Biography
Rosario Isabel Dawson (born May 9, 1979) is an American actress. She made her feature film debut in the 1995 independent drama Kids. Her subsequent film roles include He Got Game (1998), Josie and the Pussycats (2001), Men in Black II (2002), The Rundown (2003), Rent (2005), Sin City (2005), Clerks II (2006), Death Proof (2007), Seven Pounds (2008), Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010), Unstoppable (2010), Zookeeper (2011), Trance (2013), Top Five (2014), Zombieland: Double ...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Steal This Story, Please!
2025
Executive Producer
With shrinking newsrooms, media monopolization, weaponized social media, and a president deliberately eroding public trust in truth and reality, STEAL...

Opus
2025
as Billie Holiday (voice)
A young writer is invited to the remote compound of a legendary pop star who mysteriously disappeared thirty years ago. Surrounded by the star's cult ...

The 4:30 Movie
2024
as Melody's Aunt
In the summer of 1986, three sixteen year old friends spend their Saturdays sneaking into movies at the local multiplex. But when one of the guys also...

Vigilantes INC. - America's New Vote Suppression Hitmen
2024
as Narrator
Vigilantes Inc.: America’s New Vote Suppression Hitmen The 2024 election is in danger: 8,500 self-proclaimed vigilante vote-fraud hunters have alrea...

My First Horror Film
2024
An aspiring influencer documents her journey to booking her first horror film but receives a bloody surprise when a real-life killer begins murdering ...

Frank Miller: American Genius
2024
as Self
Explore the near half-century career of the legendary comic book artist and writer. Made for his fans following a near death experience, the documenta...

Soul Paint
2024

Common Ground
2023
as Self
Sobering yet hopeful, Common Ground exposes the interconnectedness of American farming policy, politics, and illness. Follow the solution-driven pligh...

Common Ground
2023
Executive Producer
Sobering yet hopeful, Common Ground exposes the interconnectedness of American farming policy, politics, and illness. Follow the solution-driven pligh...

Haunted Mansion
2023
as Gabbie
A woman and her son enlist a motley crew of so-called spiritual experts to help rid their home of supernatural squatters.

Below the Belt
2023
Executive Producer
A groundbreaking film examining the challenges people with endometriosis are facing. There is no known cure for this disease and often patients underg...

Vigilante
2023
as Narrator
Rolling Stone investigative reporter Greg Palast confronts the latest vote suppression tricksters. Narrated by Rosario Dawson. "Frightening but really...

We're Not Even Supposed to Be Here Today: 3 Decades of Clerks
2022
A documentary covering 3 decades of Clerks films

The Clerks 3 Documentary
2022
Documentary on the making of Clerks 3

Sell/Buy/Date
2022
as Self
A hybrid doc/narrative following Tony winning performer and comedian Sarah Jones. As a mixed-race Black woman in America, Sarah, alongside the multicu...

Clerks III
2022
as Becky
After narrowly surviving a massive heart attack, Randal enlists his old friend Dante to help him make a movie immortalizing their youthful days at the...

Our Words Collide
2022
Executive Producer
A feature documentary following the lives of five teenage spoken word poets in Los Angeles.

Split at the Root
2022
Executive Producer
When a Guatemalan mother seeking asylum was separated from her kids under Zero Tolerance Policy, a group of women sprang into action. Our film focuses...

This Is Not a War Story
2021
Executive Producer
A ragtag group of veterans in New York deal with the aftermath of war by creating unusual art.

All the Streets Are Silent: The Convergence of Hip Hop and Skateboarding (1987-1997)
2021
as Self
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, skateboarding and hip-hop culture collide in downtown Manhattan. Archival footage from the era showcases the fusion...

Space Jam: A New Legacy
2021
as Wonder Woman (voice)
When LeBron and his young son Dom are trapped in a digital space by a rogue A.I., LeBron must get them home safe by leading Bugs, Lola Bunny and the w...

The Rocky Horror Musical Live Stream
2020
as Magenta
This live stream benefiting the Democratic Party of Wisconsin features with Curry, Barry Bostwick, Wilmer Valderrama, Colleen Ballinger, Lance Bass, R...

Kiss the Ground
2020
as Self
Sheds light on an alternative approach to farming called “regenerative agriculture” that could balance our climate, replenish our vast water supplies,...

The Water Man
2020
as Mary Boone
Hoping to save his sick mother, a boy named Gunner and his friend Jo venture into the remote Wild Horse forest to search for a mythical figure who pos...

Justice League Dark: Apokolips War
2020
as Diana Prince / Wonder Woman (voice)
Earth is decimated after intergalactic tyrant Darkseid has devastated the Justice League in a poorly executed war by the DC Super Heroes. Now the rema...

