Rosie Perez

 Rosie Perez was born Rosa Maria Perez on September 6, 1964. She is an American actress. Her breakout moment came from her role as Tina in the movie Do the Right Thing (1989), which was followed by White Men Can't Jump (1992). Perez's performance on Fearless (1993) brought her an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. Her starring film roles 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 also received an Emmy nomination for her work in The Flight Attendant (2020-present). She has been on stage in Broadway productions such as The Ritz, Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune. She also hosted on the ABC talk show The View during the series the 18th season.

 Early life

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

 Perez is the tenth of her ten children. Rosie and her siblings grew up in Bushwick while their mother was often in jail. Her mother was in jail when she gave birth to her second child. For a time, she was raised by an aunt. Then she went through foster homes and group homes. It was not uncommon for her to be separated from her brothers. She was moved to the group foster home and resided in foster homes in New York and Peekskill up until the age of eight. The law recognized her as an ward of State of New York until age twelve. Her mother and aunt frequently visited, and her father was unsuccessful in a custody bid at one point.