Zoe Saldana (born June 19, 1978; also known as Zoë Saldana, Zoe Saldaña, and Zoë Saldaña) is an American actress. She had her breakthrough role in the 2002 film Drumline, and later gained prominence for her roles as Anamaria in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Uhura in the 2009 film Star Trek, and Neytiri in James Cameron's Avatar, the highest-grossing film of all time.
[>>]Source: WikipediaZoe Saldana (born June 19, 1978; also known as Zoë Saldana, Zoe Saldaña, and Zoë Saldaña) is an American actress. She had her breakthrough role in the 2002 film Drumline, and later gained prominence for her roles as Anamaria in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Uhura in the 2009 film Star Trek, and Neytiri in James Cameron's Avatar, the highest-grossing film of all time.
Early life
Zoe Saldana was born Zoe Yadira Zaldaña Nazario or Zoe Yadira Zaldana Nazario in New Jersey, United States, to a Dominican father and a Puerto Rican mother. Her first languages are English and Spanish. When she was ten years old, she and her family moved to the Dominican Republic, where they lived for the next seven years. Saldana enlisted in a ballet class at one of the most prestigious dancing schools in the Dominican Republic. After returning to New York at age seventeen, she began performing with the Faces theater troupe, which put on plays geared to providing positive messages for teens, via themes dealing with issues such as substance abuse and sex. These performances not only gave her valuable experience but also a source of great pride, as she knew that she was making a difference in the lives of young people like herself. While performing with the Faces troupe and also the New York Youth Theater Zoe was recruited for a talent agency. Her dance training years before, coupled with her acting experience, greatly helped her land her first big screen role as Eva, the talented and headstrong ballet dancer in the 2000 film Center Stage.
Career
Saldana was still a member of the program when she gained exposure in an episode of Law & Order (titled "Merger") which first aired in 1999. She left school after Center Stage, which film led to appearances in the Britney Spears vehicle Crossroads (2002) and the drama Drumline (2002). She played the pirate 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 played Uhura in the 2009 film Star Trek. Recently, she played Neytiri, the Na'vi princess, in James Cameron's Avatar (2009), a film which has become her biggest hit to date, and was a leading box office hit.
Saldana has a keen interest in fashion and has her own fashion line, called Arasmaci, most of her designs for which are influenced by her Dominican heritage.
Filmography
Film
Year
Film
Role
Notes
2000
Center Stage
Eva Rodriguez
As Zoë Saldana
2001
Get Over It
Maggie
As Zoë Saldana
Snipes
Cheryl
aka Prolifik
2002
Crossroads
Kit
As Zoë Saldana
Drumline
Laila
As Zoë Saldana
2003
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Anamaria
2004
The Terminal
Dolores Torres
As Zoë Saldana
Haven
Andrea
Temptation
Annie
2005
Constellation
Rosa Boxer
Guess Who
Theresa Jones
As Zoë Saldana
Dirty Deeds
Rachel Buff
As Zoe Saldaña
La maldición del padre Cardona
Flor
As Zoe Saldaña
2006
Premium
Charli
Ways of the Flesh
Donna
aka The Heart Specialist
2007
After Sex
Kat
Blackout
Claudine
2008
Vantage Point
Angie Jones
As Zoë Saldana
2009
Star Trek
Nyota Uhura
As Zoë Saldana
The Skeptic
Cassie
Avatar
Neytiri
2010
The Losers
Aisha
Takers
Death at a Funeral
Elaine
Burning Palms
Sara Cotton
Post-Production
Untitled Star Trek Sequel
Nyota Uhura
Announced
Television
Year
Title
Role
Notes
1999
Law & Order
Uncredited
Episode: "Merger"
2004
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Gabrielle Vega
Episode: "Criminal"
2006-2007
Six Degrees
Regina
5 Episodes
Awards and nominations
Saldana in December 2007
- ALMA Awards
- 2009, Best Actress (Film): Star Trek (nominated)
- Black Movie Awards
- 2006, Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role: Guess Who (nominated)
- Black Reel Awards
- 2010, Best Supporting Actress: Avatar (nominated)
- 2006, Best Actress: Guess Who (nominated)
- NAACP Image Award
- 2010, Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture: Avatar (nominated)
- 2006, Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture: Guess Who (nominated)
- MTV Movie Awards
- 2003, Best Kiss: Drumline Shared with Nick Cannon (nominated)
- Saturn Awards
- 2010, Best Actress in Movie: Avatar (nominated)
- Scream Awards
- 2009, Breakout Performance-Female: Star Trek (nominated)
- 2009, Best Science Fiction Actress: Star Trek (nominated)
- Teen Choice Awards
- 2009, Choice Movie Actress (Action/Adventure): Star Trek (nominated)
- 2006, Choice Movie Actress (Breakout): Guess Who (nominated)
- People's Choice Awards
- 2009, Favorite Breakout Movie Actress: Star Trek (nominated)
References
^ . . Retrieved 2008-10-16.
^ . . Retrieved 2010-10-10.
^ For the spelling and her own pronunciation of her professional name, please see: . . Retrieved 2010-01-07. It is linked from the .
^ (in Spanish). El Informador (Guadalajara, Jalisco). 2010-01-04. . Retrieved 2010-01-16.
^ Debra Bass (2010-01-01). . St. Louis Post-Dispatch. . Retrieved 2010-01-16.
^ Jason Buchanan (2008). . MSN. . Retrieved 2008-07-29.
^ . 2006-09-12. . Retrieved 2010-01-04. "My mom is Puerto Rican and my father is Dominican."
^ Balfour, Brad (September, 2006). . Blackfilm. . Retrieved 2010-01-04. "ZS: My mom is Puerto Rican and my father is Dominican."
^ Boucher, Geoff (2009-11-23). . . Retrieved 2010-01-04. "My family background is from the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico"
^ "Merger". Law & Order. NBC. 1999-10-13. No. 4, season 10.
^ . 2008-03-02. . Retrieved 2008-07-04.
^ (redirects to )
External links
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- at the Internet Movie Database
- at Rotten Tomatoes
- at MySpace
- at Memory Alpha (a Star Trek wiki)
- (July 2004)
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