Kitana Kiki Rodriguez Explained
Kitana Kiki Rodriguez |
Birth Place: | United States |
Occupation: | Actress |
Years Active: | 2015 |
Kitana Kiki Rodriguez is an American actress.[1] [2] She is best known for her role as Sin-Dee Rella in Sean Baker's 2015 film Tangerine.[3] [4] The first Academy Award campaigns for openly transgender actresses supported by a film producer were launched for Rodriguez and Mya Taylor for Tangerine.[5]
Life and career
Rodriguez, an openly transgender woman, had been sharing an apartment with her eventual Tangerine co-star Mya Taylor at the time that she was discovered by filmmaker Sean Baker at a local Los Angeles LGBT Center. She had no acting experience prior to being cast in the role.[6]
Though she had been nominated for a Best Actress category at the Independent Spirit Awards, Rodriguez was notably absent from the Awards Ceremony, among others. Her co-star Taylor commented on this, saying that Rodriguez both, had personal problems to tend to, and is a very private person who prefers to avoid the spotlight. Though Tangerine was her breakthrough hit, Rodriguez did not pursue acting after the film.[7]
Filmography
Television
Notes and References
- Web site: Kitana Kiki Rodriguez. IMDb.
- Web site: Tangerine's Stars Have Turned a Movie Into a Movement. 29 December 2015.
- Web site: Gardner . Chris . 'Tangerine' Stars Mya Taylor and Kitana "Kiki" Rodriguez on the Perks of Fame, Caitlyn Jenner and Donuts . Hollywood Reporter . 2015-07-23 . 2015-11-30.
- Web site: 2015-11-09 . Out100: Mya Taylor & Kitana Kiki Rodriguez | Out Magazine . 2015-11-30 . Out.com.
- Web site: Magnolia Pictures pushes Oscars nod for trans actresses | Spectrum . Spectrum.suntimes.com . 2015-10-07 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151019104841/http://spectrum.suntimes.com/culture-lifestyle/10/155/3706/magnolia-pictures-pushes-oscars-nod-trans-actresses . 2015-10-19 .
- News: Mya Taylor and the Trans Actress's Dream of Going to the Oscars . Cosmopolitan . February 26, 2016 . Ruiz, Michelle.
- Web site: Why Has 'Tangerine' Star Been MIA During Awards Season? . 2016-02-27 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20230518015100/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/why-has-tangerine-star-been-868538/amp/ . 2023-05-18 . live .
- Web site: Nominations BEST FEMALE LEAD . Spiritawards.com . 2015-11-30 . 2016-03-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304060157/http://www.spiritawards.com/spiritawardcategory/best-female-lead/ . dead .