Tuesday, September 5, 2023

Rosario Isabel Dawson

Rosario Dawson straddles the line between being a fanboy dream goddess and being a fangirl herself with surprising ease. (And, no, I'm not going to make any obvious jokes...)
Why do we say she's a "fangirl"? Besides being a hardcore Trekker and comic book fan, Rosario is also the creator /co-writer of the comic book Occult Crimes TaskForce (the lead character Sophia Ortiz is illustrated in her image).
As for being a "fanboy dream goddess"...if you've seen the recent slate of Marvel/Netflix series (she appeared in all of them) as well as Sin City, GrindHouse, or even Adventures of Pluto Nash (She and Pam Grier are the ONLY reasons to bother with that turkey!) you wouldn't be wondering about the designation...and now she's the live-action embodiment of the animated Star Wars character Ahsoka Tano first on the TV series The Mandalorian and Book of Boba Fett, now in her own, self-titled show!
Rosario is one of the more civic-minded performers in show-biz, devoting her time and her name to a wide variety of causes including voter registration, gay rights, preventing domestic violence, and conservation. Very cool!
Trivia:
Dawson is the only person (AFAIK) to appear in the DC, Marvel and Archie media universes!
Marvel: Night Nurse/Claire Temple
DC: Batgirl/Barbara Gordon, Wonder Woman/Diana Prince, Artimis
Archie: Valerie Brown
She co-starred with fellow Femme Fantastique Tracie Thoms twice, in Rent (where she and Tracie were the only lead performers not from the Broadway version) and GrindHouse presents: Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof / GrindHouse "Death Proof".
Rosario performs her own singing in every film her on-screen persona sings in (Rent, Josie & the Pussycats, and Adventures of Pluto Nash) and she's on the soundtrack albums of all of them!

Genre appearances include...
Haunted Mansion (Gabbie)
Mandalorian / Book of Boba Fett / Ahsoka (Ahsoka Tano)
DMZ (Alma Ortega)
Zombieland: Double Tap (Nevada)
Last Kids on Earth (Rezzoch)
Lego Batman Movie / Lego Dimensions (Batgirl / Barbara Gordon)
Daredevil Defenders Iron Fist Jessica Jones Luke Cage (Claire Temple/Night Nurse)
Wonder Woman: Bloodlines / Death of Superman / Justice League vs Teen Titans / Justice League Dark / Justice League: Throne of Atlantis / Justice League Dark: Apokolips War (Wonder Woman)
Trance (Elizabeth)
Fire with Fire (Talia Durham)
ZooKeeper (Kate)
UnStoppable (Connie Hooper)
Percy Jackson and the Olympians: the Lightning Thief (Persephone)
Haunted World of El SuperBeasto (Velvet Von Black)
Wonder Woman [2009] (Artemis)
KillShot (Donna)
Gemini Division [webisodes] (Anna Diaz / producer)
Eagle Eye (Zoe Perez)
Grindhouse Presents: Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof / Grind House "Death Proof" (Abernathy)
Clerks II / Jay & Silent Bob Reboot / Clerks III (Becky / Reggie)
Devil's Rejects [edited from film, scenes on DVD version] (Nurse Marcia)
Sin City / Sin City: a Dame to Kill For (Gail)
RunDown (Mariana)
Adventures of Pluto Nash (Dina Lake / performer: "It's Alright")
Men in Black II (Laura Vasquez)
Josie & the Pussycats (Valerie Brown / performer on all "Pussycats" songs)


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Wednesday, March 1, 2023

Liza Lapira

A talented actress who you've seen in numerous genre shows and films...though you may not realize it!
She's been a supporting player on several genre shows simultaneously!
One of them, NCIS, finally gave her a showcase two-parter.
Unfortunately, they also killed her off...😢
She's currently co-starring in the reboot of The Equalizer as Melody "Mel" Bayani!
Genre Credits Include...
Nancy Drew  (Victoria Fan)
NCIS: New Orleans "Crab Mentality"
Angel from Hell "Pilot"
Battle Creek (Detective Jacocks)
Repo Men aka Reposession Mambo (Alva)
Fast and Furious (Agent Sophie Trinh)
DollHouse (Ivy)
NCIS (Michelle Lee)
Cloverfield (Heather)
Dexter (Yuki Amado)
Law & Order (Jenny Lu)

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