Rosario Dawson at age 2.Photo: Courtesy Rosario Dawson; Shane McCauley / Trunk Archive
Rosario Dawsonis honoring her roots.
For PEOPLE’s2023 Beautiful Issue, theHaunted Mansionactress wrote a letter to her younger self about perseverance and growing up in New York City.
“Your favorite memories from this time will be long boardwalk walks with your grandma Mima to Luna Park, where you would breeze along together on a weird worm-shaped train on the Big Apple roller coaster,” Dawson, 43, writes.
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Dawson adds, “As a Coney Island girl, you’ll forever be a mermaid at heart, navigating nurture and nature, your transformations constantly affirming everything that excites you about the world — that it is as magical as you can wish, dream and believe.”
“You will be overwhelmed many times for all of the stunning ways you get to embody this life,” she concludes. “Seeing with awe, loving and playing: Those will all be your superpowers. Love, Rosario.”
Dawson stars in Disney’sHaunted Mansion, in theaters July 28, and on Disney+’s upcomingStar WarsseriesAhsoka, streaming in August.
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source: people.com
