Rosie Perez
Date of Birth: 06 Sep 1964
Country: USA
Biography: Rosa María Perez (born September 6, 1964) is an American actress, choreographer and community activist. 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 (19901994). Perez has also perf
Total Credits at Criticker: 43 (Actor), 1 (Director)
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When his mother is slain by a neighborhood thug as a result of her work as a vocal social activist, Seymour (Leguizamo), a mentally-challenged man, is shattered. The only witness to the murder, he goes looking for revenge. (Urbanworld Films)
The fresh, funny, touching and unbelievably true story of writer Beverly D'Onofrio (played by Barrymore, who ages from 15 to 35 in the role) and her often irreverent, always unique personal journey. (Columbia Pictures)
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A collection of five stories involving cab drivers in five different cities.(imdb)
Black and white basketball hustlers join forces to double their chances (imdb)
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San Francisco architect Max Klein (Jeff Bridges) miraculously survives a plane crash and emerges a changed man. When Max's bizarre behavior alienates his wife (Isabella Rossellini) and son, airline psychiatrist Bill Perlman (John Turturro) puts Max in touch with guilt-ridden fellow crash survivor Carla Rodrigo (Rosie Perez), who lost her 2-year-old in the disaster. Working together, can Max and Carla find their way back to emotional equilibrium?
Lackawanna Blues (2005) - TV Movie
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 lives in 1960s Lackawanna, New York. (imdb)
All of Caroline's boyfriends seem to leave her or cheat on her. On her way home from work two men try to rape Caroline... (imdb)
The actual experiences of New York City subway riders are dramatized in a collection of 10 intriguing and very different vignettes... (imdb)
Rough girl Perdita and her demonic lover Romeo Dolorosa need humans to sacrifice following Romeo's religion before he can go on a mission ordered by mob boss Santos. They kidnap teen sweethearts Duane and Estelle and travel with them to Las-Vegas. (imdb)
After he's shot during a heist in East L.A., an armored-truck driver (Leguizamo) wrestles with rehabilitation and tracking down the man (Gibson) who committed the crime. (imdb)
A stoner (Rogen) and his dealer (Franco) are forced to go on the run from the police after the pothead witnesses a cop commit a murder.
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 sister's house in Texas. (imdb)
Grace tries to be the perfect mother and TV producer but finds trouble in juggling both. (imdb)
Criminal Justice (1990) - TV Movie
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Franklin Franklin is dreaming of Switzerland and waiting for cassette tape instructions from a brother confined in a mental hospital, but he has a problem: his evil landlord's dead body is lying on the floor of his seedy LA apartment.
Two determined mothers, one a teacher, look to transform their children's failing inner city school. Facing a powerful and entrenched bureaucracy, they risk everything to make a difference in the education and future of their children. (imdb)
An intimate portrait of the black arts movement that exploded in Fort Greene beginning in the mid 1980s through the 1990s as told by writer, historian, and Brooklyn resident Nelson George. (Netflix)
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The View (1997) - TV Series
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Two Puerto Rican NYPD detectives head to Paris to track down a stolen handbag.
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 is herself confronting guilt and grief over her daughter's death.
Rise (2018) - TV Series
A high school threatre director tries to challenge the level of comfort within his students by taking on Spring Awakening as the schools latest production. As the students and staff at Stanton High deal with personal and professional struggles they come together under the leadership of their new director.
Greek gods living in modern-day New York intervene in the lives of a young couple. (imdb)
The peaceful town of Centerville finds itself battling a zombie horde as the dead start rising from their graves.
After splitting with the Joker, Harley Quinn joins superheroes Black Canary, Huntress and Renee Montoya to save a young girl from an evil crime lord.
A veteran D.C. journalist loses the thread of her own narrative when a guilt-propelled errand for her father thrusts her from byline to unwitting subject in the very story she's trying to break. Adapted from Joan Didion's namesake novel. (imdb)
Facing expulsion from college over a misunderstanding, a bipolar student indulges his misery at a strip club where he befriends a gorgeous, intelligent, outrageous woman and they hatch a madcap scheme to prove his innocence.
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The Flight Attendant (2020) - TV Series
- In Case of Emergency (2020)
- Rabbits (2020)
- Funeralia (2020)
- Conspiracy Theories (2020)
- Other People's Houses (2020)
- After Dark (2020)
- Hitchcock Double (2020)
- Arrivals and Departures (2020)
Pure (2017) - TV Series
"Pure" tells the story of Noah Funk, a newly-elected Mennonite pastor, who is determined to rid his community of drug traffickers by betraying a fellow Mennonite to the police.
Now and Then (2022) - TV Series
A multi-layered thriller that explores the differences between youthful aspirations and the reality of adulthood, when the lives of a group of college friends are forever changed after a celebratory weekend ends up with one of them dead. (imdb)
Bounty Hunters (2017) - TV Series
A mysterious accident, missing money, dodgy deals and looted treasure propel a bookish Briton into a partnership with a tough, female, bounty hunter from New York in this comedy action/adventure series. (imdb)
Before (2024) - TV Series
After tragically losing his wife to suicide, child psychiatrist Eli Adler encounters a troubled young boy who seems to have a haunting connection to Eli's past. (imdb)
Widows (2002) - TV Mini-Series
The widows of three men killed while trying to steal a famous painting, join forces to find their husband's killers and finish off the job of stealing the painting. (imdb)