Kitana Kiki Rodriguez

Kitana Kiki Rodriguez is an American transgender 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]

Kitana Kiki Rodriguez
Born
United States
OccupationActress
Years active2015–present

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2015 Tangerine Sin-Dee Rella Nominated – Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead[6]
Nominated—Gotham Independent Film Award for Breakthrough Actor

Television
Year Title Role Notes
2015 Made in Hollywood Herself Episode: "10.37"
gollark: Or, well, a fairly high chance.
gollark: I suppose you also have to assume that the child has a 100% chance of helping you with your thing.
gollark: The assumption there is of course very assumptive.
gollark: If we approximate it by saying that having and raising a child consumes 50% of your resources and the other half of said resources can be used on direct contributions to things, and the child will definitely help with whatever your goal is, than the child provides a 50% benefit.
gollark: Children *are* quite expensive, but it's possible that a reducing population would actually be bad for future development of civilization and such - you would have fewer 1-in-1-million geniuses or something.

References
  1. "Kitana Kiki Rodriguez". IMDb.
  2. "Tangerine's Stars Have Turned a Movie Into a Movement".
  3. Gardner, Chris (2015-07-23). "'Tangerine' Stars Mya Taylor and Kitana "Kiki" Rodriguez on the Perks of Fame, Caitlyn Jenner and Donuts". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2015-11-30.
  4. Out.com Editors (2015-11-09). "Out100: Mya Taylor & Kitana Kiki Rodriguez | Out Magazine". Out.com. Retrieved 2015-11-30.
  5. "Magnolia Pictures pushes Oscars nod for trans actresses | Spectrum". Spectrum.suntimes.com. Archived from the original on 2015-10-19. Retrieved 2015-10-07.
  6. "Nominations BEST FEMALE LEAD". Spiritawards.com. Retrieved 2015-11-30.
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