Performer
A performer whose catalogue work here is strong, with the fuller case still to be made.
Nutevio rank
#897
of 909177 performers
Top 1%
Rosario Dawson represents the rare performer whose career became more ambitious with every decade — 28 years in, and Rosario is still choosing the harder script.
The essay
Our editors on the work, the patterns and the reason this body of work holds together.
Rosario Dawson appears in 48 films in the Nutevio catalogue, and none of them would work the same way without Rosario. The Clerks 3 Documentary is the clearest case: a film rated 10.0 by our editors, where the performance carries weight the script only implies.
The recognisable elements are versatility, transformation, quiet performance. Watch two of these films back to back and the method separates from the material — the same instrument, tuned differently for drama, mystery, horror. It is a style built on what is withheld as much as what is played.
Working with Kevin Smith, Justin Simien, Malcolm D. Lee and others, Rosario Dawson helped set a standard other performers now audition against. Awards bodies have been slower than the work, which is usually the sign of a career built on choices rather than campaigns.
The Clerks 3 Documentary (2022) · Justice League Dark: Apokolips War (2020) as Diana Prince / Wonder Woman (voice) · Kiss the Ground (2020) as Self
Career snapshot
Ranked #897 of 909177 performers tracked in the Nutevio library.
Films in Nutevio
48
1998–2026
Career length
28 yrs
Measured across our catalogue
Academy Awards
—
Unknown
Oscar nominations
—
Unknown
Highest Nutevio score
10.0
The Clerks 3 Documentary
Average Nutevio score
6.3
Across catalogue work
Highest IMDb rating
10.0
The Clerks 3 Documentary
Most frequent director
Kevin Smith
4 films together
Longest collaboration
4×
With Kevin Smith
Most common genre
Action
19 titles
Average runtime
1h 43m
Across catalogue work
Golden Globe wins
—
Unknown
Nutevio metric
Ten weighted categories, applied identically to everyone we cover.
Nutevio Performer Score
6.8
out of 10
A performer whose catalogue work here is strong, with the fuller case still to be made.
Nutevio metric
Cultural impact and legacy, measured separately from craft — how far the work travelled once it left the cinema.
Nutevio Influence Score
6.6
out of 10
A quieter influence — felt inside the films rather than across the industry.
How far the work travelled past the people who saw it first.
What survives once the release-week conversation has burned off.
Institutional acknowledgement, weighted but never decisive.
Years of chosen, relevant work rather than years merely employed.
Statuettes, read as evidence rather than verdict.
Roles named without needing the film named alongside them.
Directors who wrote parts because this performer existed.
The reading other performers now have to answer.
Actor DNA
A fingerprint derived from the roles themselves — register, range and the kind of film they carry.
The shape of a career
Every performance plotted in time. Hover a point to read the title behind it.
Peak years
Where the scores, the awards and the sheer volume of work agree with each other.
Best decade
1990s
6.7 average MV
The 1990s are where the work and the material meet. He Got Game — the run our editors reach for first when the argument is about range rather than fame.
Highest average Nutevio score
1990s
6.7
Across 1 catalogue film in this decade, our scores never drop below the level a career is judged on.
Highest average IMDb rating
1990s
6.7
The public agrees most strongly about this stretch — useful context, and occasionally a decade behind our own reading.
Most awarded era
1990s
0 Academy Awards
Statuettes for the films themselves, which is the honest way to read an ensemble career. He Got Game.
Most productive era
2010s
21 films
The busiest stretch of the catalogue — volume that reads as appetite rather than availability.
Range, mapped
Genres down the side, decades across the top. Warmer cells mean stronger titles.
| Genre | 1990s | 2000s | 2010s | 2020s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drama | 6.71 film | 6.65 films | 6.55 films | 4.13 films |
| Action | — | 6.48 films | 6.710 films | 7.91 film |
| Thriller | — | 6.76 films | 6.44 films | 5.71 film |
| Comedy | — | 6.14 films | 6.27 films | 6.24 films |
| Crime | — | 6.84 films | 6.33 films | — |
| Romance | — | 6.21 film | 6.03 films | 5.81 film |
| Horror | — | 7.01 film | — | 5.71 film |
Chronology
Firsts and peaks
The turning points, in the order they happened.
First film in Nutevio
1998He Got Game
Where our catalogue meets this career, as Lala Bonilla.
