Rosie Perez

 Rosie Perez was born Rosa Maria Perez September 6, 1964. She is an American actress. Her first role in the role of Tina in Do the Right Thing (1989) was followed by White Men Can't jump (1992). Perez's performance as Tina in Fearless (1993) earned her nominations for the Academy Award, Best Supporting Actress and other honors. Her film credits that have featured her since include It Could Happen to You (1994), The Road to El Dorado (2000), Pineapple Express (2008) and Birds of Prey (2020).

 Perez has received three Primetime Emmy Award nominations (in 1990-1994) and an Emmy Award nomination for her role as The Flight Attendant (2020-2024). She has been in stage productions on Broadway like The Ritz, Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, and Fish in the Dark. In the 18th season of the show she also was co-hosting ABC's talk show The View.

 Childhood and early life

 Perez was born on the 6th of September 1964 in Brooklyn to Lydia Perez (a merchant mariner seaman) and Ismael Serano (a Bushwick neighborhood resident). [3][4][5Perez was the daughter of Ismael Serrano, a merchant Lydia Fontanez was her name. Lydia Fontanez Reyes, was her mother. She was born on the 13, 1939 in Humacao. Her father came born in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. Arturo Perez, her mother's husband, was 20 years older than Rosie. Her mother already had five children before she gave birth to Rosie after an affair with Serrano. Perez was born at the now closed Greenpoint Hospital located in Brooklyn's Greenpoint neighborhood.

 Perez is one of the ten children her mother had. Rosie and her siblings lived in Bushwick during the time their mother was held in jail. The mother of her child was born to her first child while she was in jail. After being taken care of by her aunt, she was put in group homes and foster care. She was often isolated from her siblings. She was put into a group foster home, and was in foster care New York until she reached the age of eight. When she reached the age of 12 she was legally considered an ward in New York. Her mother and aunt often visited her, as did her father tried unsuccessfully to get custody at one time.