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Rosie Maria Perez Wiki Biography

Rosa Maria “Rosie” Perez was born on 6 September 1964, in Brooklyn, New York City USA to Puerto Rican parents. Rosie Perez is an actress, writer and dancer, perhaps best known for appearing in such movies as “White Men Can’t Jump”, “Fearless”, “Do the Right Thing” among many others. Rosie has been nominated for and has won such awards as Academy Award, Golden Globe, Black Reel Award, Chicago Film Critics Association Award and others. Despite the fact that Rosie is now 50 years old, she is still very active, and participates in various projects while continuing her career.

If you consider how rich Rosie Perez is, it can be said that Rosie’s estimated net worth is $8 million. The main source of this sum of money is, of course, her career as an actress. In addition to this, Rosie’s works as a dancer and writer which also add to her wealth. Rosie is one of the most successful women in show business, and she only continues proving her talent by involving herself in various projects.

Rosie Perez Net Worth $8 Million

Rosie’s childhood was not perfect as she had to live in foster care for quite a long time, while accommodating 10 half-brothers and sisters. Perhaps unsurprisingly, her mother died of AIDS-related complications. Maybe this kind of life encouraged her to work hard in order to create a better environment for herself. Rosie’s first appearance as an actress was in the television show, called “Soul Train” in the late 1980s, and soon she was noticed by other producers, so in 1988 she received an invitation to appear in the movie called “Do the Right Thing”. This had a significant impact on the growth of Rosie Perez’s net worth.

In addition to pursuing her career as an actress, Rosie also became well-known as a choreographer, and has worked with such artists as Janet Jackson, Fly Girls, Diana Ross, The Boys and others. In 1993 Perez took a role in one of her most famous movies, called “Fearless”, in which she worked with Jeff Bridges, Tom Hulce, John Turturro among others; the success of this movie made Rosie’s net worth a lot higher. Other movies and television shows that Rosie has appeared in include “21 Jump Street”, “Won’t Back Down”, “The Take”, “Just Like the Son”, “In Living Color”, “Law & Oder: Special Victims Unit”, and “Nurse Jackie”. In total, Rosie has appeared in over 30 films on the big screen, and more than 20 TV productions. All these projects have contributed steadily to Rosie’s net worth.

In addition to the above, Rosie released her autobiography, called “Handbook for and Unpredictable Life: How I Survived Sister Renata and My Crazy Mother, and Still Came Out Smiling”, which gained a lot of attention and made Perez’s net worth grow. Some of her recent works include being one of the hosts of the television show called “The View”. On the other hand, she took a break from this show, and decided to leave it in 2015.

If to talk about Rosie Perez’s personal life, it can be said that in 1991 she married Seth Zvi Rosenfeld, but their marriage ended in 2001. In 2013 she married Eric Haze.

Rosie actively participates in various charity campaigns and tries to help others as much as she can. All in all, Rosie Perez is a talented and successful woman, who was able to overcome all difficulties in her life and become an acclaimed actress.



