Michelle Rodriguez
Michelle Rodriguez
Mayte Michelle "Michelle" Rodríguez, is an American actress, screenwriter, and DJ. She got her breakout role as a troubled boxer in the independent film Girlfight, which was met with critical acclaim and earned her several awards, including the Independent Spirit Award and Gotham Award for Best Debut Performance. The following year, she starred as Letty Ortiz in the blockbuster film The Fast and the Furious, reprising her role in its sequels, Fast & Furious, Fast & Furious 6and Furious 7...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth12 July 1978
CitySan Antonio, TX
CountryUnited States of America
I took the GED, and left the option open to go to school. I did go to business school but left after four months because I just didn't want to be a puppet of society, stuck in an office, craving some sunlight.
At school, I was this tomboy kid who just loved to hang out with her friends and learn curse words, trying to fit in with the cool kids and defending all the kids who got picked on.
I hated school right away. Religion had a lot to do with it because I felt like everybody was always lying to me.
Sometimes I'd knock on the door of somebody I was going to school with, so it was like living a double life.
I'd done two years' worth of extra work, and all my friends who I would go on auditions with went to school for acting. These were kids who knew when they were 14 years old that this was what they wanted to do with their lives, and they prepared for it, and they're getting canned at every audition.
Going to car racing school was phenomenal.
I just loved storytelling. That's what I thought I would end up doing. I thought I would probably go to school and end up writing for a magazine or something.
Basically I was a rebel growing up. I got kicked out of six schools. But I don't think that it makes you less of an intellect. You know, if you ever crave knowledge, there's always a library.
I went to business school but left after four months because I just didn't want to be a puppet of society, stuck in an office, craving some sunlight.
The Dewey decimal system really works. So that's all I needed to know. Elementary school taught me that.
I've been doing lots of hard-core chick, kick-ass things. The action is appealing because I haven't found the mental challenge in the dramatic roles that I've been shown. I don't want to be the girl who just falls in love.
You have to struggle no matter where you are to get to where you're going.
I wasn't into smooching until I was 16.
To make a video game come to life was definitely a childhood fetish of mine. I have to admit there's not much substance there, but it was fun.