Rosie Perez

 Rosie Perez, born Rosa Maria Perez, September 6, 1964, is an American actress and choreographer. Her breakthrough was with Tina's part in Do the Right Thing (1989), then followed by White Men Can't Hop (1992). Perez's performance in the film Tina Fearless (1993) was rewarded with her nominations for the Academy Award, Best Supporting Actress and other accolades. Her leading film roles since include It Could Happen to You (1994), The Road to El Dorado (2000), Pineapple Express (2008), and Birds of Prey (2020).

 Perez got three Primetime Emmy Award nominations for In Living Color (1990-1994) and another Emmy nomination for her performance in The Flight Attendant (2020-present). Perez has appeared in Broadway stage productions like The Ritz and Frankie, Johnny in the Clair de Lune and Fish in the Dark. She also co-hosted the 18th season of ABC's talk show The View.

 Childhood and early life

 Perez was born on 6 September 1964 in Brooklyn to Lydia Perez (a merchant mariner seaman) and Ismael Serano (a Bushwick neighborhood resident). [3][4][5] Her mother Lydia (nee Fontanez y Reyes) was born October 13 1939, in Humacao, Puerto Rico. Her father was born in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. Arturo Perez was her mother's 20-year-old husband. After an affair with Serrano her mother was already had five children. Perez was born in the now-closed Greenpoint Hospital, Greenpoint neighborhood of Brooklyn.

 Perez is the tenth of her 10 children. Rosie and her siblings were raised in Bushwick as their mother was in prison for an indefinite period. The mother of her child was jailed when she had the birth of her eldest child. She was for a time raised by an aunt and then, like her siblings, passed through group homes and foster care. She was often separated from her siblings. She was transferred to an affluent foster family. She lived in foster homes in New York and Peekskill up until the age of eight. It was legal to consider her a ward of the State of New York until age twelve. Her mother and aunt frequently visited, and her father even made a failed request for custody at one point.