Full Name Rosie Perez
Net Worth $8 Million
Date Of Birth Sep 6, 1964
Place Of Birth Bushwick, New York City, NY
Height 5 ft 1 in (1.562 m)
Profession Actor, Film director, Dancer, Choreographer, Film Producer, Social activist, Television Director, Voice Actor
Education Los Angeles City College, Grover Cleveland High School
Nationality Puerto Rican
Spouse Eric Haze (m. 2013), Seth Zvi Rosenfeld (m. 1999–2001)
Parents Lydia Pérez, Arturo Pérez, Ismael Serrano
Siblings Carmen Serrano
Nicknames Rosie Maria Perez , Rorry Perez , Rosa María “Rosie” Pérez , Rosa Maria Perez , Rosie Pérez , Lydia Perez
Twitter http://www.twitter.com/rosieperezbklyn
Instagram http://www.instagram.com/rosieperezbrooklyn
IMDB http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001609
Nominations Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Choreography, Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female, NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture, NAACP Image A…
Movies White Men Can’t Jump, Do the Right Thing, Pineapple Express, It Could Happen to You, The Take, Dance with the Devil, Untamed Heart, The Road to El Dorado, Fearless, Won’t Back Down, Night on Earth, The 24 Hour Woman, The Counselor, A Brother’s Kiss, Puerto Ricans in Paris, Just Like the Son, The Her…
TV Shows Go, Diego, Go!, Soul Train, Little Bill, The View
Trademark
1 Curvaceous, buxom figure
2 Heavy Brooklyn accent
Quote
1 Boxing is about pushing through your fears. It’s more about fighting yourself. Floyd Mayweather could get punched – like clean shot down the middle to his face – and he wouldn’t flinch. And I understand what he’s doing.
2 Most of the criticism I got early in my career was from the Latin community. They used to take me out to lunch and tell me, “Can you go and take lessons to lessen your accent?”. Or, “When you’re on a talk show, can you not be so funny and loud?”. People gave me so much crap about my voice, and I tried. I really did try to change, but it was the way I spoke. As I got older, the octaves dropped, thank God. Now I find it flattering if a sixteen-year-old comes up and starts imitating me.
Fact
1 Friends with the late Tupac Shakur.
2 Has one half-sister: Carmen Perez.
3 Cousin of Sixto Ramos.
4 Parents are Ismael Serraro and Lydia Perez.
5 Suffered serious neck and hip injuries while filming Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: Hardwired (2009). She accepted an honor from President Barack Obama, in a wheelchair and neck-brace weeks after having surgery.
6 Was appointed to The Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS by President Barack Obama in 2010.
7 Was a former Soul Train (1971) dancer during the 1980s.
8 Attended and graduated from Grover Cleveland High School in Ridgewood, Queens, New York.
9 Jumped on stage during the second Technotronic performance when Fred Savage hosted Saturday Night Live (1975) (Season 15, Episode 14: 24 February 1990).
10 (January 6, 2000) Arrested for disorderly conduct in New York City following a rally to protest United States Navy bomb tests on Vieques, a small island off the coast of Puerto Rico.
11 Practices kung fu.
12 Later became a choreographer of music videos and stage shows for such performers as Bobby Brown, Diana Ross, LL Cool J and The Boys.

Actress

Title Year Status Character
White Men Can’t Jump 1992 Gloria Clemente
Night on Earth 1991 Angela
WIOU 1990-1991 TV Series Lucy Hernandez
In Living Color 1990 TV Series Spike’s Joint Customer
Criminal Justice 1990 TV Movie Denise Moore
21 Jump Street 1990 TV Series Rosie Martinez
Do the Right Thing 1989 Tina
Active Adults 2016 completed Zoe
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero 2014-2015 TV Series Aunt Rose
Five Nights in Maine 2015 Ann
Puerto Ricans in Paris 2015 Gloria
Pitch Perfect 2 2015 The View Host
Fugly! 2014 Zowie
The Hero of Color City 2014 Red (voice)
An American Education 2014 TV Movie Rita Gomez
The Being Experience 2013/I
Gods Behaving Badly 2013 Persephone
The Counselor 2013 Ruth
The Cleveland Show 2012-2013 TV Series Choni
Falcón 2012 TV Series Madeleine Flowers
Won’t Back Down 2012 Breena Harper
Nurse Jackie 2012 TV Series Jules
Small Apartments 2012 Ms. Baker
Da Brick 2011 TV Movie Annalisse
Go, Diego! Go! 2005-2011 TV Series Click
Lies in Plain Sight 2010 TV Movie Marisol Reyes
Pete Smalls Is Dead 2010 Julia
Dora the Explorer 2010 TV Series La Bruja
The Other Guys 2010 Rosie Perez
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 2009 TV Series Eva Banks
Lipstick Jungle 2008-2009 TV Series Dahlia Morales
Exit 19 2009 TV Movie Lorna
Pineapple Express 2008 Carol Female Cop
Diego’s Moonlight Rescue 2008 TV Series Click
The Take 2007 Marina De La Pena
Lolo’s Cafe 2006 TV Movie Maria (voice)
Just Like the Son 2006 Mrs. Ponders
All the Invisible Children 2005 Ruthie (segment “Jesus Children of America”)
Jesus Children of America 2005 Short Ruthie
Lackawanna Blues 2005 TV Movie Bertha
Copshop 2004 TV Movie Heaven
Frasier 1995-2004 TV Series Lizbeth / Francesca
Exactly 2004 Short Angela
From the 104th Floor 2003 Short Narrator (voice)
Widows 2002 TV Mini-Series Linda Pirelli
Riding in Cars with Boys 2001 Shirley Perro
Human Nature 2001 Louise
We Deliver 2001 TV Series
King of the Jungle 2000 Joanne
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child 1995-2000 TV Series Robinita Hood / Thumbelina / Witch
The Road to El Dorado 2000 Chel (voice)
Little Bill 1999 TV Series Valencia
The 24 Hour Woman 1999 Grace Santos
Louis & Frank 1998
Perdita Durango 1997 Perdita Durango
SUBWAYStories: Tales from the Underground 1997 TV Movie The Girl (segment “Love on the A Train”)
A Brother’s Kiss 1997 Debbie
Somebody to Love 1994 Mercedes
It Could Happen to You 1994 Muriel Lang
Fearless 1993 Carla Rodrigo
Untamed Heart 1993 Cindy

