Rosario Isabel Dawson made her acting debut at 15 in Indie-drama ‘Kids’ (1995). Subsequently, she appeared in sports-drama ‘He Got Game’ (1998), ‘Light it up’ (1999) and remake of ‘Josie & the Pussycats’ (2000).
Dawson essayed significant roles in ‘MIB II’ (2002), epic ‘Alexander’ (2004), ‘Sin City’ (2005), and its sequel in 2014. Her performance in adaptation of musical ‘Rent’ (2005) fetched her acclaim. She worked in ‘Clerk II’ (2006), ‘Seven Pounds’ (2008) and the comedy ‘Zookeeper’ (2011).
Dawson made her stage debut in revival of ‘Two Gentlemen of Verona’ (2005). She was producer-actor for ‘Descent’ (2007) & online series ‘Gemini Division’ (2008). The year 2010 saw her in ‘Percy Johnson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief,’ and ‘Unstoppable.’ ‘Top Five’ (2014) earned her award nomination.
On TV, Dawson played ‘Claire Temple’ in many Marvel comics’ series, including ‘Daredevil’ & ‘Jessica Jones’ (2015), Luke Cage’ (2016), ‘Iron Fist’ and ‘The Defenders’ in 2017. Her other TV appearances include ‘Briarpatch’ (2020), ‘The Mandalorian’ (2020) & ‘Young Rock’ (2021).
Dawson provided voice for ‘Afterworld’ (2007), ‘Wonder Woman’ (2009) and ‘The Lego Batman Movie’ (2017). She featured in music videos for Prince (1998), The Chemical Brothers (1999), Outkast (2003) and others.