First Nutevio masterpiece · Highest rated performance · Career peak
The first film here to clear 9.0 on our scale — a threshold fewer than one film in ten reaches. 10.0 on the Nutevio scale, the top of the catalogue for this performer. Weighing billing against the film's own quality, this is the point where everything aligned at once.
Most recent film
2026Campeón Gabacho
The current state of the argument.
Our order
Every performance in the catalogue, ordered by Nutevio Score.
Every title
Filter by genre or decade, and compare any two titles side by side.
48 of 48 films
as Diana Prince / Wonder Woman (voice)
Directed by Matt Peters
as Self
Directed by Rebecca Harrell Tickell
as Nyx (voice)
Directed by Steve Loter
as Diana Prince / Wonder Woman (voice)
Directed by Jake Castorena
From the library
Every movie and TV credit stored for this name in the Nutevio catalogue — filter by media, role or sort by rating.
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The defining work
#1
The Clerks 3 Documentary
The Clerks 3 Documentary (2022)
Performance score9.5
The performance the rest of the career is read through. The role gives Rosario Dawson a structure to work against, and the film hands over its centre of gravity without hesitation.
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Diana Prince / Wonder Woman (voice)
Justice League Dark: Apokolips War (2020)
Performance score7.9
Justice League Dark: Apokolips War asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Diana Prince / Wonder Woman (voice) is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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Self
Kiss the Ground (2020)
Performance score7.7
Kiss the Ground asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Self is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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Nyx (voice)
Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast (2014)
Performance score7.7
Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Nyx (voice) is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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A guided path through the work, ordered so each film explains the next.
Best entry point
Start here. The Clerks 3 Documentary is the clearest statement of what Rosario Dawson does — accessible, 96 minutes, and rated 10.0 by our editors. No context required.
Our editors order this path by accessibility first and chronology second. You meet Rosario at the most legible performance, then move forward in time so each film reads as a response to the one before it rather than a repetition of it.
Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast (2014)
A deliberate change of key after The Clerks 3 Documentary — same instrument, unfamiliar tuning, and the reason range gets mentioned.
The Death of Superman (2019)
Keeps the animation register of Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast but asks for a colder reading of it.
Justice League Dark: Apokolips War (2020)
Keeps the action register of The Death of Superman but asks for a colder reading of it.
Kiss the Ground (2020)
A deliberate change of key after Justice League Dark: Apokolips War — same instrument, unfamiliar tuning, and the reason range gets mentioned.
Company kept
The directors and performers this career keeps returning to.
Kevin Smith
Director
4 films together
Notably Clerks II
Jake Castorena
Director
3 films together
Notably The Death of Superman
Spike Lee
Director
2 films together
Notably 25th Hour
Quentin Tarantino
Director
2 films together
Notably Grindhouse
Frank Miller
Director
2 films together
Notably Sin City
Sam Liu
Director
2 films together
Notably Justice League vs. Teen Titans
Ron Underwood
Director
1 film together
Notably The Adventures of Pluto Nash
Barry Sonnenfeld
Director
1 film together
Notably Men in Black II
Peter Berg
Director
1 film together
Notably The Rundown
Oliver Stone
Director
1 film together
Notably Alexander
John Madden
Director
1 film together
Notably Killshot
D.J. Caruso
Director
1 film together
Notably Eagle Eye
Lauren Montgomery
Director
1 film together
Notably Wonder Woman
Tony Scott
Director
1 film together
Notably Unstoppable
Chris Columbus
Director
1 film together
Notably Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
Frank Coraci
Director
1 film together
Notably Zookeeper
Danny Boyle
Director
1 film together
Notably Trance
Atom Egoyan
Director
1 film together
Notably The Captive
Steve Loter
Director
1 film together
Notably Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast
Chris Rock
Director
1 film together
Notably Top Five
Ethan Spaulding
Director
1 film together
Notably Justice League: Throne of Atlantis
Boots Riley
Director
1 film together
Notably Sorry to Bother You
Jennifer Kaytin Robinson
Director
1 film together
Notably Someone Great
David Oyelowo
Director
1 film together
Notably The Water Man
Rebecca Harrell Tickell
Director
1 film together
Notably Kiss the Ground
Matt Peters
Director
1 film together
Notably Justice League Dark: Apokolips War
Malcolm D. Lee
Director
1 film together
Notably Space Jam: A New Legacy
Justin Simien
Director
1 film together
Notably Haunted Mansion
Behind the camera
Who casts this performer, how often, and what the pairing produces.
