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Trivia
Birth name: Michelle Marie Rodriguez
Date of birth: 12 July 1978
Place of birth: Bexar County, Texas, USA
Height: 5' 6" (1.68 m)
Was raised in Texas, Puerto Rico, the
Dominican Republic, and in Jersey City.
Is of Puerto Rican and Dominican descent.
She beat out 350 other girls for the role of
Diana Guzman in Girlfight (2000).
Girlfight (2000) was her first acting
audition, and she got the role. The Fast and the Furious (2001) was her
second audition, and she also got that role.
Is an avid in-line skater.
Didn't have a driver's license before
filming The Fast and the Furious (2001) and had to obtain one during her
training for the car chase sequences.
Plays the piano.
Has two half-sisters on her father's side.
Has two older twin brothers named Raul and
Oscar
Dropped out of high school at 17, but she
went back and graduated via an equivalency diploma.
Ranked #77 in Stuff magazine's "102
Sexiest Women In The World" (2002)
Ranked #34 in Maxim's "100 Sexiest
Women"(2002)
It was announced in 2005 that she would be
joining the second season cast of the hit ABC drama "Lost"
(2004).
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