NEW YORK -- Rosario Dawson pined so hard for the film role of Mimi, the HIV-infected strip club vixen of "Rent," that she nearly skipped the audition. It just meant so much to her that the idea of ...

Rosario Dawson hopes that her daughter plays her ‘Rent’ character one day. ... Dawson had a lot in common with her Rent character Mimi. Like Mimi, Dawson grew up in tough conditions in New York.

When Rosario Dawson took on the role of Mimi Marquez in the 2005 film adaptation of Broadway’s Rent, she had big (thigh-high, leopard-print) shoes to fill.Now singer and dancer Tinashe, 25, is ...

Rosario Darson will play Mimi Marquez in the film version of Rent, according to Variety. ... Dawson got her start as one of the teens in Larry Clark's controversial 1995 film Kids, ...

Rosario Dawson’s best movies and TV shows showcase her career, ... As Mimi Marquez . Rent. Rent, directed by Chris Columbus, is a rock opera film set in late 1980s East Village, New York.

Rosario Dawson asks as she rises from the dining table at the luxury 18th-century hotel where ... as she is playing tough characters like HIV-positive heroin addict and stripper Mimi Marquez in ...

Rosario Dawson showed the incredible depths and variety of her talents with the starring role of Mimi in this live-action adaptation of the popular Broadway musical. It may not capture everything ...