Miscellaneous

Title Year Status Character
Soul Train’s 25th Anniversary 1995 TV Movie documentary choreographer
In Living Color 1990-1993 TV Series choreographer – 92 episodes
Do the Right Thing 1989 choreographer

Director

Title Year Status Character
Yo soy Boricua, pa’que tu lo sepas! 2006 Documentary
In Living Color 1991-1993 TV Series 59 episodes

Casting Department

Title Year Status Character
In Living Color 1992-1993 TV Series talent coordinator – 28 episodes

Soundtrack

Title Year Status Character
Go, Diego! Go! 2009-2010 TV Series performer – 2 episodes
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child 1997 TV Series performer – 1 episode
Somebody to Love 1994 performer: “Romeo’s Aria”

Producer

Title Year Status Character
Yo soy Boricua, pa’que tu lo sepas! 2006 Documentary executive producer
The 24 Hour Woman 1999 co-producer
SUBWAYStories: Tales from the Underground 1997 TV Movie executive producer

Writer

Title Year Status Character
SUBWAYStories: Tales from the Underground 1997 TV Movie creator

Thanks

Title Year Status Character
Home 2006/III Documentary very special thanks
The 24 Hour Woman 1999 special thanks

Self

Title Year Status Character
Talk Stoop with Cat Greenleaf 2009-2016 TV Series Herself / Herself – Guest
Michael Jackson’s Journey from Motown to Off the Wall 2016 Documentary Herself
38th Annual Kennedy Center Honors 2015 TV Special Herself – Performer
The Sweet Science of Life with Al Bernstein 2015 TV Series Herself
American Masters 2015 TV Series documentary Herself
Stretch and Bobbito: Radio That Changed Lives 2015 Documentary
The View 2014-2015 TV Series Herself – Co-Hostess / Herself – Co-host / Herself – Guest Co-Hostess
Thank You and Sorry 2015 TV Mini-Series documentary
The Wendy Williams Show 2009-2015 TV Series Herself – Guest / Herself
Entertainment Tonight 2010-2015 TV Series Herself / Herself – Co-Hostess, The View
The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore 2015 TV Series Herself – Panelist
Today 1994-2015 TV Series Herself – Guest
The 8th Annual CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute 2014 TV Movie documentary Herself – Presenter
Jimmy Kimmel Live! 2006-2014 TV Series Herself – Guest
Larry King Now 2014 TV Series Herself – Guest
Inside Edition 2014 TV Series documentary Herself
CBS News: 50 Years Later, Civil Rights 2014 TV Special Herself
Park Bench with Steve Buscemi 2014 TV Series Herself
The Queen Latifah Show 2014 TV Series Herself – Guest
Steve Harvey 2014 TV Series Herself
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson 2007-2014 TV Series Herself – Guest
The Chew 2012-2014 TV Series Herself – Guest
Piers Morgan Tonight 2014 TV Series Herself – Guest
The Arsenio Hall Show 2013 TV Series Herself – Guest
Access Hollywood Live 2013 TV Series Herself – Guest
Bethenny 2013 TV Series Herself
American Latino TV 2013 TV Series Herself
Sidewalks Entertainment 2013 TV Series Herself – Guest
Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show 2004-2013 TV Series Herself – Guest
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno 1993-2013 TV Series Herself – Guest
Picasso Baby: A Performance Art Film 2013 TV Movie documentary Herself – Actor
ESPN Friday Night Fights 2013 TV Series Herself – Audience Member
Good Day L.A. 2013 TV Series Herself – Guest
Anderson Live 2013 TV Series Herself – Co-Host
RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 2012 TV Series Herself – Guest Judge
Road to Brooklyn 2012 TV Series documentary short
The Rachel Maddow Show 2012 TV Series Herself – Guest
Made in Hollywood 2012 TV Series Herself
The Cleveland Show 2012 TV Series Herself
Brooklyn Boheme 2011 Documentary Herself
Vine Talk 2011 TV Series Herself
VH1 Rock Docs 2010 TV Series Herself
Island Summer Celebrity Sports Invitational 2009 TV Movie Herself
Celebrity Habla 2009 TV Movie documentary Herself
The 2009 Independent Spirit Awards 2009 TV Special Herself
The Bonnie Hunt Show 2009 TV Series Herself – Guest
Big Pun: The Legacy 2008 Video documentary Herself
