Rosie Perez

 Rosie Perez, born Rosa Maria Perez 7 September, 1964 is an American actress and choreographer. Her first big break came with Tina's character in Do the Right Thing (1989), then followed by White Men Can't Hop (1992). Perez's performance in Fearless (1993) earned her an award nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress along with other honors. It Could Happen to You (1994), The Road to El Dorado ((2000), Pineapple Express (2008) and Birds of Prey (2010) are her main role in movies.

 Perez has received three Primetime Emmy Award nominations (in 1990-1994) and an additional Emmy Award nomination for her work as The Flight Attendant (2020-2024). She has appeared involved in Broadway productions, including The Ritz, Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune. She also co-hosted on The View, an ABC talk show The View during the series the 18th season.

 Early life

 Perez was born on September 6, 1964, in Brooklyn to Lydia Perez (a merchant mariner seaman) and Ismael Serano (a Bushwick neighborhood resident).  Her mother Lydia (nee Fontanez y Reyes) was born on the 13th of October 1939 in Humacao, Puerto Rico. Her father was from Aguadilla in Puerto Rico. Her mother was engaged to a man that was 20 years her senior, Arturo Perez. Her mother was already a mother of five when she became pregnant with Rosie after an affair with Serrano. Perez was born in the now-closed Greenpoint Hospital, Greenpoint neighborhood of Brooklyn.

 Perez is the tenth of her ten children. Rosie as well as her siblings were raised in Bushwick as their mother was held for indefinite times. Her mother gave birth to her second child while in prison. She was for a time being cared for by an aunt then, like her siblings, passed through group homes and foster care. She and her siblings were often split. She was moved to an affluent foster family. She was in foster homes throughout New York and Peekskill up at the age of eight. It was legal to consider her an ward of State of New York until age twelve. Her mother and aunt frequently visited her, and her father was unsuccessful in his attempts to obtain custody at one point.