Biography
Rosa María Perez (born September 6, 1964) is an American actress, community activist, talk show host, author, dancer, and choreographer. 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 (1...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Highest 2 Lowest
2025
as Rosie Perez
When a titan music mogul, widely known as having the "best ears in the business", is targeted with a ransom plot, he is jammed up in a life-or-death m...

Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson
2024
as Self
The Problem Child, Jake 'El Gallo' Paul, goes up against the Baddest Man on the Planet, Mike Tyson, live from the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Ka...

With/In Volume 2
2022
An anthology film that centres around relationships, love and family. A man misses his flight and instead finds love in quarantine, a lonely therapist...

With/In Volume 2
2022
Director
An anthology film that centres around relationships, love and family. A man misses his flight and instead finds love in quarantine, a lonely therapist...

Clifford the Big Red Dog
2021
as Lucille
As Emily struggles to fit in at home and at school, she discovers a small red puppy who is destined to become her best friend. When Clifford magically...

With/In Volume 1
2021
as (segment "Coco & Gigi")
Giving creatives the chance to step outside the box while being confined to their own homes, the filmmakers behind With/In range from seasoned directo...

With/In Volume 1
2021
Screenplay, Director
Giving creatives the chance to step outside the box while being confined to their own homes, the filmmakers behind With/In range from seasoned directo...

Sesame Street: 50 Years of Sunny Days
2021
as Self
For more than a half-century, Sesame Street has addressed and explained diversity, equity, and inclusion around the globe by using the universal tools...

For NYC
2020
Noel Ashman and Damon Dash direct a collection of favorite quotes from high profile artists, recorded on their smart phones, in their homes during qua...

Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics
2020
as Self
Celebrities recall their most mind-bending trips via animations, reenactments and more in this comedic documentary exploring the story of psychedelics...

Inside the Rain
2020
as Dr. Holloway
Facing expulsion from college over a misunderstanding, a bipolar student indulges his misery at a strip club where he befriends a gorgeous, intelligen...

The Last Thing He Wanted
2020
as Alma Guerrero
At the turning point of the Iran-Contra affair, Elena McMahon, a fearless investigative journalist covering the 1984 US presidential campaign, puts he...

Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
2020
as Renee Montoya
Harley Quinn joins forces with a singer, an assassin and a police detective to help a young girl who had a hit placed on her after she stole a rare di...

Goldie
2020
Executive Producer
Goldie, a precocious teenager in a family shelter, wages war against the system to keep her sisters together while she pursues her dreams of being a d...

The Dead Don't Die
2019
as Posie Juarez
In a small peaceful town, zombies suddenly rise to terrorize the town. Now three bespectacled police officers and a strange Scottish morgue expert mus...

Active Adults
2017
as Zoe
Malcolm and Lily try to start their lives as they watch Malcolm's grandparents' fall apart.

De Puerto Rico para el mundo
2016
as Self
On the Puerto Rican diaspora, which includes renowned artists who have converted New York, Florida, Chicago, Hawaii, Santa Cruz and Dominican Republic...

Muhammad Ali: A Life
2016
Muhammad Ali: A Life takes a look back at the life and career of the world champion boxer and activist. No athlete has ever contributed more to his co...

Five Nights in Maine
2016
as Ann
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 i...

Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall
2016
as Self
Director Spike Lee chronicles Michael Jackson's early rise to fame.

Stretch and Bobbito: Radio That Changed Lives
2015
Exploring 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...

Puerto Ricans in Paris
2015
as Gloria
NYPD detectives Luis and Eddie visit Paris to help gorgeous French designer Colette catch the black market thief who's ripped off her new handbag desi...

Pitch Perfect 2
2015
as The View Host
The Bellas are back, and they are better than ever. After being humiliated in front of none other than the President of the United States of America, ...

Fugly!
2014
as Zowie
Fame proves elusive for comic Jesse Sanchez, who reflects on life from the bottom of a bathtub in this film based on John Leguizamo's one-man show. Th...

