Rosa Salazar

Rosa Salazar ˈsæləzɑːr born July 16 1985 is an American actress She had roles in the NBC series Parenthood 20112012 and the FXanthology series American Horror Story Murder House 2011 She made her breakthrough as the title character of the film Alita Battle Angel 2019 and is known for starring in the series Brand New Cherry Flavour 2021 which she also coproduced Salazar appeared in The Divergent Series Insurgent 2015 Maze Runner The Scorch Trials 2015 and Maze Runner The Death Cure 2018 and also appeared in the Netflix films The Kindergarten Teacher 2018 and Bird Box 2018 She stars in the Amazon series Undone 20192022 Salazar was born on July 16 1985 in Washington DC to Luis and Marilynne Salazar Her father is Peruvian and her mother is FrenchCanadian She grew up in Washington DC and nearby Greenbelt Maryland She attended Greenbelt Middle School and Eleanor Roosevelt High School in Greenbelt where she was active in the theatre program She attended Prince Georges Community College where she studied drama then continued drama studies at Upright Citizens Brigade where she practiced method acting improvisation and performance Salazar enjoyed entertaining others from the age of fifteen and became serious about becoming an actress after moving to New York City as a young adult There she appeared in several CollegeHumor sketches Shortly after relocating to Los Angeles in 2009 she made her film debut playing the character Crystal in Jamesy Boy written and directed by Trevor White She then landed recurring roles on two hit TV series American Horror Story Murder House and Parenthood In 2015 she costarred in various sequels The Divergent Series Insurgent as Lynn and Maze Runner The Scorch Trials as Brenda In 2016 Salazar directed and starred in the short film Good Crazy a story of a social crusader It was nominated for a Short Film Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival In 2018 she reprised her role as Brenda in Maze Runner The Death Cure In 2019 she made her major studio lead debut with the film Alita Battle Angel an adaptation of the manga Gunnm directed by Robert Rodriguez It brought Salazar numerous awards including Best Visual Effects or Animated Performance from the Hollywood Critics Association and Best Voice or Motion Capture Performance from the Association of Latin Entertainment Critics That year it was announced that Salazar would have a main role on the Netflix horror drama miniseries Brand New Cherry Flavor It was released on August 13 2021 In 2023 Salazar was invited to become a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Description above from the Wikipedia article Rosa Salazar licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia