The actress has been active in theentertainmentindustryfor decades, consistently appearing in projects every year.
Our girl has real talent!
She’s also one to put her money where her mouth is, rendering herquite the philanthropist.
But Dawson didn’t always have pockets deep enough to write checks to the organizations she cares about.
And she wasn’t the product of an elite drama school either quite the opposite.
So how on earth did she get where she is today?
Read on to witness the stunning transformation of Rosario Dawson.
“Everybody made do,” she toldDazed.
“We had block parties.
There was just an incredible mixture of art and resistance and radicalism and off-the-gridding.”
Perhaps the artistry of the people around her is what inspired her to pursue the arts herself one day.
That’s a really horrible thing to have to endure.
We’re so sorry that happened, Rosario.
“It was like, well, that even happens within the family.
It happens with people that are supposed to take care of you when you’re a child.”
While that’s all too true, it doesn’t make the reality any easier to stomach.
“I grew up with activists,” she explained toThe Progressive.
I watched how the city changed."
“For me, it’s part of a well-rounded life.”
“It ended up being a pre-production group fromKidsthat were scouting for locations.”
That was when director Larry Clark and screenwriter Harmony Korine sensed a real opportunity.
“Larry said he was making his first movie and would I be interested,” she recalled.
I didn’t even know you.
You’re perfect for this character, you have to come in.'"
Thus Dawson’s destiny began to manifest itself.
“It still is very stirring and captured a particular moment in New York history.”
If you haven’t seen the film, it definitely warrants a viewing.
“Everything inKidswas based on real life,” she continued.
“I recognized a lot of it.
It was the time of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, crack, heroin, and other drugs.
It was familiar to me.”
“I was always looking around the corner, wondering when my life was going to properly start.
I’m in a different space to enjoy it now.”
“My daughter looks me in the eye, and we talk to each other.
I think that’s important.”
She’s clearly not just out here for the money!
And if you thought that might get her to slow her roll, you’d be wrong.
“For me, it’s always on the table.”
Keep doing what you’re doing, Rosario it’s inspiring.
“I feel a lot of life ahead of us.
“I’ve never been this close to someone.
We ensure we connect.
That’s something I’ve taken for granted in the past.”
“I’ve never done anything like this,” she revealed in an interview withEntertainment Weekly.
It’s about time!
One major pillar of that routine is meditation, which Dawson absolutely swears by.
“You’ll feel the impacts of it,” she proclaimed in a chat withGlamour.
“They’ve done all the research around it to see how it affects your brain and development.
It’s incredible.”
“So it’s interesting that by taking some time off, I actually get to show up.”
“I’m going to be 40 this year.
It makes sense that I’m going to have wrinkles.”
Louder again for the people in the back, Rosario!
So what would she say to her younger self with all that she knows now, given the opportunity?
“It just wasn’t something that I grew up with.”
We’re sensing a theme in Dawson’s life, and that theme is self-care.
“Happy pride month!
Sending love to my fellow lgbtq+ homies,” she wrote in the caption.
“Keep being strong in the face of adversity.”
it’s possible for you to see why people would take her post that way.
However, Dawson later shed some light on the post, walking it back or so it seemed.
“People kept saying that I [came out]…
I didn’t do that,” she clarified in a February 2020 interview withBustle.
“I mean, it’s not inaccurate, but I never didcome outcome out.
I mean, I guess I am now.”
Now that sounds like a more direct statement!
But Dawson isn’t trying to center herself in the LGBTQ+ discussion.
Rather, she just wanted to set the record straight.
