Rosie Perez

Rosie Perez

1964-09-06 Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA 73 Credits

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...

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Highest 2 Lowest

Highest 2 Lowest

2025

as Rosie Perez

Acting

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

Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson

2024

as Self

5.8
Acting

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

With/In Volume 2

2022

7.4
Acting

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

With/In Volume 2

2022

Director

7.4
Directing

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

Clifford the Big Red Dog

2021

as Lucille

7.2
Acting

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

With/In Volume 1

2021

as (segment "Coco & Gigi")

3.2
Acting

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

With/In Volume 1

2021

Screenplay, Director

3.2
Writing Directing

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

Sesame Street: 50 Years of Sunny Days

2021

as Self

6.5
Acting

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

For NYC

2020

Acting

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

Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics

2020

as Self

6.7
Acting

Celebrities recall their most mind-bending trips via animations, reenactments and more in this comedic documentary exploring the story of psychedelics...

Inside the Rain

Inside the Rain

2020

as Dr. Holloway

5.2
Acting

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

The Last Thing He Wanted

2020

as Alma Guerrero

4.9
Acting

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)

Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)

2020

as Renee Montoya

6.9
Acting

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

Goldie

2020

Executive Producer

6.0
Producing

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

The Dead Don't Die

2019

as Posie Juarez

5.4
Acting

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

Active Adults

2017

as Zoe

Acting

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

De Puerto Rico para el mundo

De Puerto Rico para el mundo

2016

as Self

1.5
Acting

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

Muhammad Ali: A Life

2016

8.0
Acting

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

Five Nights in Maine

2016

as Ann

5.1
Acting

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

Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall

2016

as Self

7.0
Acting

Director Spike Lee chronicles Michael Jackson's early rise to fame.

Stretch and Bobbito: Radio That Changed Lives

Stretch and Bobbito: Radio That Changed Lives

2015

8.0
Acting

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

Puerto Ricans in Paris

2015

as Gloria

5.7
Acting

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

Pitch Perfect 2

2015

as The View Host

6.8
Acting

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!

Fugly!

2014

as Zowie

4.2
Acting

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

The Hero of Color City

2014

as Red (voice)

5.2
Acting

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

Gods Behaving Badly

2013

as Persephone

2.5
Acting

Greek gods living in modern-day New York intervene in the lives of a young couple.

The Counselor

The Counselor

2013

as Ruth

5.3
Acting

A lawyer finds himself in far over his head when he attempts to get involved in drug trafficking.

Picasso Baby

2013

as Self

9.0
Acting

Jay Z performs Picasso Baby at the Museum of Modern Art in NYC.

Won't Back Down

Won't Back Down

2012

as Breena Harper

6.1
Acting

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

Small Apartments

2012

as Ms. Baker

5.9
Acting

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

Brooklyn Boheme

2012

as Self

6.8
Acting

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

Lies in Plain Sight

2010

as Marisol Reyes

6.0
Acting

“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

Pete Smalls Is Dead

2010

as Julia

4.6
Acting

Two old pals attend an old friends funeral and find there is more to his death than him being dead.

The Other Guys

The Other Guys

2010

as Herself

6.3
Acting

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

Celebrity Habla

2009

as Self

Acting

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

Big Pun: The Legacy

2009

as Self

4.5
Acting

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

Do the Right Thing: 20 Years Later

2009

as Self

7.0
Acting

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

The Take

2008

as Marina De La Pena

5.5
Acting

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

Pineapple Express

2008

as Carol

6.6
Acting

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

Go, Diego, Go!: Moonlight Rescue

2008

Acting

"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

Home

2006

8.6
Acting

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

Just Like the Son

2006

as Mrs. Ponders

4.9
Acting

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!

¡Yo soy Boricua, pa' que tú lo sepas!

2006

as Herself

10.0
Acting

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!

¡Yo soy Boricua, pa' que tú lo sepas!

2006

Director, Executive Producer

10.0
Directing Producing

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

Jesus Children of America

2005

as Ruthie

8.0
Acting

A Brooklyn teen learns she was born HIV-positive.

All the Invisible Children

All the Invisible Children

2005

as Ruthie (segment "Jesus Children of America")

7.1
Acting

Seven short films - each one focused on the plight of a different child protagonist.

Lackawanna Blues

Lackawanna Blues

2005

as Bertha

5.9
Acting

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

Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde

2004

as Self

2.0
Acting

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

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies

2004

as Self

8.0
Acting

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

What I Want My Words to Do to You

2003

as Self

7.2
Acting

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

The Evolution of an American Filmmaker

2003

as Self

7.3
Acting

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

5.0
Acting
The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family'

The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family'

2002

as Self

10.0
Acting

Featuring inverviews from: Afrika Bambaataa, Ashford & Simpson, Jackson Browne, Kim Burell, Taylor Dayne, Carmen Electra, Faith Evans, Roberta Flack, ...

Riding in Cars with Boys

Riding in Cars with Boys

2001

as Shirley Perro

6.8
Acting

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

Human Nature

2001

as Louise

6.0
Acting

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

King of the Jungle

2000

as Joanne

5.2
Acting

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

The Road to El Dorado

2000

as Chel (voice)

7.2
Acting

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

The 24 Hour Woman

1999

as Grace Santos

3.0
Acting

Grace tries to be the perfect mother and TV producer but finds trouble in juggling both.

The 24 Hour Woman

The 24 Hour Woman

1999

Co-Producer

3.0
Producing

Grace tries to be the perfect mother and TV producer but finds trouble in juggling both.

Louis & Frank

Louis & Frank

1998

1.0
Acting

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

Dance with the Devil

1997

as Perdita Durango

6.5
Acting

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

Subway Stories

1997

as The Girl (segment "Love on the A Train")

5.6
Acting

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

Subway Stories

1997

Executive Producer

5.6
Producing

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

A Brother's Kiss

1997

as Debbie

6.7
Acting

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

Somebody to Love

1994

as Mercedes

5.2
Acting

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

It Could Happen to You

1994

as Muriel Lang

6.7
Acting

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

Fearless

1993

as Carla Rodrigo

6.9
Acting

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

Untamed Heart

1993

as Cindy

6.9
Acting

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

White Men Can't Jump

1992

as Gloria Clement

6.6
Acting

Two street basketball hustlers try to con each other, then team up for a bigger score.

Night on Earth

Night on Earth

1991

as Angela

7.5
Acting

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

Criminal Justice

Criminal Justice

1990

as Denise Moore

6.4
Acting

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

6.7
Acting

The Behind-the-Scenes documentary of the dramatic comedy Do the Right Thing.

Do the Right Thing

Do the Right Thing

1989

as Tina

7.8
Acting

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...