Late Show with David Letterman 1993-2008 TV Series Herself – Guest / Herself
Home 2006/III Documentary Herself (as Rorry Perez)
Late Night with Conan O’Brien 1997-2006 TV Series Herself – Guest
The 60th Annual Tony Awards 2006 TV Special Herself – Presenter: The Year in Plays
Tribeca Film Festival Presents: Live from the Red Carpet 2006 TV Movie Herself
Yo soy Boricua, pa’que tu lo sepas! 2006 Documentary Herself
2006 Independent Spirit Awards 2006 TV Movie documentary Herself
Made You Look: Top 25 Moments of BET History 2005 TV Special documentary Herself
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde 2004 TV Movie documentary Herself
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn 2003-2004 TV Series Herself – Guest Host / Herself – Guest
The Daily Show 2003-2004 TV Series Herself – Guest
AFI’s 100 Years… 100 Songs: America’s Greatest Music in the Movies 2004 TV Movie documentary Herself
Back in Step with the Fly Girls 2004 Short Herself – Choreographer
Looking Back in Living Color: The First Season 2004 Video short Herself – Choreographer
Dinner for Five 2003 TV Series Herself
The Isaac Mizrahi Show 2003 TV Series Herself – Guest
The 57th Annual Tony Awards 2003 TV Special Herself – Presenter: Best Featured Actor in a Musical
Spike Lee’s ’25th Hour’: The Evolution of an American Filmmaker 2003 Video documentary short Herself
Until the Violence Stops 2003 Herself
What I Want My Words to Do to You: Voices from Inside a Women’s Maximum Security Prison 2003 Documentary Herself
XXI Century 2003 TV Series documentary Herself – Actor
IFP Gotham Awards 2002 2002 TV Special Host
One World Jam 2002 TV Special Host
One World Jam: A Concert for Global Harmony 2002 TV Special Host
The Rosie O’Donnell Show 1997-2002 TV Series Herself – Guest
The Making and Meaning of ‘We Are Family’ 2002 Documentary Herself
My Generation 2000 Documentary Herself
HBO First Look 2000 TV Series documentary Herself
The Howard Stern Radio Show 1999-2000 TV Series Herself – Guest
¡Mi Gente! My People! 1999 TV Movie documentary Herself
Comic Relief VIII 1998 TV Special Herself
Venice Report 1997 TV Short documentary Herself
Howard Stern 1997 TV Series Herself – Guest
3rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards 1997 TV Special Herself
Días de cine 1996 TV Series Herself
Saturday Night Special 1996 TV Series Herself – Guest
The Girlie Show 1996 TV Series documentary Herself – Guest
Soul Train’s 25th Anniversary 1995 TV Movie documentary Herself
Comic Relief VII 1995 TV Special documentary Herself
In a New Light: Sex Unplugged 1995 TV Movie Host
The 52nd Annual Golden Globe Awards 1995 TV Special Herself – Presenter: Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
The 20th Annual People’s Choice Awards 1994 TV Special Herself – Presenter: Favorite Actress in a Dramatic Motion Picture
The 8th Annual Soul Train Music Awards 1994 TV Special Herself – Presenter
CBS This Morning 1994 TV Series Herself – Guest
In a New Light ’94 1994 TV Special Herself
The 8th Annual American Comedy Awards 1994 TV Special Herself – Presenter
Ebony’s 15th Annual Black Achievement Awards 1994 TV Special Herself – Presenter
The 66th Annual Academy Awards 1994 TV Special Herself – Nominated: Best Actress in a Supporting Role
The 51st Annual Golden Globe Awards 1994 TV Special Herself – Nominee: Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Comic Relief VI 1994 TV Special documentary Herself
1993 MTV Movie Awards 1993 TV Special Herself – Presenter
The 7th Annual Soul Train Music Awards 1993 TV Special Herself
In Living Color 1990-1993 TV Series Herself
Late Night with David Letterman 1993 TV Series Herself – Guest
1992 MTV Movie Awards 1992 TV Special Herself – Presenter
Comic Relief V 1992 TV Special Herself
The 6th Annual Soul Train Music Awards 1992 TV Special Herself – Presenter
Ebony/Jet Showcase 1991 TV Series Herself
The 5th Annual Soul Train Music Awards 1991 TV Special Herself – Presenter
The Arsenio Hall Show 1990 TV Series Herself – Guest
Making ‘Do the Right Thing’ 1989 TV Movie documentary Herself / Tina

