Ex-Lost star Michelle Rodriguez sentenced to six months jail

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A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge ordered the former "Lost" actress to jail after she lied about completing her community service obligations, city attorney spokesman Frank Mateljan said. She must start her term by Christmas Eve.

"She did file a document that said she completed community service on September 25th, but we obtained evidence that she was in New York that day," Mateljan said.

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Convicted: Actress Michelle Rodriguez, seen at court yesterday, is set to serve six months in jail for violating the terms of her probation following convictions for drunken-driving

Rodriguez, 29, was also found to have consumed alcohol on at least three occasions while wearing a monitoring bracelet around her ankle, in violation of a probation requirement she refrain from drinking for 90 days, Mateljan said.

The probation violation stems from a 2004 plea of no contest - the equivalent of guilty - to three traffic offences in Los Angeles, including hit-and-run and drunken driving.

She was previously sentenced to 60 days in jail for a probation violation in May 2006, but was released after just four hours and 20 minutes due to overcrowding.

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Probation violation: The actress was previously jailed for 60 days but was released after four hours due to overcrowding

She was also sentenced to five days in jail in Hawaii in 2006 after she was found guilty in a separate drunken-driving case. In that instance, Rodriguez opted for jail after turning down a judge's offer to perform community service.

In the latest case, Judge Daviann Mitchell ordered that Rodriguez not be granted community service, early release or home confinement.

She was also ordered to complete her 30 days of service for the state transportation department.

The actress first won acclaim for her portrait of a female boxerin the 2000 indie film "Girlfight" and went on to star in such movies as "The Fast and the Furious" and "Blue Crush."

Her "Lost" character, police officer Ana-Lucia Cortez, was killed off after about two dozen episodes.