Michaela Antonia Jaé Rodriguez

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actress human singer transgender woman

Michaela Antonia Jaé Rodriguez is an American actress and singer best known for her groundbreaking role as Blanca Evangelista on the television series "Pose," which made her one of the first openly transgender women nominated for and to win a Golden Globe in a major acting category.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Michaela Jaé Rodriguez	2
Michaela Antonia Jaé Rodriguez canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12997137 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Michaela Antonia Jaé Rodriguez
Context triple: [Mj Rodriguez, birthName, Michaela Antonia Jaé Rodriguez]

A. Zabryna Guevara
Zabryna Guevara is an American actress known for her roles in television series such as "Gotham" and "Emergence," as well as her work in film and theater.
B. Morena Baccarin
Morena Baccarin is a Brazilian-American actress known for her roles in television series such as "Homeland," "Firefly," and "Gotham," as well as the "Deadpool" film franchise.
C. Zoë Yadira Saldaña Nazario
Zoë Yadira Saldaña Nazario is an American actress best known for her leading roles in major science fiction and fantasy franchises such as "Avatar," "Guardians of the Galaxy," and "Star Trek."
D. Elizabeth Rodriguez
Elizabeth Rodriguez is an American actress known for her acclaimed stage work and prominent television roles, including her performance in the Broadway play "The Motherfucker with the Hat" and the series "Orange Is the New Black."
E. Úrsula Corberó
Úrsula Corberó is a Spanish actress best known internationally for her role as Tokyo in the hit television series "Money Heist."
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Michaela Antonia Jaé Rodriguez
Target entity description: Michaela Antonia Jaé Rodriguez is an American actress and singer best known for her groundbreaking role as Blanca Evangelista on the television series "Pose," which made her one of the first openly transgender women nominated for and to win a Golden Globe in a major acting category.

A. Zabryna Guevara
Zabryna Guevara is an American actress known for her roles in television series such as "Gotham" and "Emergence," as well as her work in film and theater.
B. Morena Baccarin
Morena Baccarin is a Brazilian-American actress known for her roles in television series such as "Homeland," "Firefly," and "Gotham," as well as the "Deadpool" film franchise.
C. Zoë Yadira Saldaña Nazario
Zoë Yadira Saldaña Nazario is an American actress best known for her leading roles in major science fiction and fantasy franchises such as "Avatar," "Guardians of the Galaxy," and "Star Trek."
D. Elizabeth Rodriguez
Elizabeth Rodriguez is an American actress known for her acclaimed stage work and prominent television roles, including her performance in the Broadway play "The Motherfucker with the Hat" and the series "Orange Is the New Black."
E. Úrsula Corberó
Úrsula Corberó is a Spanish actress best known internationally for her role as Tokyo in the hit television series "Money Heist."
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	actress ⓘ human ⓘ singer ⓘ transgender woman ⓘ
activeYearsStart	2011 ⓘ
awardReceived	Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthName	Michaela Antonia Jaé Rodriguez NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfBirth	United States of America ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1991-01-07 ⓘ
educatedAt	Berklee College of Music NERFINISHED ⓘ Newark Arts High School NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Black Americans ⓘ surface form: African American Puerto Rican ⓘ
familyName	Rodriguez NERFINISHED ⓘ
genderIdentity	transgender woman ⓘ
genre	R&B ⓘ pop ⓘ
givenName	Antonia NERFINISHED ⓘ Jaé NERFINISHED ⓘ Michaela NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	groundbreaking representation of transgender women of color on television ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ
LGBTIdentity	LGBT person of color ⓘ
medium	film ⓘ television ⓘ theatre ⓘ
movement	LGBT rights ⓘ
name	Michaela Antonia Jaé Rodriguez NERFINISHED ⓘ
nominatedFor	Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableAchievement	first openly transgender woman to win a Golden Globe in a major acting category ⓘ one of the first openly transgender women nominated for a Golden Globe in a major acting category ⓘ
notableFirst	first transgender woman nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in a major acting category ⓘ
notableTheatreWork	Rent NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableWork	Loot NERFINISHED ⓘ Pose NERFINISHED ⓘ Tick, Tick... Boom! NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation	actress ⓘ singer ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Newark, New Jersey NERFINISHED ⓘ
portrayedCharacter	Angel Dumott Schunard NERFINISHED ⓘ Blanca Evangelista NERFINISHED ⓘ
residence	Los Angeles, California NERFINISHED ⓘ New York City ⓘ
sexualOrientation	queer ⓘ
stageName	Michaela Jaé Rodriguez NERFINISHED ⓘ Mj Rodriguez NERFINISHED ⓘ
televisionRole	Blanca Evangelista NERFINISHED ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mj Rodriguez → birthName → Michaela Antonia Jaé Rodriguez ⓘ

Mj Rodriguez → alsoKnownAs → Michaela Antonia Jaé Rodriguez ⓘ

this entity surface form: Michaela Jaé Rodriguez

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts → featuresVoice → Michaela Antonia Jaé Rodriguez ⓘ