The Hero of Color City
2014
as Red (voice)
An imaginative tale chronicling the adventures of a diverse band of crayons as they strive to protect not only their magical multihued homeland but th...

Gods Behaving Badly
2013
as Persephone
Greek gods living in modern-day New York intervene in the lives of a young couple.

The Counselor
2013
as Ruth
A lawyer finds himself in far over his head when he attempts to get involved in drug trafficking.
Picasso Baby
2013
as Self
Jay Z performs Picasso Baby at the Museum of Modern Art in NYC.

Won't Back Down
2012
as Breena Harper
Jamie Fitzpatrick and Nona Alberts are two women from opposites sides of the social and economic track, but they have one thing in common: a mission t...

Small Apartments
2012
as Ms. Baker
When a clumsy deadbeat accidentally kills his landlord, he must do everything in his power to hide the body, only to find that the distractions of lus...

Brooklyn Boheme
2012
as Self
Brooklyn Boheme is a love letter to a vibrant African American artistic community who resided in Fort Greene and Clinton Hill Brooklyn during the 80's...

Lies in Plain Sight
2010
as Marisol Reyes
“Lies in Plain Sight” tells the story of Eva and her blind cousin Sofia (Martha Higareda), who were inseparable as children, with Eva the loyal compan...

Pete Smalls Is Dead
2010
as Julia
Two old pals attend an old friends funeral and find there is more to his death than him being dead.

The Other Guys
2010
as Herself
Unlike their heroic counterparts on the force, desk-bound NYPD detectives Gamble and Hoitz garner no headlines as they work day to day. When a seeming...

Celebrity Habla
2009
as Self
See what celebrated Latino actors, newsmakers and a musical legend have to say about being Latino in the U.S. in this sixth installment in the award-w...

Big Pun: The Legacy
2009
as Self
His rhymes caught the attention of millions. His flow is un-matched by any. His story is captivating and triumphant. "Big Pun: The Legacy" chronicles ...

Do the Right Thing: 20 Years Later
2009
as Self
In this documentary directed by Spike Lee, he interviews the cast and crew of his 1989 film DO THE RIGHT THING. It also includes footage from a twenti...

The Take
2008
as Marina De La Pena
After he's shot during a heist in East L.A., an armored truck driver wrestles with rehabilitation and tracking down the man who committed the crime.

Pineapple Express
2008
as Carol
A stoner and his dealer are forced to go on the run from the police after the pothead witnesses a cop commit a murder.

Go, Diego, Go!: Moonlight Rescue
2008
"Moonlight Rescue" is Diego’s all- new DVD Premiere Movie! In this release, newly hatched baby sea turtles need moonlight to find their way back to th...

Home
2006
Young Irish immigrant, Alan Cooke contemplates the great metropolis New York City, and the very meaning of home itself. A vivid moving and poetic port...

Just Like the Son
2006
as Mrs. Ponders
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 s...

¡Yo soy Boricua, pa' que tú lo sepas!
2006
as Herself
Actress Rosie Perez makes a stunning directorial debut in this heartfelt tribute to Puerto Rican pride. She takes an in-depth look at the complex and ...

¡Yo soy Boricua, pa' que tú lo sepas!
2006
Director, Executive Producer
Actress Rosie Perez makes a stunning directorial debut in this heartfelt tribute to Puerto Rican pride. She takes an in-depth look at the complex and ...

Jesus Children of America
2005
as Ruthie
A Brooklyn teen learns she was born HIV-positive.

All the Invisible Children
2005
as Ruthie (segment "Jesus Children of America")
Seven short films - each one focused on the plight of a different child protagonist.

Lackawanna Blues
2005
as Bertha
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 liv...

Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde
2004
as Self
To commemorate the 150th anniversary of Oscar Wilde's birth, 150 leading artists of the stage, screen and music worlds deliver 150 of the Irish scribe...

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
2004
as Self
The top 100 songs of the past 100 years chosen by the American Film Institute are presented by host-actor John Travolta.

What I Want My Words to Do to You
2003
as Self
An inside look at a writing workshop led by playwright and activist Eve Ensler, consisting of 15 women, most of whom were convicted of murder. Through...

The Evolution of an American Filmmaker
2003
as Self
Spike Lee's filmmaking career is examined in this partial making-of for the film 25th Hour (2002). Interviews with cast members from this film and his...
From the 104th Floor
2003
as narrator

The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family'
2002
as Self
Featuring inverviews from: Afrika Bambaataa, Ashford & Simpson, Jackson Browne, Kim Burell, Taylor Dayne, Carmen Electra, Faith Evans, Roberta Flack, ...

Riding in Cars with Boys
2001
as Shirley Perro
In 1965, a young woman with dreams of becoming a writer has a son at the age of 15 and struggles to make things work with the drug-addicted father.

Human Nature
2001
as Louise
Obsessive scientist Nathan and his lover, the naturalist Lila, discover Puff: a man born and raised in the wild. As Nathan trains the wild man in the ...

King of the Jungle
2000
as Joanne
Seymore is a young man with the mind of a child. He loves three things in life: basketball, sneaking out for cigarettes, and his mother. But all life'...

The Road to El Dorado
2000
as Chel (voice)
Stowing away after a failed con, a pair of swindlers end up on El Dorado, the fabled "city of gold", where they quickly get in over their heads when t...

The 24 Hour Woman
1999
as Grace Santos
Grace tries to be the perfect mother and TV producer but finds trouble in juggling both.

The 24 Hour Woman
1999
Co-Producer
Grace tries to be the perfect mother and TV producer but finds trouble in juggling both.

Louis & Frank
1998
Third-rate doo-wop singers making a comeback hook up with a campy manager who books them to perform in drag.

Dance with the Devil
1997
as Perdita Durango
She's sexy, shameless and loves taking people to their limit. She's a dangerous young woman who dreams about a jaguar that licks her naked body and sl...

Subway Stories
1997
as The Girl (segment "Love on the A Train")
An anthology of 10 stories depicting real-life incidents of subway riders in New York City, which range from compassion and love to violence and loss.

Subway Stories
1997
Executive Producer
An anthology of 10 stories depicting real-life incidents of subway riders in New York City, which range from compassion and love to violence and loss.

A Brother's Kiss
1997
as Debbie
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 afte...

Somebody to Love
1994
as Mercedes
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 lo...

It Could Happen to You
1994
as Muriel Lang
Charlie Lang is a simple, kindhearted New York City cop. When he realizes he has no money to tip waitress Yvonne Biasi, Lang offers her half the winni...

Fearless
1993
as Carla Rodrigo
After a terrible air disaster, survivor Max Klein emerges a changed person. Unable to connect to his former life or to wife Laura, he feels godlike an...

Untamed Heart
1993
as Cindy
Caroline, a young waitress who seems to have bad taste in men, is on her way home one night when thugs attempt to rape her. Adam, the mysterious busbo...

White Men Can't Jump
1992
as Gloria Clement
Two street basketball hustlers try to con each other, then team up for a bigger score.

Night on Earth
1991
as Angela
An anthology of 5 different cab drivers in 5 American and European cities and their remarkable fares on the same eventful night.

Criminal Justice
1990
as Denise Moore
A knife-scarred victim must identify her assailant beyond a reasonable doubt. Meanwhile the accused is offered a deal if he pleads guilty. Is he as in...
Making 'Do the Right Thing'
1989
as Self / Tina
The Behind-the-Scenes documentary of the dramatic comedy Do the Right Thing.

Do the Right Thing
1989
as Tina
Salvatore "Sal" Fragione is the Italian owner of a pizzeria in Brooklyn. A neighborhood local, Buggin' Out, becomes upset when he sees that the pizzer...