Rosie Perez was the daughter of Lydia Perez, a merchant marine and Ismael Serano. She was born in Bushwick Brooklyn, New York City. Rosie is of Puerto Rican descent. Rosie attended Grover Cleveland High School in Ridgewood, Queens, New York as well as later, she enrolled at Los Angeles City College in Los Angeles, California. Rosie Perez was in her sophomore year of college and about to move back to New York from Los Angeles. Her friends had given her a party to celebrate. She accepted the invitation from Spike Lee to appear in his 1989 film Do the Right Thing (1989). This was her first major acting part. She was then nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Carla Rodrigo (Peter Weir’s Fearless, 1993). (She was defeated by Anna Paquin for The Piano (1993).) The Latin community was the cause of the majority of my criticism early in my career. I can remember being taken out for lunch and saying to me "Can you go to lessons to lessen your accent?...
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