'Briarpatch': Rosario Dawson says she doesn't know any women that aren't strong
Rosario Isabel Dawson, an American actress, and singer made her debut in the drama 'Kids' in 1995. She further had roles in 'He Got Game' (1998), 'Josie and the Pussycats' (2001), 'Men in Black II' (2002), 'Rent' (2005), 'Sin City' (2005), 'Clerks II' (2006), 'Death Proof' (2007), 'Unstoppable' (2010), and 'Top Five' (2014).
She currently stars in the USA Network show 'Briarpatch' as Allegra Dill. 'Briarpatch' is an American anthology series starring Rosario Dawson and is based on the Ross Thomas novel of the same name. Star Rosario Dawson caught up with MEAWW (MEA WorldWide) on the red carpet for NBCUniversal's Winter Press Tour to talk about her new show and what she thinks young women should take away from her character.
After building a career playing in roles of beautiful strong women, Dawson spoke about female empowerment, "You can be vulnerable, you can be weak and you can still have your story told and you can still have that chapter of your life expressed because that's called humanity. And we all should have that represented because we are all perfectly imperfect."
"So to get these opportunities to tell a story like this. And to continue growing. I mean, I started off as a teenager telling those kinds of stories. Now I'm a mom a lot of times in stories and hope, hopefully, you know, this is a job that, as long as I can stay lucid, I can keep doing till I'm well into being a grandmother and beyond. So it's been beautiful. People go, 'you always playing strong women'. I'm like,' I don't know any women that aren't strong," continued Dawson.
When asked what she hoped young women watching 'Briarpatch' would take away from her character, Dawson said, "I think the thing I would love is for everyone to kind of look at some of the choices and habits that we stick to, often, are based on how we can survive situations and that doesn't always serve us. We're more deserving than just surviving situations. I think she learns how she could maybe thrive and I think that's just really important."