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{{short description|American actress (born 1978)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Michelle Rodriguez
| image              = Michelle Rodriguez Cannes 2018 cropped.jpg
| caption            = Rodriguez in 2018
| birth_name         = Mayte Michelle Rodríguez
| birth_date         = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1978|7|12}}
| birth_place        = [[San Antonio, Texas]], U.S.
| occupation         = {{hlist|Actress}}
| years_active       = 1999–present
| website            = 
}}

'''Mayte Michelle Rodríguez''' (born July 12, 1978) is an American actress. She began her career in 2000, playing a troubled boxer in the independent sports drama film ''[[Girlfight]]'' (2000), where she won the [[Independent Spirit Awards|Independent Spirit Award]] and [[Gotham Award]] for Best Debut Performance.<ref name="IFP Gotham Independent Film Awards">{{cite web|url=http://gotham.ifp.org/support/Gotham_Recipients.pdf|title=Gothan Awards Recipients|author=IFP Gotham Independent Film Awards|access-date=December 23, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304185708/http://gotham.ifp.org/support/Gotham_Recipients.pdf|archive-date=March 4, 2016|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref name="Girlfight a Winner">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000349/2001|title="Girlfight" a Winner|website=FilmFestivals.com|access-date=December 23, 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121218113424/http://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000349/2001|archive-date=December 18, 2012|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Rodriguez played [[List of Fast & Furious characters#Letty Ortiz|Letty Ortiz]] in the [[The Fast and the Furious|''Fast & Furious'' franchise]], and [[Rain Ocampo]] in the [[Resident Evil (film series)|''Resident Evil'' franchise]]. She has starred in the crime thriller ''[[S.W.A.T. (2003 film)|S.W.A.T.]]'' (2003), [[James Cameron]]'s science fiction epic ''[[Avatar (2009 film)|Avatar]]'' (2009), and in the action film ''[[Battle: Los Angeles]]'' (2011).

After playing [[Minerva Mirabal]] in the biopic ''[[Trópico de Sangre]]'' (2010), Rodriguez headlined the [[exploitation film]]s ''[[Machete (2010 film)|Machete]]'' (2010) and ''[[Machete Kills]]'' (2013), and starred in the animated comedy films ''[[Turbo (2013 film)|Turbo]]'' (2013) and ''[[Smurfs: The Lost Village]]'' (2017), while her performance in the heist film ''[[Widows (2018 film)|Widows]]'' (2018) was critically praised.<ref name=Vilkomerson>{{cite magazine|last=Vilkomerson|first=Sara|title=Michelle Rodriguez talks movies, female empowerment, and sex: 'I don't talk about what I do with my vagina'|url=http://insidemovies.ew.com/2013/10/01/michelle-rodriguez-talks-movies-sex/|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=October 1, 2013|access-date=26 February 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202024139/http://insidemovies.ew.com/2013/10/01/michelle-rodriguez-talks-movies-sex/|archive-date=February 2, 2014|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

Outside of film, Rodriguez played [[Ana Lucia Cortez]] in the drama television series ''[[Lost (2004 TV series)|Lost]]'' (2005–2006; 2009–2010), and voiced [[List of Immortal Grand Prix characters#Team Satomi|Liz Ricarro]] in the English-language translation of the anime ''[[IGPX|Immortal Grand Prix]]'' (2005–2006). She reprised her roles in video game spin-offs of ''Avatar'' and ''Fast & Furious'', and also appeared in ''[[True Crime: Streets of LA]]'' (2003), ''[[Driver 3]]'' (2004), ''[[Halo 2]]'' (2004), and ''[[Call of Duty: Black Ops II]]'' (2012).