Zoe Saldana

At 45 years old, Zoe Saldana has this physical status:

Zo Yadira Nazario (born June 19, 1978) is an American actress.

Saldana made her debut in a 1999 episode of Law & Order after her appearances with the theater company Faces.

With Center Stage (2000), where she appeared as a struggling ballet dancer, her film career began a year later. Saldana became well-known for her work in science fiction films, beginning with her first appearance in the Star Trek film series as Nyota Uhura and her first appearance in the Avatar film series as Neytiri.

She has also appeared in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, beginning with Guardians of the Galaxy (2014).

Saldana is the second highest-grossing film actress of all time, having appeared in films including Avatar and Avengers: Endgame.

Her films have earned more than $11 billion worldwide.

Early life

Salda was born in Passaic, New Jersey, on June 19, 1978. The bulk of her early childhood was spent in Jackson Heights, New York. She was raised bilingual, and she could speak both English and Spanish. Cisely and Mariel are her two sisters. They father died in a car accident about her ninth birthday, and their mother took the children with them to the Dominican Republic. Salda said "There is no one way to be black" with her ethnicity. I'm black because I know how to be."

Although she was raised by her stepfather Dagoberto Galán, her biological father Aridio Salda, was Dominican, her biological father Aridio Salda, was Dominican, but her mother Asalia Nazario is Puerto Rican. She said in a Wired interview that she is 3/4 Dominican and 1/4 Puerto Rican.

Salda found her love of dance in the Dominican Republic and later joined the ECOS Espacio de Danza Academy learning dance styles, but ballet remains her passion. She told Vanity Fair that she did not "have the feet" and that she felt too much passion and zeal to be in the corps de ballet but not necessarily to be in the corpse. After spending her sophomore year at Newtown High School, the family returned to New York City.

She appeared with the Faces theater company in Brooklyn in 1995, giving teens positive news about topics such as substance use and adolescent sex. She appeared with the New York Youth Theater during her time as a member of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat; her appearance in their production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat prompted a talent firm to recruit her. Eva Rodriguez, a ballet student at the University of California, was able to land her first film role and support her acting experience.

Personal life

Saldaa's longtime boyfriend Keith Britton, an actor and CEO of My Fashion Database, became engaged in June 2010. She and Britton announced in November 2011 that their marriage had ended after eleven years.

Salda lived with actor Bradley Cooper from December 2011 to January 2013.

Salda began dating Italian artist Marco Perego in March 2013. They married in London in June 2013. Salda revealed that Perego had adopted Perego after marriage in July 2015. Zoe Salda-Perego began as a child of the American Revolution, and Marco Perez became Marco Perez-Salda. Their children will be named Perego-Salda. Salda and Perego are three sons, twins, born in November 2014 and the third in February 2017. Salda has confirmed that her children will be bilingual because she and her husband speak Spanish, Italian, and English.

Salda's thyroiditis, an autoimmune disease, was discovered in July 2016 during an interview with Net-a-Porter's The Edit. Salda said she and her husband stick to a gluten- and dairy-free diet to combat the effects of this disease.

Salda is a member of FINCA International, a micro-finance company headquartered in the United States.

Salda is left-handed. She tweeted in favor of the Left-Handers Campaign on International Left-Handers Day in 2015.

Saldaa founded BESE, a digital media platform that was created to "combat the lack of diversity in the mainstream media" with an eye on positive Latino news. Salda'a joined the VoteRiders #IDCheck Challenge in September 2020 to help spread the word about voter ID laws in the upcoming presidential election.

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Career

Salda was a member of Faces after being exposed to Law & Order (P2D) in 1999. Saldaa's first film appearance was in Center Stage (2000), directed by Nicholas Hytner, about dancers at the fictional American Ballet Academy in New York city. She appeared in the Britney Spears vehicle Crossroads (2002). Critics were critical of the film, but it was a box-office success. Salda appeared in the comedy-drama Drumline (2002) with Nick Cannon, receiving mixed feedback.

In Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, 2003, she played Anamaria, a pirate joined Will Turner and Mr. Gibbs for a chance to sue Jack Sparrow for stealing her ship. Dolores Torres, an immigration officer and Star Trek fan, appeared in The Terminal, assisting Salda during her role in the Star Trek reboot (2009). She appeared in Haven and Temptation in 2004; both were unsuccessful in the box-office; neither won little-to-no success.

Salda Deeds appeared in Constellation, Guess Who with Ashton Kutcher, and Dirty Deeds in 2005. After Sex (2007), she appeared in the romantic comedy-dramas Premium (2006) and After Sex (2007). During the Northeast Blackout of 2003, Salda starred in Blackout, a television film set in New York city. The film premiered at the 2007 Zurich Film Festival and premiered on BET in 2008. Salda played Angie Jones in the action thriller Vantage Point (2008), but she didn't appear in the film "Bentage Point."

