--- name: "Michaela Jaé Rodriguez" canonical: "https://film.one/person/michaela-jae-rodriguez" roles: ["Actor"] born: "7 January 1991" reviewed_on_fi1m: 2 average_fi1m_score: 65 average_as: "actor" average_over: 2 updated: "2026-09-17T18:17:29.236743+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Michaela Jaé Rodriguez Actor. Born 7 January 1991 in Newark, New Jersey, USA. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 7 January 1991, Newark, New Jersey, USA - **Active:** 2018–present - **Also known as:** Michaela Antonia Jaé Rodriguez, Michaela Jaé, MJ Rodriguez - **Golden Globes:** 1 Golden Globe (1 won) - **Average Fi1m score:** 65, as actor, over 2 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 78 (1), 2020s 52 (1) - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michaela_Ja%C3%A9_Rodriguez, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q52083530, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5049751/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1518933 ## Streaming the US now - **Disney+:** [*POSE*](https://film.one/tv/pose.md) (78) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Michaela Jaé Rodriguez is an American actress and singer. Born in Newark, New Jersey, she trained at Newark Arts High School and Berklee College of Music, and began her career in theatre. She played Angel Dumott Schunard in an Off-Broadway revival of *Rent* in 2011, winning the Clive Barnes Award. Rodriguez gained prominence as Blanca Evangelista in the FX series *Pose* (2018–2021). She was the first transgender woman nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Television Series – Drama. Her other screen credits include roles in *Nurse Jackie*, *Marvel's Luke Cage*, *tick, tick... BOOM!* and *Loot*. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, biography.com.* ## On Fi1m (2) - *Transformers: Rise of the Beasts* (2023), Fi1m 52, as Nightbird (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/transformers-rise-of-the-beasts.md) - *POSE* (2018), Fi1m 78, as Blanca — [page](https://film.one/tv/pose.md) ## Complete filmography (17) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *MISCAST26* (2026), Acting - *Skincare* (2024), as Marine - *Adam Lambert: Out, Loud and Proud* (2024), Acting - *Transformers: Rise of the Beasts* (2023), as Nightbird (voice) — Fi1m 52, [page](https://film.one/film/transformers-rise-of-the-beasts.md) - *Loot* (2022), series, as Sofia Salinas - *Dead End: Paranormal Park* (2022), series, as Zagan (voice) - *tick, tick... BOOM!* (2021), as Carolyn - *Adam* (2019), Acting - *A Black Lady Sketch Show* (2019), series, as Beauty Store Cashier - *Saturday Church* (2018), as Ebony - *The Big Take* (2018), as Robin - *POSE* (2018), series, as Blanca — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/pose.md) - *Gema* (2018), as Gema - *Marvel's Luke Cage* (2016), series, as Sister Boy - *American Horror Story* (2011), series, as Nicolette - *Nurse Jackie* (2009), series, as Lonna - *Wildfire*, Acting ## Gallery - ![Michaela Jaé Rodriguez](https://film.one/media/person/359965/gallery-afd381c9ce3d.png) Michaela Jaé Rodriguez — Peabody Awards, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/MJ_Rodriguez_2019_%28facecrop%29.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Just four short years ago, "Pose" was a program that executives, studios and networks weren't interested in producing, according to Steven Canals, co-creator, i (2019)](https://film.one/media/person/359965/gallery-67090e957d3d.png) Just four short years ago, "Pose" was a program that executives, studios and networks weren't interested in producing, according to Steven Canals, co-creator, i (2019) — Peabody Awards, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c8/MJ_Rodriguez.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![New York Pride 50 - 2019-111](https://film.one/media/person/359965/gallery-a706197dec8a.jpg) New York Pride 50 - 2019-111 — DVSROSS, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/43/New_York_Pride_50_-_2019-111_%2848166866021%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![New York Pride 50 - 2019-113](https://film.one/media/person/359965/gallery-e3c0210a6a07.jpg) New York Pride 50 - 2019-113 — DVSROSS, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/New_York_Pride_50_-_2019-113_%2848166940767%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Michaela Jaé Rodriguez](https://film.one/media/person/359965/gallery-4b4709a3f695.jpg) Michaela Jaé Rodriguez — Image via TMDB - ![Michaela Jaé Rodriguez](https://film.one/media/person/359965/gallery-9e3b5400e4e8.jpg) Michaela Jaé Rodriguez — Image via TMDB - ![New York Pride 50 - 2019-131](https://film.one/media/person/359965/gallery-197bceb7120e.jpg) New York Pride 50 - 2019-131 — DVSROSS, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/New_York_Pride_50_-_2019-131_%2848166938812%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![New York Pride 50 - 2019-132](https://film.one/media/person/359965/gallery-bbbb66ee25f0.jpg) New York Pride 50 - 2019-132 — DVSROSS, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ab/New_York_Pride_50_-_2019-132_%2848166803637%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) ## Awards ### Golden Globes — 1 won - 2022: Golden Globe Awards (won), for *Pose* ### Other awards — 3 won, 1 nominated - GLAAD Stephen F. Kolzak Award 2022: GLAAD Stephen F. Kolzak Award (won) - Women of the Year 2022: Women of the Year (won) - Emmy Award 2021: Emmy Award (nominated), for *Pose* - Imagen Awards 2019: Imagen Awards (won) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/michaela-jae-rodriguez