Rosa Salazar
Description
Rosa Salazar is an American actress who has built a notable career in voice acting for animation and video games, in addition to her live-action roles. She was born on July 16, 1985, in Washington, D.C., and grew up in Greenbelt, Maryland. Her background includes Peruvian and French ancestry.
Salazar is widely recognized for her performance as the title character in the 2019 film Alita: Battle Angel. Based on the manga series Gunnm by Yukito Kishiro, the film is a cyberpunk action adaptation in which Salazar provided both the voice and the motion-capture performance for the protagonist Alita. Her work in the role required extensive physical training, including martial arts such as空手道, Wing Chun, and Muay Thai.
Beyond this high-profile role, Salazar has contributed to several major animated projects. From 2019 to 2022, she voiced the lead character Alma Winograd-Diaz in the Amazon Prime Video animated series Undone. The show is notable for its rotoscope animation style, where her voice performance anchored the psychological drama of the series. She has also appeared in the Netflix adult animated comedy Big Mouth, voicing the character Ms. Benitez across multiple episodes from 2017 to 2021. Her additional voice credits include a role as Larissa in the stop-motion film Marcel the Shell with Shoes On in 2021, and a part in the animated film Epic in 2013. In video games, she voiced the villain Copperhead in Batman: Arkham Origins. More recently, she lent her voice to the animated series Pantheon and is set to voice a character in the 2025 animated series Win or Lose.
Salazar began her entertainment career in New York, collaborating with the channel CollegeHumor before moving to Los Angeles in 2009 to pursue acting full-time. She has expressed a deep enthusiasm for her role as Alita, stating a desire to continue playing the character in potential future sequels. Her career reflects a consistent presence in genre and animated storytelling, utilizing her voice to bring both human and computer-generated characters to life.
Salazar is widely recognized for her performance as the title character in the 2019 film Alita: Battle Angel. Based on the manga series Gunnm by Yukito Kishiro, the film is a cyberpunk action adaptation in which Salazar provided both the voice and the motion-capture performance for the protagonist Alita. Her work in the role required extensive physical training, including martial arts such as空手道, Wing Chun, and Muay Thai.
Beyond this high-profile role, Salazar has contributed to several major animated projects. From 2019 to 2022, she voiced the lead character Alma Winograd-Diaz in the Amazon Prime Video animated series Undone. The show is notable for its rotoscope animation style, where her voice performance anchored the psychological drama of the series. She has also appeared in the Netflix adult animated comedy Big Mouth, voicing the character Ms. Benitez across multiple episodes from 2017 to 2021. Her additional voice credits include a role as Larissa in the stop-motion film Marcel the Shell with Shoes On in 2021, and a part in the animated film Epic in 2013. In video games, she voiced the villain Copperhead in Batman: Arkham Origins. More recently, she lent her voice to the animated series Pantheon and is set to voice a character in the 2025 animated series Win or Lose.
Salazar began her entertainment career in New York, collaborating with the channel CollegeHumor before moving to Los Angeles in 2009 to pursue acting full-time. She has expressed a deep enthusiasm for her role as Alita, stating a desire to continue playing the character in potential future sequels. Her career reflects a consistent presence in genre and animated storytelling, utilizing her voice to bring both human and computer-generated characters to life.
All Characters
- EnglishAnime overview: Alita: Battle Angel