Karen Rodriguez (born March 22, 1989) is an American singer orginally from Miami, Florida who finished in 12th place on season 10 of American Idol. Karen was living in New York City at the time of her audition. She auditioned for the show via MySpace.
Transgender Teen Actor Tom Phelan Is Breaking Barriers, One Brooding Look at a Time. My heart leapt when I heard a transgender actor would be portraying a transgender character this month in ABC Family's The Fosters. I tuned in with even more glee than usual to a show that had already won me over with its portrayal of a mixed-race, same-gender couple filling a home with love and chosen family.
Jodie Foster details how 'uncomfortable' it was playing a prostitute aged 12 in Taxi Driver. Oscar-winning actress Jodie Foster has given a little insight into the filming of Martin Scorseseâs 1976 classic Taxi Driver, saying no-one, not even the director, knew how to approach her part. Foster was 12 at the time and played teenage prostitute Iris. Talking on The Graham Norton Show, she said: I was 12 years old and had made more movies than anyone else on the film at that point. They were very uncomfortable about my character. Nobody knew how to direct me.