Michelle Rodriguez Profile

Michelle Rodriguez is an American actress and screenwriter best known for her role in the independent sports drama film Girlfight, where she won the Independent Spirit Award and Gotham Award for Best Debut Performance, in the Fast & Furious franchise, and in the Resident Evil franchise.

Michelle Rodriguez Education

She dropped out of William L. Dickinson High School but went on to earn her GED. She was expelled from five different schools in total. She attended business school for a short time before dropping out to pursue a career in acting, with the ultimate goal of becoming a screenwriter and director.

Michelle Rodriguez Age

Rodriguez is 43 years old as of 2021. She was born Mayte Michelle Rodriguez on 12 July 1978 in San Antonio, Texas, United States. She celebrates her birthday on 12 July.

Michelle Rodriguez Height

Rodriguez stands at a height of 5 feet 4 inches (1.65 m).

Michelle Rodriguez Family

Rodriguez was born in the Dominican Republic to Carmen Milady Rodriguez (née Pared Espinal), and her father, Rafael Rodriguez, was born in Puerto Rico and served in the United States Army. Rodriguez moved to the Dominican Republic with her mother when she was eight years old and stayed until she was eleven years old. Rodriguez is the youngest of ten siblings and half-siblings.

Her devoutly religious maternal grandmother raised her in part, and she was raised as a Jehovah’s Witness (her mother’s religion), though she has since abandoned the faith. Rodriguez’s ancestry is 72.4 percent European, 21.3 percent African, and 6.3 percent Native American, according to a DNA test performed by the television show Finding Your Roots. She also stated on the show that her family had some racial tensions because her Puerto Rican father had a light complexion and her Dominican mother had a dark complexion.

Quick Facts About Michelle Rodriguez

Michelle Rodriguez Wife

Rodriguez called off her engagement to a Muslim boyfriend in early 2000, citing her opposition to religious requests he made of her. She allegedly dated her Fast & Furious co-star Vin Diesel in 2001. In another interview later that month, she described herself as bisexual.

Michelle Rodriguez Net Worth

Rodriguez has an estimated net worth of $25 Million.

Michelle Rodriguez Avatar 

Rodriguez appeared as Trudy Chacón, a combat pilot assigned to support the Avatar Program who is sympathetic to the Na’vi. Cameron had wanted to collaborate with Rodriguez ever since she saw her in Girlfight. Later that year, Rodriguez starred in James Cameron’s high-budget sci-fi adventure epic Avatar, which went on to become one of the highest-grossing films of all time and Rodriguez’s most successful to date.

Humans have depleted the Earth’s natural resources in 2154, resulting in a severe energy crisis. Pandora is a densely forested habitable moon orbiting the Alpha Centauri star system’s Polyphemus. “avatars,” which are Na’vi-human hybrids, are used to explore Pandora’s biosphere. After spying for the RDA, Jake is apprehended by the Na’vi. Quaritch’s forces separate him and Grace from their avatars and imprison them. They make an attempt to transform Grace into a human, but she dies before the process is completed.

Cameron has agreed to produce four sequels with 20th Century Fox: Avatar 2 and Avatar 3 have completed principal photography and are set to be released on December 16, 2022, and December 20, 2024, respectively; subsequent sequels are set to be released on December 18, 2026, and December 22, 2028, respectively. Several cast members, including Worthington, Saldana, Lang, and Weaver, are expected to return.

Michelle Rodriguez Lost

In 2017, she lent her voice to Smurfs: The Lost Village. Rodriguez appeared as Smurf Storm, a tough girl Smurf who sometimes doesn’t trust Smurfette because she was created by the wizard Gargamel to undermine the Smurfs. In Smurf Village, the Smurfs coexist peacefully with one another and with their leader, PapaSmurf. Gargamel, who was created from a lump of clay, created some of the characters. They are taken to Smurfy Grove, where they meet the village’s female inhabitants. Gargamel, Azrael, and Monty invade the village and destroy it, capturing all of the Smurs. Gargamel, Azrael, and Monty reveal their plan to turn Smurfette into an evil smurf once more.

Hefty, Brainy, Clumsy, and some of the female Smurfs are successful in freeing them from the clutches of Gargamel and Azrael. Regardless, they are transformed back into a lifeless lump of clay. Smurfs: The Lost Village premiered on April 2, 2017, and was released on April 7, 2017, to mixed reviews from critics and audiences, grossing more than $197 million worldwide on a $60 million budget. The film was dedicated to Jonathan Winters, the original series’ voice of Papa Smurf, who died in 2013, Anton Yelchin, the voice of Clumsy Smurf, and Peyo’s wife, Nine Culliford, who both died in 2016.

Michelle Rodriguez Resident Evil

Rodriguez appeared as Rain Ocampo in Resident Evil, a 2002 action horror film. The Umbrella Corporation is the world’s largest conglomerate entity, and its influence can be felt all over the world. It conceals a sinister and criminal secret: the megacorporation is directly involved in military technology, bioweaponry, and genetic experimentation. The film begins with an explanation of the company’s beginnings.

They have one hour before the Hive automatically traps them inside. Alice recalls seeing an anti-virus in the lab, but it is missing. Spence turns against the others and is killed by a zombie bite. The Red Queen offers them a deal in which they spare Alice and Matt in exchange for killing Rain, who has been infected for too long for the anti-virus to work reliably. They infect Rain and Kaplan with the virus and flee Raccoon City on a train.

Michelle Rodriguez Accusation

She pleaded no contest in November 2003 to eight misdemeanor charges stemming from two driving incidents. She was pulled over multiple times for speeding violations while filming in Hawaii in 2005. In 2007, she violated her probation by failing to complete an alcohol education program and perform community service.

Michelle Rodriguez TV Shows

• 2021 – Getaway Driver
• 2015 – Running Wild with Bear Grylls
• 2015 – Super Into
• 2012 – Germany’s Next Top Model
• 2011 – CollegeHumor Original
• 2011 – Curiosity
• 2009–2010 – Lost
• 2005–2006 – Immortal Grand Prix
• 2005 – Punk’d
• 2003 – Slavi’s Show

Michelle Rodriguez Movies

• 2023 – Dungeons & Dragons
• 2021 – Crisis
• 2021 – F9
• 2020 – She Dies
• 2019 – Alita: Battle Angel
• 2018 – Widows
• 2017 – Smurfs: The Lost Village
• 2017 – The Fate of the Furious
• 2016 – The Assignment
• 2016 – Milton’s Secret
• 2015 – Furious 7
• 2013 – InAPPropriate Comedy
• 2013 – Fast & Furious 6
• 2013 – Turbo
• 2013 – Machete Kills
• 2012 – Resident Evil: Retribution
• 2011 – Battle: Los Angeles
• 2010 – Machete
• 2010 – Trópico de Sangre
• 2009 – Fast & Furious
• 2009 – Los Bandoleros
• 2009 – Avatar
• 2008 – Gardens of the Night
• 2008 – Adventures in Voice Acting
• 2007 – Battle in Seattle
• 2006 – The Breed
• 2005 – BloodRayne
• 2004 – Control