Who is Zoe Yadira Saldaña Nazario?
[1] The acting and entertainment world knows her
Zoe Saldana, she is an American actress. She had her breakthrough roles in the 2000 film
Center Stage and the 2002 film
Crossroads. She later gained prominence for her roles as
Anamaria in
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, the young
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Uhura in the 2009 film
Star Trek, and Neytiri in
James Cameron's
Avatar and its upcoming sequels.
Early life
Saldana was born June 19, 1978
Zoe Yadira Saldaña Nazario[1] in
Passaic, New Jersey.
[2][3] Her late father, Aridio Saldaña, was
Dominican, and her mother, Asalia Nazario, is
Puerto Rican.
[4][5] She has often spoken of her pride in being from a Latin culture.
[6] Her first languages are
English and
Spanish. She spent the majority of her early childhood growing up in
Jackson Heights,
Queens, New York. Her father died in a car accident when she was nine years old,
[7] and Saldaña and her mother subsequently moved to the
Dominican Republic. There, Saldaña discovered her love of dance and soon enrolled in the ECOS Espacio de Danza Academy; she studied
ballet,
jazz, and
modern Latin dance.
[2][4][8] The family returned to Queens after her
sophomore year in
high school.
In 1995, she began performing with the FACES theater group in
Brooklyn,
[9] which put on plays geared toward providing positive messages for teens, via themes dealing with issues such as
substance abuse and
adolescent sexuality. Concurrently, she performed with the New York Youth Theater; her appearance in their production of
Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat led a
talent agency
to recruit her. Her previous dance training, and her acting experience,
helped her land her first film role, playing Eva, the talented and
headstrong
ballet dancer in the 2000 film
Center Stage.
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Career
Saldana was still a member of FACES when she gained exposure in an episode of
Law & Order (titled "Merger") which first aired in 1999.
[10] Saldana's first film role was in
Center Stage (2000), directed by
Nicholas Hytner,
about a group of young dancers from various backgrounds who enroll at
the fictitious American Ballet Academy in New York City. She left school
after
Center Stage, subsequently appearing in the
Britney Spears vehicle
Crossroads (2002) and the comedy-drama
Drumline (2002). She played
Anamaria,
a female pirate who signs up to join Will Turner and Mr Gibbs for a
chance to confront Jack Sparrow for stealing her ship in the 2003 film
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. Saldana appeared in three films in 2004, including
The Terminal,
Haven and
Temptation. In 2005 Saldana appeared in
Constellation,
Guess Who with
Ashton Kutcher and
Dirty Deeds, and in 2006 featured in
Premium.
Among other roles, Saldana played
Uhura in the 2009 film
Star Trek.
[11] In 2009, she played Neytiri, the Na'vi chief's daughter, in
James Cameron's
Avatar, a role that raised her profile.
[4]
In 2010, Saldana starred in
The Losers
in which she played Aisha al-Fadhil, for which she was required to gain
weight, as she was expected to carry weapons around for eight hours a
day.
[12] Saldana also appeared in
Takers,
Death at a Funeral and
Burning Palms. In August 2010, her television ad for
Calvin Klein's "Envy" line debuted.
[13] In 2011, Saldana starred in the
romantic comedy The Heart Specialist, and she also starred in the crime drama movie
Colombiana as Cataleya Restrepo, a professional assassin. In 2012, she starred in the drama film
The Words.
Saldana reprised her role in
Star Trek Into Darkness, the sequel to the 2009
reboot. It was released in May, 2013. In April 2013, Saldana entered negotiations to star as
Gamora in the 2014 film
Guardians of the Galaxy.
[14] She later confirmed her part in the film.
[15] It is speculated that Saldana will reprise the role of Neytiri in
Avatar 2 in 2015.
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Personal life
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In June 2010, Saldana became engaged to her long-time boyfriend Keith Britton, an actor and CEO of My
[17] In November 2011, Saldana and Britton announced that they had ended their relationship after 11 years together.
[18] She was in an "on again, off again" relationship with actor
Bradley Cooper from December 2011 to January 2013.
[19] Saldana then secretly married Italian artist Marco Perego in June 2013 in
London.
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Fashion Database.
Saldana is a celebrity supporter of
FINCA International, a
microfinance organization.
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Filmography
Film
Television
Video games
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Voice and likeness |
Awards and nominations
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Saldana was still a member of FACES when she gained exposure in an episode of Law & Order (titled "Merger") which first aired in 1999.[10] Saldana's first film role was in Center Stage (2000), directed by Nicholas Hytner,
about a group of young dancers from various backgrounds who enroll at
the fictitious American Ballet Academy in New York City. She left school
after Center Stage, subsequently appearing in the Britney Spears vehicle Crossroads (2002) and the comedy-drama Drumline (2002). She played Anamaria,
a female pirate who signs up to join Will Turner and Mr Gibbs for a
chance to confront Jack Sparrow for stealing her ship in the 2003 film Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. Saldana appeared in three films in 2004, including The Terminal, Haven and Temptation. In 2005 Saldana appeared in Constellation, Guess Who with Ashton Kutcher and Dirty Deeds, and in 2006 featured in Premium.
In 2010, Saldana starred in The Losers
in which she played Aisha al-Fadhil, for which she was required to gain
weight, as she was expected to carry weapons around for eight hours a
day.[12] Saldana also appeared in Takers, Death at a Funeral and Burning Palms. In August 2010, her television ad for Calvin Klein's "Envy" line debuted.[13] In 2011, Saldana starred in the romantic comedy The Heart Specialist, and she also starred in the crime drama movie Colombiana as Cataleya Restrepo, a professional assassin. In 2012, she starred in the drama film The Words.
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