Mayte Michelle Rodriguez, known professionally as Michelle Rodriguez, is an American actress, best known for playing tough-girl roles and starring in Hollywood blockbusters such as Girlfight (2000); The Fast and the Furious (2001); Blue Crush (2002); Resident Evil (2002); S.W.A.T. (2003); Fast & Furious (2009) and James Cameron's Avatar (2009), as well as for her role as Ana Lucia Cortez in the television series Lost