Zoe Saldana
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| Zoe Saldana | |
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 Saldaña at Hollywood Life Magazine’s 7th Annual Breakthrough Awards, December 2007 |
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| Born | Zoe Yadira Zaldaña Nazario June 19, 1978 New York City, U.S.A.[1] |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2000-present |
| Official website | |
Zoe Saldana (born Zoë Yadira Zaldaña Nazario[2] on June 19, 1978) is an American actress.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Early life
Saldana was born in New York to immigrants from the Dominican Republic.[3] Her first languages are Spanish and English. She was raised in Queens, New York. When Saldana was nine, her father died in a car accident, and Saldana's mother moved her and her sisters back to the Dominican Republic. While there, Saldana enlisted in a ballet class and gained experience as a dancer, enlisting in one of the most prestigious dancing schools of that country, which benefited her during her later role in Center Stage. She returned to the USA 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 90s.
[edit] Career
She is one of several Latina women that have been cast as African American women due to their complexion. [3] Saldana was still a member of the program when she got her first screen experience on an episode of Law & Order that first aired October 13, 1999. She left the school after her major film debut in 2000's Center Stage, which she followed up in 2002 with appearances in the Britney Spears vehicle, Crossroads[4] and the Nick Cannon-starring comedy, Drumline. She played the tough pirate lass Anamaria in the 2003 film Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, and has appeared subsequently in television shows like Law & Order and in a number of movies, including The Terminal and Guess Who. Saldana was also the lead in the video for Juan Luis Guerra's song "La llave de mi corazon". Saldana has recently been cast in the role of Uhura in the upcoming Star Trek movie.[5]
[edit] Awards and nominations
- Black Reel Awards
- 2006, Best Actress: Guess Who (film) (Nominated)
- Black Movie Awards
- 2006, Best Actress: Guess Who (film) (Nominated)
- NAACP Image Award
- 2006, Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture: Guess Who (film) (Nominated)
- MTV Movie Awards
- 2003, Best Kiss: Drumline (film) Shared w/ Nick Cannon (Nominated)
[edit] Filmography
| Year | Title | Role |
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| 2000 | Center Stage | Eva Rodriguez |
| 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 |
| The Skeptic | Cassie | |
| 2009 | Avatar | Neytiri Nazachema |
| Star Trek | Uhura |
[edit] References
- ^ Zoe Saldana on Late Late Show.
- ^ Filmreference.com Zoe Saldana biography February 29, 2008
- ^ a b Biography for Zoe Saldana. Imdb (2008). Retrieved on 2008-05-05.
- ^ Zoe Saldana's interview about "Crossroads." Zoe Saldana as Kit in Paramount's "Crossroads."
- ^ Zoë Saldana Cast in J.J. Abrams' "Star Trek" movie March 2, 2008
[edit] External links
- Zoe Saldana at the Internet Movie Database
- Zoe Saldana at Rotten Tomatoes
- Zoe Saldana at MySpace
- Brant Publications interview (July 2004)
