Kitana Kiki Rodriguez Explained

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]

Filmography

Television

Notes and References

1. Web site: Kitana Kiki Rodriguez. IMDb.
2. Web site: Tangerine's Stars Have Turned a Movie Into a Movement. 29 December 2015.
3. 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.
4. Web site: 2015-11-09 . Out100: Mya Taylor & Kitana Kiki Rodriguez | Out Magazine . 2015-11-30 . Out.com.
5. 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 .
6. News: Mya Taylor and the Trans Actress's Dream of Going to the Oscars . Cosmopolitan . February 26, 2016 . Ruiz, Michelle.
7. 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 .