Rosie Perez

 Rosie Perez (born Rosa Maria Perez on the 6th of September 1964) is an American actress, choreographer, dancer, and activist. Her breakthrough came with her performance as Tina in the movie Do the Right Thing (1989), then followed by White Men Can't Jump (1992). Perez's performance in Fearless (1993) has earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. It Could Happen to You (1994) and The Road to El Dorado(2000), Pineapple Express(8), and Birds of Prey(2020) are some of her most prominent films.

 Perez has received three Primetime Emmy Award nominations for In Living Color (1990-1994) and another Emmy nomination for her performance in The Flight Attendant (2020-present). Perez has appeared involved in Broadway productions, including The Ritz, Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune. She also hosted on the ABC talk show The View during the series' 18th season.

 Childhood and early life

 Perez was born on September 6 1964, in the Bushwick neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York City and was the daughter of Lydia Perez and Ismael Serrano, a merchant marine seaman. [3][4][5] Lydia Fontanez Lydia Fontanez, y Reyes was her mother. Her birth date was October 13th, 1939 in Humacao. Her father was from Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. Her mother was engaged to a man that was 20 years older than her, Arturo Perez. After an affair with the father of Serrano Perez's mother been blessed with five kids. Perez was born in the now closed Greenpoint Hospital, Greenpoint neighborhood of Brooklyn.

 Perez is one of ten children who were born by her mother. Rosie and her siblings were raised in Bushwick, while their mother was held for indefinitely long periods. The mother of her child was jailed when she had the birth of her second child. In the beginning she was a child of an aunt. After that, she was placed in foster homes and group homes. She and her siblings were often split up. She was put into a group foster home, and was in foster care in New York until she reached the age of eight. From the age of twelve she was legally considered as a ward of New York. Her mother and aunt often visited her, and her father failed to gain custody at one point.