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When the companies started making made-for-TV movies, people thought it was a fluke. Who would watch that? Because it's in your TV screen and not in a theater. Remember that?

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Rosario Dawson
Age: 45
Born: 1979
Born: May 9
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Rosario Isabel Dawson
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