Rosario Dawson

<b>Best supporting actress for “Seven Pounds”</b><br> <br> Since her debut at the age of 15 in the controversial film “Kids” (1995), Rosario Dawson has acted in big-budget blockbusters, low-brow comedies and everything in between, usually rising above the mediocre material she's been given. “Seven Pounds,” starring Will Smith as a suicidal widower who falls in love with a sick woman (Dawson), could be the great opportunity she's been missing.<br> <br> <b>Age on nomination day:</b> 29<br> <br> <b>Did you know?</b> During Dawson’s childhood, she and her family were squatters in an abandoned building on Manhattan’s Lower East Side.

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Best supporting actress for “Seven Pounds”

Since her debut at the age of 15 in the controversial film “Kids” (1995), Rosario Dawson has acted in big-budget blockbusters, low-brow comedies and everything in between, usually rising above the mediocre material she's been given. “Seven Pounds,” starring Will Smith as a suicidal widower who falls in love with a sick woman (Dawson), could be the great opportunity she's been missing.

Age on nomination day: 29

Did you know? During Dawson’s childhood, she and her family were squatters in an abandoned building on Manhattan’s Lower East Side.

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