Magnum Dopus
2020
as Self
A behind the scenes look at the making of Jay & Silent Bob Reboot.

Find Your Groove
2020
as Self
In this uplifitng documentary, stars and musicians from across the industry speak to the power and importance of music in society. Here we examine how...

Guardians of Life
2020
This environmental short subject was made in collaboration of the protest group, Extinction Rebellion.

QT8: The First Eight
2019
as Self (archive footage)
A detailed account of the life and artistic career of legendary filmmaker Quentin Tarantino, from his early days as a video club manager to the scanda...

LA Woman Rising
2019
as Self
Executive produced by Rosario Dawson, LA WOMAN RISING presents 50 Los Angeles women revealing their truth, what motivates them to wake up each morning...

LA Woman Rising
2019
Executive Producer
Executive produced by Rosario Dawson, LA WOMAN RISING presents 50 Los Angeles women revealing their truth, what motivates them to wake up each morning...

Jay and Silent Bob Reboot
2019
as Reggie
Jay and Silent Bob embark on a cross-country mission to stop Hollywood from rebooting a film based on their comic book characters Bluntman and Chronic...

Zombieland: Double Tap
2019
as Nevada
Columbus, Tallahassee, Wichita, and Little Rock move to the American heartland as they face off against evolved zombies, fellow survivors, and the gro...

Wonder Woman: Bloodlines
2019
as Diana Prince / Wonder Woman (voice)
Witness the legendary origin of renowned Justice League member Wonder Woman as she fights for good with her sword and magic lasso. Equally strong in b...

The Death and Return of Superman
2019
as Diana Prince / Wonder Woman (voice)
The Death of Superman and Reign of the Supermen now presented as an over two-hour unabridged and seamless animated feature. Witness the no-holds-barre...

This Changes Everything
2019
as Self
An investigative look and analysis of gender disparity in Hollywood, featuring accounts from well-known actors, executives and artists in the Industry...

Boundless
2019
as Stage Manager
Three best friends are robbed of their unique invention the day before an important tech competition. They must work as a team to stop their invention...

Boundless
2019
Director
Three best friends are robbed of their unique invention the day before an important tech competition. They must work as a team to stop their invention...

Someone Great
2019
as Hannah
An aspiring music journalist lands her dream job and is about to move to San Francisco when her boyfriend of nine years decides to call it quits. To n...

The Deported
2019
as Herself
The Deported follows four long term residents of the United States, each with an Order of Deportation over their head, and their families as they have...

The Need to Grow
2019
as Narrator (voice)
With only sixty years of farmable soil left on Earth, and the increased threats of climate change, the need to rethink how we use earth’s natural reso...

The Need to Grow
2019
Executive Producer
With only sixty years of farmable soil left on Earth, and the increased threats of climate change, the need to rethink how we use earth’s natural reso...

Reign of the Supermen
2019
as Diana Prince / Wonder Woman (voice)
In the wake of The Death of Supermen, the world is still mourning the loss of the Man of Steel following his fatal battle with the monster Doomsday. H...

Henchmen
2018
as Jolene (voice)
When a new recruit joins the Union of Evil, he is assigned to a motley crew of blue-collar workers led by fallen henchmen Hank. But when “The Kid” acc...

Trust Machine: The Story of Blockchain
2018
as Narrator
Hacktivist and blockchain expert Lauri Love fights extradition in TRUST MACHINE—his computer skills a threat to the US government. Tech innovators str...

The Death of Superman
2018
as Diana Prince / Wonder Woman (voice)
When a hulking monster arrives on Earth and begins a mindless rampage, the Justice League is quickly called in to stop it. But it soon becomes apparen...

Sorry to Bother You
2018
as Voice in Elevator (voice)
In an alternate present-day version of Oakland, black telemarketer Cassius Green discovers a magical key to professional success – which propels him i...

Krystal
2018
as Krystal
A young man living a sheltered life develops a crush on a stripper and joins her Alcoholics Anonymous group just so he can be in the same room with he...

Family Feud
2018
as Foremother
Jay-Z aims to unite the new and older generations of rap fans, while also reflecting on his own infidelity.

One Brick at a Time: Making the LEGO Batman Movie
2017
as Self
Documentary on the Lego Batman Movie.

Unforgettable
2017
as Julia Banks
Barely coping with the end of her marriage, Tessa Connover learns that her ex-husband, David, is now happily engaged to Julia. Trying to settle into h...

The Lego Batman Movie
2017
as Batgirl / Barbara Gordon (voice)
A cooler-than-ever Bruce Wayne must deal with the usual suspects as they plan to rule Gotham City, while discovering that he has accidentally adopted ...

Justice League Dark
2017
as Wonder Woman (voice)
When innocent civilians begin committing unthinkable crimes across Metropolis, Gotham City and beyond, Batman must call upon mystical counterparts to ...

The Best Democracy Money Can Buy
2016
as Self
Rolling Stone investigative reporter Greg Palast busted Jeb Bush for stealing the 2000 election by purging Black voters from Florida's electoral rolls...

Ratchet & Clank
2016
as Elaris (voice)
When the galaxy comes under the threat of a nefarious space captain, a mechanic and his newfound robot ally join an elite squad of combatants to save ...

Justice League vs. Teen Titans
2016
as Wonder Woman (voice)
Robin is sent by Batman to work with the Teen Titans after his volatile behavior botches up a Justice League mission. The Titans must then step up to ...

Puerto Ricans in Paris
2015
as Vanessa
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...

The Ever After
2015
as Rosario Dawson
Ava and Thomas live--to outside eyes--the good life, complete with a child and a lovely home in Los Angeles, but something is lost. Ava has placed her...

Justice League: Throne of Atlantis
2015
as Wonder Woman / Diana (voice)
After the events of Justice League: War, Ocean Master and Black Manta have declared a war against the surface in retaliation of the aftermath of Apoko...

Top Five
2014
as Chelsea Brown
Though he began in stand-up comedy, Andre Allen hit the big-time as the star of a trilogy of action-comedies about a talking bear but now he wants to ...

Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast
2014
as Nyx (voice)
An ancient myth of a massive creature sparks the curiosity of Tinker Bell and her good friend Fawn, an animal fairy who’s not afraid to break the rule...

9 Kisses
2014
as Woman in Chariot #2
2014's best actors pair up in a series of intimate encounters.

The Captive
2014
as Nicole
Eight years after the disappearance of Cassandra, some disturbing incidents seem to indicate that she's still alive. Police, parents and Cassandra her...

Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
2014
as Gail
Some of Sin City's most hard-boiled citizens cross paths with a few of its more reviled inhabitants.

Cesar Chavez
2014
as Dolores Huerta
A biography of the civil-rights activist and labor organizer Cesar Chavez. Chronicling the birth of a modern American labour movement, Cesar Chavez t...

Parts Per Billion
2014
as Mia
The interwoven stories of three couples which are forced to make life-altering decisions in the face of a disastrous war. Inspired and sometimes blind...

Parts Per Billion
2014
Executive Producer
The interwoven stories of three couples which are forced to make life-altering decisions in the face of a disastrous war. Inspired and sometimes blind...

Gimme Shelter
2013
as June Bailey
After running away from her abusive mother, a streetwise teen seeks refuge with her father, but he rejects her when he learns that she's pregnant.

They Die by Dawn
2013
as Edmonia Lewis
Four outlaws with a bounty on each head, set a date for a shootout in Langston, Oklahoma. The last man takes the collective bounty. Violence and mayhe...

Raze
2013
as Rachel
After Sabrina is abducted, she finds herself in an underground lair, forced to do battle with other innocent women for the amusement of unseen spectat...

Trance
2013
as Elizabeth
A violent gang enlists the help of a hypnotherapist in an attempt to locate a painting which somehow vanished in the middle of a heist.

Hotel Noir
2012
as Sevilla
Los Angeles, 1958: a detective holes up in a downtown hotel awaiting killers to come get him. During the course of one night he will meet various occu...

10 Years
2012
as Mary
A group of friends reunite ten years after their high-school graduation.

Fire with Fire
2012
as Talia Durham
A fireman takes an unexpected course of action when a man whom he's been ordered to testify against—after being held up at a local convenience store—t...

Five
2011
as Lili
An anthology of five short films exploring the impact of breast cancer on people's lives.

Zookeeper
2011
as Kate
Kindhearted Griffin Keyes is one of the best-loved caretakers at the Franklin Park Zoo, but he's more comfortable with the animals than with females o...

Girl Walks Into a Bar
2011
as June
A sharp-witted comedy that follows a group of apparent strangers in interlocking stories taking place in ten different bars during the course of one e...

Miss Representation
2011
as Self
The film MISS REPRESENTATION exposes how American youth are being sold the concept that women and girls’ value lies in their youth, beauty and sexuali...

Awake
2010
as Robin
A woman in the depths of the American nightmare is forced to become enlightened or die.

Unstoppable
2010
as Connie Hooper
When a massive, unmanned locomotive roars out of control, the threat is more ominous than just a derailment. The train is laden with toxic chemicals, ...