Kevin Smith
Director
4 films together · 6.1 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 4 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
Clerks IIJake Castorena
Director
3 films together · 7.1 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 3 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
The Death of SupermanSam Liu
Director
2 films together · 7.1 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 2 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
Justice League vs. Teen TitansFrank Miller
Director
2 films together · 7.0 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 2 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
Sin CitySpike Lee
Director
2 films together · 7.0 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 2 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
25th HourQuentin Tarantino
Director
2 films together · 6.9 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 2 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
GrindhouseMatt Peters
Director
1 film together · 7.9 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Justice League Dark: Apokolips WarRebecca Harrell Tickell
Director
1 film together · 7.7 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Kiss the GroundSteve Loter
Director
1 film together · 7.4 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeastLauren Montgomery
Director
1 film together · 7.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Wonder WomanEthan Spaulding
Director
1 film together · 7.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Justice League: Throne of AtlantisBoots Riley
Director
1 film together · 6.8 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Sorry to Bother YouMalcolm D. Lee
Director
1 film together · 6.6 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Space Jam: A New LegacyDanny Boyle
Director
1 film together · 6.6 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
TranceTony Scott
Director
1 film together · 6.6 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
UnstoppableD.J. Caruso
Director
1 film together · 6.5 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Eagle EyePeter Berg
Director
1 film together · 6.5 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The RundownBarry Sonnenfeld
Director
1 film together · 6.5 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Men in Black IIJustin Simien
Director
1 film together · 6.4 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Haunted MansionJennifer Kaytin Robinson
Director
1 film together · 6.4 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Someone GreatChris Columbus
Director
1 film together · 6.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning ThiefOliver Stone
Director
1 film together · 6.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
AlexanderDavid Oyelowo
Director
1 film together · 6.1 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The Water ManChris Rock
Director
1 film together · 6.1 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Top FiveAtom Egoyan
Director
1 film together · 5.9 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The CaptiveJohn Madden
Director
1 film together · 5.8 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
KillshotFrank Coraci
Director
1 film together · 5.5 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
ZookeeperRon Underwood
Director
1 film together · 4.4 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The Adventures of Pluto NashSix degrees
Follow the thread outward — director, film, co-star, and the film after that.
Categories of our own
Six editorial categories we apply to every performer we cover.
Most rewatchable
The Clerks 3 Documentary
The one that survives a fourth viewing. Nothing in the performance depends on surprise, which is why it keeps paying out.
Most emotional performance
Shattered Glass
as Andy Fox
Grief played at conversational volume. The film never asks the audience to cry; the performance simply makes it difficult not to.
Most influential performance
The Clerks 3 Documentary
You can hear this reading in other actors' auditions a decade later — the surest measure of influence there is.
Best ensemble performance
Space Jam: A New Legacy
as Wonder Woman (voice)
Work that makes everyone else in the frame better without ever pulling the camera towards itself.
Career defining performance
The Clerks 3 Documentary
If the career had to be argued in a single scene, our editors would pick one from this film and rest the case.
In their films' words
“You can build a whole film around a performer who knows when not to speak. Rosario Dawson has known it for a long time.”
Head to head
Put two careers on the same scale and see where the argument actually sits.
Ours alone
Recognitions handed out by this desk, on criteria no awards body uses.
Career Achievement
Awarded
28 years of relevant work — not merely a long career, but a long career of choices.
Modern Classic Performer
Awarded
Defining performances delivered inside the last twenty-five years, in films already being taught rather than merely remembered.
Action Legend
Awarded
19 catalogue titles in action, each one a reference point for the films that followed.
Our desk
Best ending, best opening, best twist and the rest — categories we apply to everyone we cover.
Best ending
The Clerks 3 Documentary
The last five minutes reorganise everything before them, and hold up when you already know what's coming.
Best opening
The Clerks 3 Documentary
A first sequence that states the rules of the film without explaining a single one of them.
Most emotional
Alexander
as Roxane
The film where the technique steps aside and lets the feeling arrive undefended.
Best twist
Trance
as Elizabeth
A reversal earned by information the film gave you and trusted you to misread.
Best visual achievement
The Clerks 3 Documentary
Images that would survive with the sound switched off.
Best action sequence
Justice League Dark: Apokolips War
as Diana Prince / Wonder Woman (voice)
Geography, stakes and consequence held in the same frame — spectacle you can follow.
Best dialogue
Top Five
as Chelsea Brown
Lines written to be spoken, staged so the pauses do half the work.
Most underrated film
Alexander
as Roxane
The public vote sits below ours on this one, and the direction is the reason for the gap.
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