Rosie Perez

Rosie Perez

Date of Birth: 06 Sep 1964

Country: USA

Biography: Rosa María Perez (born September 6, 1964) is an American actress, choreographer and community activist. Her film breakthrough performance was her portrayal of Tina in Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing (1989), which she followed with White Men Can't Jump (1992). Among many honors, she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Fearless (1993) as well as three Emmy Awards for her work as a choreographer on In Living Color (1990–1994). Perez has also perf

Total Credits at Criticker: 41 (Actor), 1 (Director)

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    Do the Right Thing
    It's the hottest day of the year in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, and tensions are growing there, with the only local businesses being a Korean grocery and Sal's Pizzeria. Mookie, Sal's delivery boy, manages to always be at the center of the action.
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    Human Nature
    A philosophical burlesque, Human Nature follows the ups and downs of an obsessive scientist, a female naturalist, and the man they discover, born and raised in the wild. (Fine Line Features)
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    King of the Jungle
    When his mother is slain by a neighborhood thug as a result of her work as a vocal social activist, Seymour (Leguizamo), a mentally-challenged man, is shattered. The only witness to the murder, he goes looking for revenge. (Urbanworld Films)
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    Riding in Cars with Boys
    The fresh, funny, touching and unbelievably true story of writer Beverly D'Onofrio (played by Barrymore, who ages from 15 to 35 in the role) and her often irreverent, always unique personal journey. (Columbia Pictures)
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    The Road to El Dorado
    The story is about two swindlers who get their hands on a map to the fabled city of gold, El Dorado while pulling off some sort of scam. Their plan goes bad and the rogues end up lost at sea after a number of misfortunes. Oddly enough, they end up on the shores of El Dorado and are worshiped by the natives for their foreign appearance. (imdb)
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    Night on Earth
    A collection of five stories involving cab drivers in five different cities.(imdb)
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    White Men Can\
    Black and white basketball hustlers join forces to double their chances (imdb)
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    It Could Happen to You
    A police officer promises to share his lottery ticket with a watress in lieu of a tip. (imdb)
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    Fearless
    San Francisco architect Max Klein (Jeff Bridges) miraculously survives a plane crash and emerges a changed man. When Max's bizarre behavior alienates his wife (Isabella Rossellini) and son, airline psychiatrist Bill Perlman (John Turturro) puts Max in touch with guilt-ridden fellow crash survivor Carla Rodrigo (Rosie Perez), who lost her 2-year-old in the disaster. Working together, can Max and Carla find their way back to emotional equilibrium?
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    Lackawanna Blues
    In a story fueled by rhythm and blues, a young boy's life is shaped by love and the stories of a cast of characters in the boarding house where he lives in 1960s Lackawanna, New York. (imdb)
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    Untamed Heart
    All of Caroline's boyfriends seem to leave her or cheat on her. On her way home from work two men try to rape Caroline... (imdb)
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    SUBWAYStories: Tales from the Underground
    The actual experiences of New York City subway riders are dramatized in a collection of 10 intriguing and very different vignettes... (imdb)
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    Dance with the Devil
    Rough girl Perdita and her demonic lover Romeo Dolorosa need humans to sacrifice following Romeo's religion before he can go on a mission ordered by mob boss Santos. They kidnap teen sweethearts Duane and Estelle and travel with them to Las-Vegas. (imdb)
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    The Take
    After he's shot during a heist in East L.A., an armored-truck driver (Leguizamo) wrestles with rehabilitation and tracking down the man (Gibson) who committed the crime. (imdb)
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    Pineapple Express
    A stoner (Rogen) and his dealer (Franco) are forced to go on the run from the police after the pothead witnesses a cop commit a murder.
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    Just Like the Son
    A petty thief's mentoring of an apparent orphan takes a profound turn when he kidnaps the boy from a foster home and drives him cross-country to his sister's house in Texas. (imdb)
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    The 24 Hour Woman
    Grace tries to be the perfect mother and TV producer but finds trouble in juggling both. (imdb)
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    Criminal Justice
    Denise Moore is robbed and her face is slashed as she is leaving a crack house. At the police station she picks Jessie Williams mug shot and ID's him at a line up. Jessie Williams says he didn't do it. From that point on, everyone is pushing him to make a deal, and plea to a lesser crime, to avoid a possible long term sentence. (imdb)
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    Somebody to Love
    Mercedes is a taxi dancer who wants to be an actress. She's involved with the married Harry, who considers himself a respected actor. Ernesto is in love with Mercedes, but he doesn't dance or have money. (imdb)
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    Small Apartments
    Franklin Franklin is dreaming of Switzerland and waiting for cassette tape instructions from a brother confined in a mental hospital, but he has a problem: his evil landlord's dead body is lying on the floor of his seedy LA apartment.
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    Won\
    Two determined mothers, one a teacher, look to transform their children's failing inner city school. Facing a powerful and entrenched bureaucracy, they risk everything to make a difference in the education and future of their children. (imdb)
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    Brooklyn Boheme
    An intimate portrait of the black arts movement that exploded in Fort Greene beginning in the mid 1980s through the 1990s as told by writer, historian, and Brooklyn resident Nelson George. (Netflix)
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    Pete Smalls Is Dead
    Two old pals attend an old friends funeral and find there is more to his death than him being dead.
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    The Counselor
    A lawyer finds himself in over his head when he gets involved in drug trafficking.
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    The Hero of Color City
    A diverse band of crayons strive to protect not only their magical multihued homeland but the imagination of children everywhere from a terrifying monster.
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    The View
    The View (1997) - TV Series
    A handful of celeb "hosts," led by the ever ethereal Whoopi Goldberg, discuss issues of the day. (imdb)
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    Stretch and Bobbito: Radio That Changed Lives
    Stretch and Bobbito: Radio That Changed Lives explores the social impact of what the Source Magazine in 1998 voted, "The Best Hip Hop Radio Show Of All-Time." The documentary film is the story of quirky friends who became unlikely legends by engaging their listeners and breaking the biggest rap artists ever. (imdb)
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    Puerto Ricans in Paris
    Two Puerto Rican NYPD detectives head to Paris to track down a stolen handbag.
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    Five Nights in Maine
    A young African American man, reeling from the tragic loss of his wife, travels to rural Maine to seek answers from his estranged mother-in-law, who is herself confronting guilt and grief over her daughter's death.
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    Rise
    Rise (2018) - TV Series
    A high school threatre director tries to challenge the level of comfort within his students by taking on Spring Awakening as the schools latest production. As the students and staff at Stanton High deal with personal and professional struggles they come together under the leadership of their new director.
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    Gods Behaving Badly
    Greek gods living in modern-day New York intervene in the lives of a young couple. (imdb)
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    The Dead Don\
    The peaceful town of Centerville finds itself battling a zombie horde as the dead start rising from their graves.
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    Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn
    After splitting with the Joker, Harley Quinn joins superheroes Black Canary, Huntress and Renee Montoya to save a young girl from an evil crime lord.
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    The Last Thing He Wanted
    A veteran D.C. journalist loses the thread of her own narrative when a guilt-propelled errand for her father thrusts her from byline to unwitting subject in the very story she's trying to break. Adapted from Joan Didion's namesake novel. (imdb)
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    Inside the Rain
    Facing expulsion from college over a misunderstanding, a bipolar student indulges his misery at a strip club where he befriends a gorgeous, intelligent, outrageous woman and they hatch a madcap scheme to prove his innocence.
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    A Brother\
    Two brothers, Lex and younger Mick, are living in Harlem. Mick is a policeman, and Lex, who spent youth years in reformatory because of injustice after he confronted the cop who tried to sodomize Mick on the street, is living with his wife Debbie trying to make ends meet and failing. One day Lex calls Mick - he has a problem...
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    The Flight Attendant
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    Pure
    Pure (2017) - TV Series
    "Pure" tells the story of Noah Funk, a newly-elected Mennonite pastor, who is determined to rid his community of drug traffickers by betraying a fellow Mennonite to the police.
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    Now and Then
    Now and Then (2022) - TV Series
    A multi-layered thriller that explores the differences between youthful aspirations and the reality of adulthood, when the lives of a group of college friends are forever changed after a celebratory weekend ends up with one of them dead. (imdb)
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    Fantasmas
    Fantasmas (2024) - TV Series
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    Bounty Hunters
    Bounty Hunters (2017) - TV Series
    A mysterious accident, missing money, dodgy deals and looted treasure propel a bookish Briton into a partnership with a tough, female, bounty hunter from New York in this comedy action/adventure series. (imdb)
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