The Invocation
2010
as Self
An exploration of the notion of 'God' and World Peace through Religion, Spirituality, History, Science, Politics and Arts.

Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
2010
as Persephone
Accident prone teenager, Percy discovers he's actually a demi-God, the son of Poseidon, and he is needed when Zeus' lightning is stolen. Percy must ma...

Brave New Voices 2010
2010
as Herself - Host
The excitement and poetry of the Brave New Voices 2010 National Slam team championships is captured in this special.

SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas
2009
Holiday special including brand-new material with Alec Baldwin, Steve Martin, the infamous troublemaker "Gilly," and others. The special also features...

The People Speak
2009
as Self
A look at America's struggles with war, class, race and women's rights. based on Howard Zinn's "A People's History of the United States."

SpongeBob's Truth or Square
2009
as Self
It's the Krusty Krab's eleventy-seventh anniversary, and the nostalgia has SpongeBob, Squidward, Patrick, and Mr. Krabs looking back on key events in ...

The Haunted World of El Superbeasto
2009
as Velvet Von Black (voice)
The Haunted World of El Superbeasto is an animated comedy that also combines elements of a horror and thriller film. It is based upon the comic book s...

Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants
2009
as Self
Commemorates the 10th anniversary of the SpongeBob SquarePants. The documentary chronicles the beloved character's journey to international pop cultur...

Wonder Woman
2009
as Artemis (voice)
On the mystical island of Themyscira, a proud and fierce warrior race of Amazons have raised a daughter of untold beauty, grace and strength: Princess...

We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
2009
as Self
A public celebration of the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States of America at the Lincoln Memorial and the Nationa...

Seven Pounds
2008
as Emily
An IRS agent with a fateful secret embarks on an extraordinary journey of redemption by forever changing the lives of seven strangers.

Killshot
2008
as Donna
Beautiful Carmen Colson and her ironworker husband Wayne are placed in the Federal Witness Protection program after witnessing an "incident". Thinking...

Eagle Eye
2008
as Zoe Perez
Jerry Shaw and Rachel Holloman are two strangers whose lives are suddenly thrown into turmoil by a mysterious woman they have never met. Threatening t...

Explicit Ills
2008
as Babo's Mom
The film follows four inter-connecting stories revolving around love, drugs and poverty in Philadelphia

Descent
2007
as Maya
Following a brutal assault, a college co-ed's life spirals until she encounters her assailant while working as a dancer. The predator has become the p...

Descent
2007
Producer
Following a brutal assault, a college co-ed's life spirals until she encounters her assailant while working as a dancer. The predator has become the p...

Death Proof
2007
as Abernathy
Austin's hottest DJ, Jungle Julia, sets out into the night to unwind with her two friends Shanna and Arlene. Covertly tracking their moves is Stuntman...

Grindhouse
2007
as Abernathy (segment "Death Proof")
Grindhouse combines Robert Rodriguez's Planet Terror, a horror comedy about a group of survivors who battle zombie-like creatures, and Quentin Taranti...

Back to the Well: 'Clerks II'
2006
as Self / Becky
Feature-length documentary about the making of Clerks II.

A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
2006
as Laurie
Dito Montiel, a successful author, receives a call from his long-suffering mother, asking him to return home and visit his ailing father. Dito recalls...

No Day But Today: The Story of 'Rent'
2006
as Self
Feature length documentary about Jonathan Larson and "Rent"'s journey from Broadway to the screen. Featuring director Chris Columbus, the entire cast,...

Clerks II
2006
as Becky
A calamity at Dante and Randall's shops sends them looking for new horizons - but they ultimately settle at Mooby's, a fictional Disney-McDonald's-sty...

Rent
2005
as Mimi Marquez
This rock opera tells the story of one year in the life of a group of bohemians struggling in late 1980s East Village, New York, USA. The film centers...

Little Black Dress
2005
as Haley
As Haley gears up for a career opportunity, she grapples with insecurities and fears. However, an unexpected encounter with Mrs. Copeland triggers int...

God Sleeps in Rwanda
2005
as Narrator
A powerful documentary about five women whose lives have been irrevocably altered by the Rwandan genocide. With the country left nearly 70% female in ...

This Revolution
2005
as Tina Santiago
A news cameraman befriends a widow while covering activists during the Republican National Convention.

Sin City
2005
as Gail
Welcome to Sin City. This town beckons to the tough, the corrupt, the brokenhearted. Some call it dark… Hard-boiled. Then there are those who call it ...

This Girl's Life
2004
as Martine
"Slice of life" take on life of international porn celebrity, Moon, and her musings on modern life, love and loss.

