Rosario Dawson
Actress Rosario Dawson’s father, Patrick Harris, is of Irish and Native American ancestry, while her mother, Isabel Celeste, is of Puerto Rican and Afro-Cuban ethnicity. Dawson admitted to encountering racism early on in her career but believed times were changing. The “Sin City” actress stated in a separate interview that her ethnicity allows her to “blend” and has allowed her to play various ethnicities including “Moroccan, Iranian, Egyptian, Puerto Rican and black.”
Dawson has been nominated for six Black Reel Awards.
The Rock
Actor Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has made it a point to avoid addressing his ethnicity that has allowed him to easily shift from playing both Black and white characters on film. Johnson’s father is Black Nova Scotian (African Americans who fled the US and settled in Canada) and his mother is Samoan. He recently covered Essence magazine’s August 2013 issue where he topped their “Baddest Brother” list after votes from more than 4,000 readers were counted.