Archive Footage

Title Year Status Character
Entertainment Tonight 2014-2015 TV Series Herself / Herself – Co-Hostess, The View
Extra 2015 TV Series Herself – Co-Hostess, The View / Herself
Inside Edition 2014-2015 TV Series documentary Herself – Co-Hostess, The View / Herself / Herself – The View / …
Media Buzz 2014-2015 TV Series Herself – Co-Hostess, The View
The Insider 2014-2015 TV Series Herself / Herself – Co-Hostess, The View
Sexo en el plató 2007 TV Movie documentary Perdita Durango
El oficio de actor 2005 TV Movie documentary Perdita Durango (uncredited)
The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema 2002 Documentary Herself

Won Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie
2011 Gracie Gracie Allen Awards Outstanding Female Lead in a Drama Special Lies in Plain Sight (2010)
2006 Grammy Grammy Awards Best Spoken Word Album for Children
1998 Best Actress Fantafestival Perdita Durango (1997)
1994 Special Mention Berlin International Film Festival Fearless (1993)
1994 CFCA Award Chicago Film Critics Association Awards Best Supporting Actress Fearless (1993)
1994 DFWFCA Award Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards Best Supporting Actress Fearless (1993)
1993 BSFC Award Boston Society of Film Critics Awards Best Supporting Actress Fearless (1993)
1993 LAFCA Award Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards Best Supporting Actress Fearless (1993)

Nominated Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie
2016 BTVA Television Voice Acting Award Behind the Voice Actors Awards Best Vocal Ensemble in a New Television Series Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero (2014)
2016 Daytime Emmy Daytime Emmy Awards Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show Host The View (1997)
2011 Image Award Image Awards Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special Lies in Plain Sight (2010)
2011 Imagen Award Imagen Foundation Awards Best Actress – Television Lies in Plain Sight (2010)
2009 ALMA Award ALMA Awards Actress in Television – Comedy Lipstick Jungle (2008)
2009 Independent Spirit Award Independent Spirit Awards Best Supporting Female The Take (2007)
2006 Black Reel Black Reel Awards Best Supporting Actress – Television Lackawanna Blues (2005)
2006 Image Award Image Awards Outstanding Actress in a TV Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special Lackawanna Blues (2005)
2000 ALMA Award ALMA Awards Outstanding Actress in a Feature Film The 24 Hour Woman (1999)
2000 Black Reel Black Reel Awards Theatrical – Best Actress The 24 Hour Woman (1999)
1994 Oscar Academy Awards, USA Best Actress in a Supporting Role Fearless (1993)
1994 Golden Globe Golden Globes, USA Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture Fearless (1993)
1993 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Individual Achievement in Choreography In Living Color (1990)
1993 CFCA Award Chicago Film Critics Association Awards Best Supporting Actress White Men Can’t Jump (1992)
1993 CFCA Award Chicago Film Critics Association Awards Most Promising Actress White Men Can’t Jump (1992)
1992 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Individual Achievement in Choreography In Living Color (1990)
1990 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Choreography In Living Color (1990)

2nd Place Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie
1993 NYFCC Award New York Film Critics Circle Awards Best Supporting Actress Fearless (1993)

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