Born Mayte Michelle Rodriguez in 1978, in Texas, Michelles Rodriguez is a famous actress and screenwriter perhaps best known for appearing in such successful movies as “The Fast and Furious”, “Machete”, “Avatar”, “Resident Evil” and many others. Rodriguez is considered to be one of the most influential actresses of action movies, and has been nominated for and has won such awards as ALMA Award, Black Reel Award, Razzie Award, Screen Actors Guild Award, Teen Choice Award and others. In addition to this, Rodriguez has also been involved in the creation of different video games, including “Call of Duty: Black Ops II”, “Halo 2”, “True Crime: Streets of LA” and others.
Michelle Rodriguez Net Worth $30 Million
So how rich is Michelle Rodriguez? It is estimated that Michelle’s net worth is $30 million. Of course, the main source of this sum is Rodriguez’s career as an actress, and as Michelle is one of the most successful actresses, she still receives a lot of invitations to act in many projects. She is only 36 years old, so there is a high chance that her net worth will continue to grow.
Michelle was somewhat of a complicated and confused teenager, that is why she was expelled from five schools and did not finish business school because she wanted to start her career as an actress. She started participating in various auditions and finally she achieved a role in the movie called “Girlfight”, in which she worked with Paul Calderon, Santiago Douglas and Jaime Tirelli. This movie was not only the start of Michelle’s career but also the beginning of her net worth growth.
In 2001 she became part of one of the most successful and famous action movies, called “The Fast and the Furious”. As this movie gained a lot of attention, many sequels were made and Michelle acted in many of them, and so these movies are one of the main sources of Michelle Rodriguez’s net worth. In 2005 she secured a role in the show called “Lost”. While filming this show, Michelle worked together with Mathew Fox, Jorge Garcia, Evangeline Lilly and many others. This show also added to Michelle’s net worth. In 2015 her fans will be able to see her in “Furious 7”, which will probably become a very successful movie.
While talking about Rodriguez’s net worth, it can be said that she had relationships with Olivier Martinez and Vin Diesel. She also created much discussion when she stating that she has experimented with both men and women. Despite this fact, she is saying that she is not a lesbian. What is more, Michelle had some problems with the law, but was able to overcome all of them.
All in all, Michelle Rodriguez is one of the most famous contemporary actresses. During her career she has acted in many very successful movies and in this way made herself famous all over the world. As said before, there is a high chance that Michelle Rodriguez’s net worth will continue to grow.
Independent Spirit Award[6] and Gotham Award for Best Debut Performance (2000)
Nominations
Saturn Award, Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance, ALMA Award, Teen Choice Award, MTV Movie Award, Golden Raspberry Award, Imagen Foundation Award
Movies
"The Fast and the Furious" (2001), "Fast& Furious 6" (2013), "Girlfight" (2000), "BloodRayne" (2005), "Blue Crush" (2002)
TV Shows
Punk'd (2005),"Lost" (2005, 2009,2010), Running Wild with Bear Grylls (2015), Germany's Next Top Model (2012)
[on the longtime speculation about her sexuality, in a 2013 issue of Entertainment Weekly] I don't talk about what I do with my vagina, and they're all intrigued. I've never walked the carpet with anyone, so they wonder: What does she do with her vagina? Plus, I play a butchy girl all the time, so they assume I'm a lesbo... Eh, they're not too far off. I've gone both ways. I do as I please. I am too fucking curious to sit here and not try when I can. Men are intriguing. So are chicks.
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Basically, right now Hollywood is a giant factory of remakes because everyone is pussying out and they don't want to try anything new because they're scared, I guess. The money situation in the States isn't so keen right now. Our dollar is shitty, so I can understand why the studios are doing the guaranteed hit-off movies. I'm banking on that and I'm proud to be part of franchises that want me back.
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You can keep knocking me down forever, I'll keep getting up and trying.
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[on why she always plays the "tough girl"]: Well, could you really imagine me playing the girlfriend that needs rescuing? Or the girlfriend?
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No matter what, people are so narrow minded that it won't ever be Michelle Rodriguez the actress, it will always be Michelle Rodriguez the Latin actress. And it's just something that I have to live with, because of the fact that people need labels to understand things. I can't even get into this ignorance that I'm dealing with. So I just ignore it, you know? Ignore the ignorance.
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I don't think it's narcissistic at all to love yourself and believe in yourself. I think some people are really scared to do that. I have to. If I don't, I would not succeed in what I do.
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My favorite part of my body is my brain. I think no matter what my body looks like, I won't be satisfied unless I know how to use it.
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I don't want people thinking of me sexually. I don't want people to be like, "She's hot-looking," you know? I want them to listen to me for what I am saying. And I think the best way to do that is to sniff my armpits, and like, sit and burp every now and then. It just completely throws people off. I had a couple of offers to do some hot scenes in the shower with some guy and to make it real hot and sexy. The next thing you know, I'd be the next J.Lo or something. But that's easy. I want [success] the hard way.
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I think empathy is a beautiful thing. I think that's the power of film though. We have one of the most powerful, one of the greatest communicative tools known to man. It's a form of communication and it's gonna reach you in a way of growth - most of the time.
When interviewed to join the cast of Lost (2004) as a tough LAPD police officer, she insisted that she would only sign on for one year because she is a "nomadic spirit". The producers came up with a storyline and sold the idea of the short contract to the network.
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She was the original choice for the title role in Æon Flux (2005), which went to Charlize Theron.
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It was announced in 2005 that she would be joining the second season cast of the ABC drama series Lost (2004).
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Ranked #34 on Maxim magazine's Hot 100 Women of 2002 list.
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Ranked #77 in Stuff magazine's "102 Sexiest Women in the World" (2002).
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Dropped out of high school at 17, but later obtained a G.E.D. equivalency certificate.
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Has two older twin brothers named Raul and Omar.
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Has two half-sisters on her father's side.
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Plays the piano.
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Didn't have a driver's license before filming The Fast and the Furious (2001) and had to obtain one during her training for the car chase sequences.
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Is an avid in-line skater.
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Girlfight (2000) was her first acting audition, and she got the role. The Fast and the Furious (2001) was her second audition, and she also got that role.
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She beat out 350 other girls for the role of Diana Guzman in Girlfight (2000).
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Is of Puerto Rican and Dominican ancestry.
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Was raised in Texas, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic and in Jersey City.
$30 Million
