Zoe Saldana Biography
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Zoe Saldana
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| Zoe Saldana | |
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 Saldana at Hollywood Life Magazine's 7th Annual Breakthrough Awards, December 2007 |
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| Born | Zoe Yadira Zaldana Nazario June 19, 1978 New York City, U.S.A.1 |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2000–present |
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Zoe Saldana (full name Zoe Yadira Zaldana Nazario, born June 19, 1978)23 is an American actress. She is also known as Zoë Saldana, Zoe Saldaña, and Zoë Saldaña.
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Early life
Saldana was born in New Jersey3 to a mother of Puerto Rican and a father of Dominican descent.4 She was raised in Queens, New York, and her first languages are English and Spanish. When Zoe was nine, her father died in a car accident, and her mother moved with Zoe and Zoe's sisters to the Dominican Republic. There, Zoe enlisted in a ballet class at one of the most prestigious dancing schools in the country, gaining experience as a dancer, which benefited her later for her role in Center Stage. She returned to the United States after her sophomore year in high school and enrolled in the Faces Theater Program, an acting course. She also worked in Burger King as a cashier in the mid–1990s.
Career
Saldana was still a member of the program when she got her first screen experience on an episode of Law & Order, which aired October 13, 1999. She left school after her major film debut in Center Stage (2000), which subsequently led to appearances in the Britney Spears vehicle Crossroads (2002) and the comedy Drumline (2002). She played the tough pirate lass Anamaria in the 2003 film Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, and has appeared in a number of television shows and movies, including The Terminal (2004) and Guess Who (2005). Saldana was also the lead in the video for Juan Luis Guerra's song "La llave de mi corazón", and has recently been cast as Uhura in the upcoming Star Trek movie.5
Awards and nominations
- Black Reel Awards
- 2006, Best Actress: Guess Who (nominated)
- Black Movie Awards
- 2006, Best Actress: Guess Who (nominated)
- NAACP Image Award
- 2006, Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture: Guess Who (nominated)
- MTV Movie Awards
- 2003, Best Kiss: Drumline Shared w/ Nick Cannon (nominated)
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role |
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| 2000 | Center Stage | Eva RodrÃguez |
| 2001 | Snipes | Cheryl |
| Get Over It | Maggie | |
| 2002 | Drumline | Laila |
| Crossroads | Kit | |
| 2003 | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl |
Anamaria |
| 2004 | Temptation | Annie |
| Haven | Andrea | |
| The Terminal | Officer Torres | |
| 2005 | La maldición del padre Cardona | Flor |
| Dirty Deeds | Rachel Buff | |
| Guess Who | Theresa Jones | |
| 2006 | Premium | Charli |
| Ways of the Flesh | Donna | |
| 2007 | After Sex | Kat |
| Blackout | Claudine | |
| Constellation | Rosa Boxer | |
| 2008 | Vantage Point | Angie Jones |
| 2009 | Avatar | Neytiri Nazachema |
| Star Trek | Uhura | |
| The Skeptic | Cassie | |
| Burning Palms | Sarah Cotton | |
| 2010 | Bone Deep | TBA |
References
- ^ "Zoe Saldana on Late Late Show".
- ^ "Zoe Saldana Biography (1978-)". Retrieved on 2008-10-16.
- ^ a b Jason Buchanan (2008). "Zoe Saldana:Biography on MSN". MSN. Retrieved on 2008-07-29.
- ^ "PopEntertainment.com: Zoe Saldana interview about 'Haven.'" (2006-09-12). Retrieved on 2009-10-16.
- ^ "Zoë Saldana Cast in J.J. Abrams' "Star Trek" movie" (2008-03-02). Retrieved on 2008-07-04.