Salda appeared in two roles in 2009, greatly raising her profile. In Star Trek, she appeared Nyota Uhura. Salda was requested to perform the role because she loved her role, according to film producer J. J. Abrams. Salda never saw the original series, although she portrayed a Trekkie in The Terminal (2004), but she agreed to reprise the role after Abrams complimented her. She spoke with Nichelle Nichols to learn about Uhura's origins and name. Salda's mother was a Trekkie, and she left voicemails during recording, advising on the role. When Steven Spielberg commanded her in The Terminal, he taught her the Vulcan salute five years ago. Trek (2009) was a box-office hit, grossing $385.7 million.

Avatar, James Cameron's second high-profile film in 2009 portrayed indigenous hunter Neytiri. Critics praised Avatar, who received an approval rating of 83% on the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes. It earned $2.7 billion worldwide, making it the most popular film of all time, as well as in the United States and Canada. It was also the first film to gross more than $2 billion worldwide. At the 36th Saturn Awards ceremony, the film was nominated for ten Saturn Awards and captured all ten of them. Salda's Saturn Award for Best Actress winner set a rare occurrence for an all-CG character.

Salda was featured in The Losers in 2010 as Aisha al-Fadhil, a native Bolivian woman. She was expected to gain weight in order to carry arms for eight hours a day for the job. In 2010, she appeared in Takers, Death at a Funeral, and Burning Palms. Calvin Klein's "Envy" line's television commercial debuted in 2010. Salda'a appeared in the romantic comedy The Heart Specialist in 2011 and portrayed assassinationist Cataleya Restrepo in Colombia's crime drama. Salda's performance was lauded even though critical reviews of the latter film were critical, but critics criticized the film's merits.

She appeared in the romantic drama The Words in 2012, receiving critical feedback from critics but not at the box-office.

Salda'a reprised her role as Uhura in Star Trek Into Darkness, the follow-up to the Star Trek re-boot. It was a box-office smash, with a grossing film of 2013 ending its North American theatre run. It received $467,365,246 worldwide, putting it in 14th place for 2013 and making it the country's highest-grossing film. Salda'a appeared in the Star Trek video game's 2013 introduction.

Salda'a appeared in the hit Guardians of the Galaxy in 2014. Salda portrayed the Gamora character with make-up rather than computer generated images (CGI) or performance capture. The film, which precedes The Avengers and Iron Man 3, became the third-highest-grossing film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It was the third-highest-grossing 2014 film (behind Transformers: Age of Extinction and The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies), as well as the highest-grossing superhero film of 2014.

The film received rave reviews. Salda was nominated for various accolades, including Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress in an Action Movie, Favorite Action Movie Actress at the People's Choice Awards, and Best On-Screen Transformation at the MTV Movie Awards.

She appeared in Rosemary's Baby, a television version of Ira Levin's horror book, in May 2014. Salda was also co-produced the four-hour two-part production. Saldaa was named by Elle magazine among Women in Hollywood Awards in 2014 for their achievements in film, spanning many aspects of the motion-picture industry, including acting, directing, and producing.

Salda played in Nina, an unauthorised biography of jazz musician Nina Simone that was published in 2016. The film depicts the late singer's rise to fame and his friendship with her manager Clifton Henderson. Simone's family was outraged by the decision to cast her in the role. Salda's apology for playing the part in August 2020 read: "I'm so sorry." I know better today and I'm not about to do it again. She's one of our biggest hits, and someone else should step up. In 2016, she co-starred in the science-fiction film Star Trek Beyond, which was released in July, and Ben Affleck's crime drama Live by Night was released in December.

In the Guardians of the Galaxy sequel, Salda's Legend, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. In May 2017, 2 were launched in May 2017. In April 2019, she reprised her role in Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and its sequel Avengers: Infinity War (2018).

Salda Mollé appeared in I Kill Giants, Anders Walter's version of Joe Kelly's graphic novel I Kill Giants. In September 2016, shootings in Ireland started. She appeared in My Little Pony: The Voice of a pirate parrot Captain Celaeno last year.

In the Hollywood Walk of Fame's Motion Pictures section of the Hollywood Walk of Fame, she appeared on May 3, 2018.

Salda came as Rosita in the film musical Vivo and characters as the titular character in Maya and the Three in 2021. In David O. Russell's Amsterdam, she will appear in an all-star cast.

She'll reprise her role as Neytiri in the sequels Avatar: The Way of Water and Avatar 3, which are scheduled for 2022 and 2024 respectively.

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