Timeline Tuesday 31 December 2002

Events on Tuesday 31 December 2002 6

• 2001 – 2002 Embracing Latina Heritage Played Latina roles in Tortilla Soup and the PBS series American Family, openly embracing her Bolivian heritage and identity as a Latina actress in Hollywood.
• 2002 2002: Michael Schumacher Ferrari Schumacher won his fifth title in the most dominant season the sport had ever seen, clinching the championship at the French Grand Prix with six races remaining — the earliest in F1 history.
• 2002 Co-founded Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Co-founded Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, a company focused on developing RNA interference (RNAi) therapeutics — a direct descendant of the RNA biology his career had helped establish. Alnylam would go on to bring the first RNAi drug to market.
• 2002 Gangs of New York Appeared in Martin Scorsese's Gangs of New York, adding another legendary director to his filmography.
• 2002 Kafka on the Shore Published Kafka on the Shore, featuring a 15-year-old boy who runs away from home and an ageing man who can talk to cats. It became an international bestseller and was a finalist for the World Fantasy Award.
• 2002 Top Gear: The Gambon Corner Appeared on BBC's Top Gear, driving so aggressively that the car went round the final corner on two wheels. The corner was permanently renamed The Gambon in his honour.