Alexander
2004
as Roxane
Alexander, the King of Macedonia, leads his legions against the giant Persian Empire. After defeating the Persians, he leads his army across the then ...

Shattered Glass
2003
as Andy Fox
The true story of fraudulent Washington, D.C. journalist Stephen Glass, who rose to meteoric heights as a young writer in his 20s, becoming a staff wr...

The Rundown
2003
as Mariana
When Travis, the mouthy son of a criminal, disappears in the Amazon in search of a treasured artifact, his father sends in Beck, who becomes Travis's ...

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...

25th Hour
2002
as Naturelle Riviera
In New York City in the days following the events of 9/11, Monty Brogan is a convicted drug dealer about to start a seven-year prison sentence, and hi...

Love in the Time of Money
2002
as Anna
New York serves as a backdrop for a cast of characters in search of love, lust or lucre including a woman who makes awkward moves on the man renovatin...

Ash Wednesday
2002
as Grace Quinonez
In early 1980s Manhattan, a pair of Irish-American brothers become embroiled in a conflict with the Irish Mob.

The Adventures of Pluto Nash
2002
as Dina Lake
The year is 2087, the setting is the moon. Pluto Nash, the high-flying successful owner of the hottest nightclub in the universe, finds himself in tro...

Men in Black II
2002
as Laura Vasquez
Kay and Jay reunite to provide our best, last and only line of defense against a sinister seductress who levels the toughest challenge yet to the MIB'...

The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest
2002
as Alisa
Andy, a successful marketing guy quits his job, gets a new job at a research facility, makes a powerful enemy who makes him volunteer for a nearly imp...

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
2002
as Self
A look at one hundred years of romance in American cinema.

The Salton Sea
2002
as Tweaker (uncredited)
After the murder of his beloved wife, a man in search of redemption is set adrift in a world where nothing is as it seems. On his journey, he befriend...

Sidewalks of New York
2001
as Maria
The film follows the marital and dating lives of three men and three women who unknowingly form a tangled web of relationships. Interspersing "man on ...

Chelsea Walls
2001
as Audrey
This movie tells five stories set in a single day at the famed Chelsea Hotel in New York City, involving an ensemble cast of some 30-35 characters.

Trigger Happy
2001
as Dee
A hand gun is passed between 22 loosely connected New Yorkers.

Josie and the Pussycats
2001
as Valerie Brown
Josie, Melody and Val are three small-town girl musicians determined to take their rock band out of their garage and straight to the top, while remain...

King of the Jungle
2000
as Veronica
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'...

Down to You
2000
as Lana
College coeds in New York City, Al, the son of a celebrity chef, and Imogen, a talented artist, become smitten the second they lay eyes on one another...

Light It Up
1999
as Stephanie Williams
On a winter day in a southside Queens high school, events collide and six students are suddenly in an armed standoff with the NYPD. At the school, cla...

Side Streets
1998
as Marisol Hidalgo
The lives of diverse characters in each of New York City's five boroughs overlap.

He Got Game
1998
as Lala Bonilla
A basketball player's father must try to convince him to go to a college so he can get a shorter prison sentence.

Girls Night Out
1997
as Victoria
On a Friday evening, Manhattan gallery owner Jack meets Claire and Victoria on a Soho street and invites them up to his loft "to see his Max Ernst col...

Kids
1995
as Ruby
A day in the life of a group of teens as they travel around New York City skating, drinking, smoking and deflowering virgins.

Re-Live: A Tale of an American Island Cheerleader
N/A
Rowena, a transgender actress returns to her home on Guam for her high school reunion’s “do-over week,” to live out a big regret… her childhood dream ...
Midnight
N/A
A young, blind woman is hunted by a group of international criminals searching for a package they believe was given to the woman by her federal agent ...
Deepest, Darkest
N/A
Deepest, Darkest is an anthology movie with each segment revolving around that most human of impulses: the keeping of secrets.
Unmerciful Good Fortune
N/A
as Maritza Cruz
High-end celebrity attorney Maritza Cruz is pulled into a headline-making case involving Fatima, a cunning young waitress who is accused of serial poi...

Re-Live: A Tale of an American Island Cheerleader
N/A
Executive Producer
Rowena, a transgender actress returns to her home on Guam for her high school reunion’s “do-over week,” to live out a big regret… her childhood dream ...
Midnight
N/A
Producer
A young, blind woman is hunted by a group of international criminals searching for a package they believe was given to the woman by her federal agent ...
Unmerciful Good Fortune
N/A
Producer
High-end celebrity attorney Maritza Cruz is pulled into a headline-making case involving Fatima, a cunning young waitress who is accused of serial poi...