Michelle Rodriguez
Biography
Mayte Michelle Rodriguez is an American actress born on July 12, 1978, in Bexar County, Texas. She is known for her work in film and television, with seventy-nine known credits listed on the Movie Database. Throughout her career, she has established a prominent presence in major action franchises, independent dramas, science fiction epics, and biographical films. She is also known by the names Mayte Michelle Rodriguez and Mayte Michelle R.
Career overview
Michelle Rodriguez began her acting career in 2000, playing a troubled boxer in the independent sports drama film Girlfight. Her performance earned her the Independent Spirit Award and the Gotham Award for Best Debut Performance. Following this breakthrough, she established herself in major franchises by playing Letty Ortiz in the Fast and Furious franchise and Rain Ocampo in the Resident Evil franchise.
In addition to her franchise roles, Rodriguez has starred in several notable feature films, including the crime thriller S.W.A.T. in 2003, James Cameron's science fiction epic Avatar in 2009, and the action film Battle: Los Angeles in 2011. She also portrayed Minerva Mirabal in the 2010 biopic Trópico de Sangre and headlined the exploitation films Machete in 2010 and Machete Kills in 2013.
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Full filmography
- Snakes and Ladders (2025)
- Women Wearing Shoulder Pads (2025) as Rubia Salamandra (voice)
- Getting LOST (2024) as Self (archive footage)
- The Private Lives of Jordi Molla' & Domingo Zapata (2024) as Michelle Rodriguez
- Fast X (2023) as Letty
- Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023) as Holga
- Fast & Furious Greatest Moments: Refuelled (2023) as Self
- Barmageddon (2022) as Self - Contestant
- The Revolution Generation (2022) as Self
- Gianluca Vacchi - Mucho Más (2022) as Self
- F9 (2021) as Letty Ortiz
- Crisis (2021) as Supervisor Garrett
- A Night at the Academy Museum (2021) as Self
- Getaway Driver (2021) as Self - Host
- Cardi Tries (2020) as Self
- She Dies Tomorrow (2020) as Sky
- LA Originals (2020) as Self
- Stuntwomen: The Untold Hollywood Story (2020) as Self - Narrator
- Stuntwomen: The Untold Hollywood Story (2020) Executive Producer
- The Kelly Clarkson Show (2019) as Self - Guest
- Tamron Hall (2019) as Self - Guest
- Alita: Battle Angel (2019) as Gelda (uncredited)
- Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo (2019) as Self
- Widows (2018) as Linda
- The Fate of the Furious (2017) as Letty Ortiz
- Smurfs: The Lost Village (2017) as Smurfstorm (voice)
- Robert Kirkman's Secret History of Comics (2017) as Self
- 2031 (2017) as Voula
- The Assignment (2016) as Frank Kitchen / Tomboy
- Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party (2016) as Self
- Milton's Secret (2016) as Ms. Ferguson
- The Reality of Truth (2016) as Self
- Furious 7 (2015) as Letty Ortiz
- Unity (2015) as Narrator (voice)
- Running Wild with Bear Grylls (2014) as Self
- I Am Evel Knievel (2014) as Self
- Turbo (2013) as Paz (voice)
- Machete Kills (2013) as Luz
- InAPPropriate Comedy (2013) as Harriet
- Fast & Furious 6 (2013) as Letty Ortiz
- Finding Your Roots (2012) as Self
- Resident Evil: Retribution (2012) as Rain
- Back from the Afterlife: Making 'Resident Evil: Retribution' (2012) as Self
- Battle: Los Angeles (2011) as Elena Santos
- Fast Five (2011) as Letty (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Blacktino (2011) as Charlotte Foster Jane
- Machete (2010) as Luz
- Top Gear (2010)
- Teenage Paparazzo (2010) as Self
- Capturing Avatar (2010) as Self
- Tropic of Blood (2010) as Minerva Mirabal
- Avatar (2009) as Trudy Chacon
- Fast & Furious (2009) as Letty Ortiz
- Los Bandoleros (2009) as Letty Ortiz
- A Cat's Tale (2008) as Jujube (voice)
- Gardens of the Night (2008) as Lucy
- Battle in Seattle (2007) as Lou
- Germany's Next Topmodel (2006) as Self - Special Guest
- The Breed (2006) as Nicki
- BloodRayne (2005) as Katarin
- Lost (2004) as Ana Lucia Cortez
- Control (2004) as Teresa
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003) as Self - Guest
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003) as Self
- Punk'd (2003) as Self
- S.W.A.T. (2003) as Chris Sanchez
- Celebrities Uncensored (2003) as Self
- Icons (2002)
- Resident Evil (2002) as Rain
- Blue Crush (2002) as Eden
- The Making of Resident Evil (2002) as Self
- Playing Dead: "Resident Evil" from Game to Screen (2002) as Self
- The Fast and the Furious (2001) as Letty Ortiz
- 3 A.M. (2001) as Salgado
- Girlfight (2000) as Diana Guzman
- The View (1997) as Self
- The Daily Show (1996) as Self - Guest
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992)
- Left Seat