Mayte Michelle Rodriguez is an American actress. Rodriguez began her career in 2000, playing a troubled boxer in the independent sports drama film Girlfight, where she won the Independent Spirit Award and Gotham Award for Best Debut Performance.  She is of a mixed ethnic group and holds an American nationality.

Michelle Rodriguez’s parents: Meet Carmen Milady Pared, Rafael Rodriguez

Rodriguez’s mother is Carmen Milady Rodriguez, and she is Dominican, while her father, Rafael Rodriguez, was Puerto Rican and served in the U.S. Army. Rodriguez moved to the Dominican Republic with her mother when she was eight years old, and lived there until age 11. Rodriguez was born on July 12, 1978, in San Antonio, Texas.

Carmen Milady Rodriguez holds Dominican nationality and belongs to the Dominican ethnic race. She is a Jehovah’s Witness. Whiles, her husband Rafael Rodriguez holds Puerto Rican nationality and belongs to the Puerto Rican ethnic race.

Rodriguez’s mother and father passed away in 1986. They were survived by their three children namely Michelle Rodriguez, Raul Rodriguez, and Omar Rodriguez.

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