Latest Update: Rosario Dawson's Assets & Salary in Net Worth 2026: Career Earnings & Assets

Many fans are curious about Rosario Dawson's financial success in April 2026. In this article, we dive deep into the assets and career highlights.

What is Rosario Dawson's Net Worth and Salary?

Rosario Dawson was born Rosario Isabel Dawson on May 9, 1979, in New York City. Rosario's mother, Isabel Celeste, gave birth to her at the age of 16, and her biological father, Patrick C. Harris, wasn't in the picture. Isabel married construction worker Greg Dawson when Rosario was a year old, and they gave her a half-brother, Clay, three years later. When Dawson was 6, her family became squatters in an abandoned East Village apartment, and she later lived in Texas, graduating from Garland High School. Rosario also attended the prestigious Lee Strasberg Institute.

Rosario, who identifies as a member of the LGBT community, has reportedly dated actorJason Lewis, directorDanny Boyle, and comedianEric Andre. She began a relationship with SenatorCory Bookerin the fall of 2018 and drove across the country to move into his Newark, New Jersey home during the summer of 2020. Dawson has a daughter, Lola, whom she adopted in 2014 when Lola was 12 years old. In 2004, Rosario was arrested during a protest against PresidentGeorge W. Bushand again in 2016 during a Democracy Spring sit-in on Capitol Hill. She has supportedBarack ObamaandBernie Sanders, and she endorsed Booker during his campaign for the 2020 presidential election.

Dawson is an active supporter of several charities, including Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, the Lower East Side Girls Club, Amnesty International, Oxfam, and Voto Latino. She has served as a spokeswoman for Doctors Without Borders, Conservation International, Save The Children, National Geographic Society, The Nature Conservancy, and More Than Footprints. In 2012, she teamed up with SodaStream International to spread the word about reducing the use of bottles and cans as part of their Unbottle the World Day campaign, and she has been a member of the board of directors for Scenarios USA and V-Day.

At the age of 15, Dawson was discovered byLarry ClarkandHarmony Korineon the steps of her building, and they cast her as Ruby in 1995's "Kids," a controversial film that was written by Korine and directed by Clark. She followed "Kids" with the 1997 short film "Girls' Night Out" and soon appeared in the films "Light It Up" (1999), "Down to You" (2000), and "King of the Jungle" (2000) as well as music videos for The Chemical Brothers' "Out of Control" (1999) andAaliyah's"Miss You" (2002). Rosario played bassist Valerie Brown in 2001's "Josie and the Pussycats" and an alien princess in 2002's "Men in Black II," which grossed $441.8 million at the box office. Dawson then appeared in "Alexander" (2004), "Sin City" (2005), and "Death Proof" (2007), and played Mimi Marquez in the 2005 film adaptation of the Broadway musical "Rent." In 2006, she starred inKevin Smith's"Clerks II" and co-created "Occult Crimes Taskforce," a comic book miniseries. Rosario produced and starred in the film "Descent" (2007) and the web series "Gemini Division" (2008), co-starred withWill Smithin 2008's "Seven Pounds," hosted a 2009 episode of "Saturday Night Live," and played Persephone in 2010's "Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief."

From 2015 to 2016, Dawson played Claire Temple on Netflix's "Daredevil," and she reprised her role on "Jessica Jones" (2015), "Luke Cage" (2016–2018), "Iron Fist" (2017), and "The Defenders" (2017). She played Jane "J.R." Ramos on 17 episodes of The CW's "Jane the Virgin" from 2018 to 2019, and in recent years, she has appeared in the films "Someone Great" (2019), "Jay and Silent Bob Reboot" (2019), "Zombieland: Double Tap" (2019), and "The Water Man" (2020). In 2017, Rosario voiced Barbara Gordon / Batgirl in "The Lego Batman Movie," which grossed $312 million worldwide, and she has also lent her voice to "The Haunted World of El Superbeasto" (2009), "Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast" (2015), and "Elena of Avalor" (2018) as well as several animated Justice League/Wonder Woman movies (voicing Diana Prince / Wonder Woman).

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Rosario Dawson is an American actress, writer, and singer who has a net worth of $8 million. Dawson began her acting career as a child on "Sesame Street" but didn't appear on the big screen until she was cast in "Kids" (1995) as a teenager. She appeared in "He Got Game" (1998) and "Side Streets" (1998) before working on a re-release of "1999" with Prince. Rosario also teamed up with OutKast andThe Chemical Brothersbefore landing a part inSpike Lee's"25th Hour" in 2002. Dawson has more than 100 film and TV credits to her name, including "Josie and the Pussycats" (2001), "Men in Black II" (2002), "Rent" (2005), "Clerks II" (2006), "Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief" (2010), and "Jane the Virgin" (2018–2019). In March 2020, it was announced that Rosario had been cast as Ahsoka Tano on the Disney+ "Star Wars" series "The Mandalorian."

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