Michelle Rodriguez

In a karmic twist of fate, Michelle Rodriquez’s signature roles came in productions whose titles eerily sum up her Hollywood career. Between her striking debut in the female boxing movie “Girlfight” (2000), her turn as Vin Diesel’s gearhead girlfriend in the action film “The Fast and the Furious” (2001), and her role as a tough ex-cop on the hit TV series “Lost” (ABC, 2004- ), the titles mirrored her hardened personality and sometimes troubled personal life. She was a raw, talented actress who found the Byzantine maze of Hollywood almost as hard to navigate as the American legal system. Her