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Michelle Rodriguez

Mayte Michelle Rodríguez (born July 12, 1978) is an American actress. She began her career in 2000, playing a troubled boxer in the independent sports drama film ''Girlfight'' (2000), where she won the Independent Spirit Award and Gotham Award for Best Debut Performance. Rodriguez played Letty Ortiz in the ''Fast & Furious'' franchise, and Rain Ocampo in the ''Resident Evil'' franchise. She has starred in the crime thriller ''S.W.A.T.'' (2003), James Cameron's science fiction epic ''Avatar'' (2009), and in the action film ''Battle: Los Angeles'' (2011).

After playing Minerva Mirabal in the biopic ''Trópico de Sangre'' (2010), Rodriguez headlined the exploitation films ''Machete'' (2010) and ''Machete Kills'' (2013), and starred in the animated comedy films ''Turbo'' (2013) and ''Smurfs: The Lost Village'' (2017), while her performance in the heist film ''Widows'' (2018) was critically praised.

Outside of film, Rodriguez played Ana Lucia Cortez in the drama television series ''Lost'' (2005–2006; 2009–2010), and voiced Liz Ricarro in the English-language translation of the anime ''Immortal Grand Prix'' (2005–2006). She reprised her roles in video game spin-offs of ''Avatar'' and ''Fast & Furious'', and also appeared in ''True Crime: Streets of LA'' (2003), ''Driver 3'' (2004), ''Halo 2'' (2004), and ''Call of Duty: Black Ops II'' (2012). Provided by Wikipedia