Rosa María Perez born September 6 1964 is an American actress community activist talk show host author dancer and choreographer Her film breakthrough performance was her portrayal of Tina in Spike Lees Do the Right Thing 1989 which she followed with White Men Cant Jump 1992 Among many honors she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Fearless 1993 as well as three Emmy Awards for her work as a choreographer on In Living Color 19901994 Perez has also performed in stage plays on Broadway such as The Ritz Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune and Fish in the Dark In addition she was a cohost on the ABC talk show The View during the series 18th season Description above from the Wikipedia article Rosie Perez licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia