | Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture | Fearless (1993) |
1993 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Individual Achievement in Choreography | In Living Color (1990) |
1993 | CFCA Award | Chicago Film Critics Association Awards | Best Supporting Actress | White Men Can't Jump (1992) |
1993 | CFCA Award | Chicago Film Critics Association Awards | Most Promising Actress | White Men Can't Jump (1992) |
1992 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Individual Achievement in Choreography | In Living Color (1990) |
1990 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Choreography | In Living Color (1990) |
2nd Place Awards
Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
---|---|---|---|---|
1993 | NYFCC Award | New York Film Critics Circle Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Fearless (1993) |
Source: IMDb, Wikipedia