From its inception, “In Living Color” broke molds and pushed boundaries, thanks in no small part to Rosie Perez’s vision and determination to fuse Hip-Hop with comedy.

She began as a dancer and a choreographer for "In Living Color" and received three Emmy nominations. Her breakthrough role came in 1989 in Spike Lee’s "Do the Right Thing" when she was 25.

Rosie Perez slides into a booth at an upscale Italian restaurant in Manhattan. She pushes up the sleeves on her wool sweater dress and settles in to talk about the state of Hollywood. And women in ...

In 1992, Rosie Perez was trying to do it all. The then-28-year-old was spending 14 to 16 hours a day on set in LA as the choreographer of the renowned sketch series In Living Color while her ...

What Perez didn’t want to discuss was the time, when she was choreographing the Fly Girls on In Living Color in the early ‘90s, that she got into a feud with a pre-fame Jennifer Lopez.

The Fly Girls’ choreographer throughout the majority of their run was none other than Rosie Perez. In fact, her In Living Color work led to three Emmy nominations.

In Living Color served as an incubator for widely recognizable talent today, including Jennifer Lopez, Rosie Perez, and Jamie Foxx. It also proved that Black television could be popular and lucrative.

Rosie Perez slides into a booth at an upscale Italian restaurant in Manhattan. She pushes up the sleeves on her wool sweater dress and settles in to talk about the state of Hollywood.