Canadian-American actress

Rosa Bianca Salazar (/ˈsæləzɑːr/; born July 16, 1985) is a Canadian-American actress. She had roles in the NBC series Parenthood (2011–2012) and the FX anthology series American Horror Story: Murder House (2011). She made her breakthrough as the *le character of the film Alita: Battle Angel (2019) and is best known for starring in the series Brand New Cherry Flavor, which she also co-produced.

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 is currently starring in the Amazon series Undone (2019–present).

Contents

• 1 Early life
• 2 Career
• 3 Filmography
  • 3.1 Film
  • 3.2 Television
  • 3.3 Video games
• 4 References
• 5 External links

Early life

Rosa Bianca Salazar was born on July 16, 1985, in British Columbia, Canada to Luis Salazar (father) and Marilynne Salazar (mother). Her father is Peruvian and her mother is French-Canadian. She grew up in Washington, D.C. and nearby Greenbelt, Maryland. Salazar attended Greenbelt Middle School and Eleanor Roosevelt High School in Greenbelt. Salazar was active in her high school theatre program. She went on to Prince George's Community College, where she studied drama. Salazar then continued drama studies at Upright Citizens Brigade, where she practiced method acting, improvising, and performing.

Career

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, the actress appeared in the role of Crystal in her debut movie, Jamesy Boy, written and directed by Trevor White. Salazar then landed recurring roles on two hit TV series: American Horror Story: Murder House and Parenthood. In 2015, Salazar co-starred 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. The production is a story of a social crusader and was nominated for a Short Film Grand Jury prize at the Sundance Film Festival.

In 2018, Salazar reprised her role as Brenda in Maze Runner: The Death Cure.

In 2019, Salazar made her major studio lead debut with the film Alita: Battle Angel. The film is an adaptation of the manga Gunnm and was directed by Robert Rodriguez. Alita: Battle Angel won Salazar numerous awards including "Best Visual Effects or Animated Performance" from the Hollywood Critics *ociation and "Best Voice or Motion Capture Performance" from the *ociation of Latin Entertainment Critics. In the same year, it was announced that Salazar would appear in a main role on the Netflix horror drama miniseries Brand New Cherry Flavor. The miniseries was released on August 13, 2021.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

References

External links

• Rosa Salazar at IMDb

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