Michelle Rodriguez Set To Take 'Battle In Seattle'

Actress Michelle Rodriguez plays Lou in the new movie Battle In Seattle, which opens on Friday, September 19.

Set in 1999 Seattle, Washington, the film demonstrators in the massive protest against the five-day WTO (World Trade Organization) Ministerial Conference. What started as a peaceful protest escaladed into an all-out riot, in whcih the National Guard was called in to assist the Seattle Police Department.

A native of Texas, Rodriguez recently played Ana-Lucia Cortez on ABC's Lost and though her character was killed off in 2006, she'll return for one episode this season. She was also in S.W.A.T., Resident Evil and Blue Crush. You can catch Rodriguez in next year's new installment of Fast & Furious, where she will reprise her role as Letty and once again co-star alongside Vin Diesel.

Battle In Seattle is the directorial debut of Irish actor Stuart Townsend (Queen of the Damned, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen). Other actors in the movie include Andre Benjamin, Charlize Theron, Channing Tatum and Ray Liotta.

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