Rosie Perez

 Rosie Perez, born Rosa Maria Perez, September 6, 1964, is an American dancer and choreographer. Her breakthrough was with Tina's performance in Do the Right Thing (1989), then followed by White Men Can't Hop (1992). Perez's performance in Fearless (1993) brought her nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, among other accolades. 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 earned three Primetime Emmy Award nominations for In Living Color (1990-1994) and another Emmy nomination for her role in The Flight Attendant (2020-present). She has appeared in stage productions on Broadway such as The Ritz, Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, and Fish in the Dark. In the 18th season she also was the co-host of ABC's talk show The View.

 Childhood and early life

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

 Perez is one of the ten children her mother had. Rosie as well as her siblings were raised in Bushwick as their mother was intermittently jailed. While in prison her mother gave birth to her eldest daughter. For a time she was a child of an aunt. She then went through foster care and group homes. The siblings of her were often split. She was moved to one of the foster families and resided in foster homes in New York and Peekskill up until the age of eight. She was legally considered as a ward in the State of New York from age 12 up to age 12. Her aunt and mother often visited, and her father made an unsuccessful custody claim at one time.