
Rosie Perez (born Rosa Maria Perez on the 6th of September 1964) is an American actress choreographer, dancer and activist. Her breakthrough was with Tina's part in Do the Right Thing (1989), which was followed by White Men Can't Hop (1992). Perez was nominated for an Academy Award as Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Fearless (1993). Her film roles as a star in the past include It Could Happen to You (1994), The Road to El Dorado (2000), Pineapple Express (2008) as well as Birds of Prey (2020).Perez earned three Primetime Emmy Award nominations for In Living Color (1990-1994) and another Emmy nomination for her role in The Flight Attendant (2020-present). She has also appeared in Broadway plays, such as The Ritz and Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune and Fish in the Dark. She also hosted The View's 18th season on ABC's talk show The View. She graduated from Grover Cleveland High School in Ridgewood, Queens. By 1999 her mother was living in poverty, in the Woodside Houses, when she died of AIDS-related complications
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