Zoe Saldana

Zoe Saldana: Biography in Details

Who is Zoe Saldana?

Zoe Saldana is an American actress and dancer. Zoe Saldana played Anamaria in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.

She is known for the role of Nyota Uhura in Star Trek (2009), Star Trek Into Darkness (2013), and Star Trek Beyond (2016), and also Neytiri in James Cameron’s Avatar.

Birth Facts, Family, and Childhood

Zoe Saldana was born on June 19, 1978, in Passaic, New Jersey, USA. Her nationality is American and her ethnicity is mixed(Puerto Rican and the Dominican Republic).

Zoe’s birth name is Zoe Yadira Zaldana Nazario. Her father Aridio Saldana was Dominican and her mother, Asalia Nazario is Puerto Rican. Zoe has 2 sisters Cisely and Mariel.

She also has Lebanese and Haitian roots. Her childhood was spent in Jackson Heights, New York, and was raised as bilingual, speaking English and Spanish.

Later she moved to the Dominican Republic with his mother at the age of 9 after the death of his father in a car crash.

Saldana: Education History

Saldana studied dance at ECOS Espacio de Danza Academy and her passion is ballet dancing.

Zoe Saldana: Professional Life and Career

Zoe Saldana debuted her career as a guest spot in an American television series Law and Order and her first film role was in Center Stage (2000) which was the background story of various ballet dancers.

Later she worked in various groups of films in supporting roles.

Zoe played Anamaria in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl after which she decided to quit acting because she was disrespected on the set and never appeared in its franchise film.

Later Zoe Saldana worked as an immigration officer, Dolores Tores in The Terminal, a role that helped to work in the film Star Trek.

In 2004 she appeared in Haven and Temptation. Zoe also worked in Constellation, Guess Who with Ashton Kutcher, and Dirty Deeds. She also did a romantic comedy-drama Premium and After Sex.

Zoe Saldana also did a television film Blackout in 2007. The film was premiered at the Zurich Film Festival. Her profile was raised high after she performed in Star Trek as Nyota Uhura.

The film was a box office success grossing $385.7 million. Her fame rose to more heights when she acted in the movie Avatar by James Cameron and did a business of $2.7 billion worldwide. The film won 10 out of 10 awards at the 36th Saturn Awards.

In 2010 Zoe Saldana worked in  The Losers as Aisha al-Fadhil for which she had to gain weight to carry weapons for 8 hours a day. She also worked in Takers, Death at a Funeral, and Burning Palms the same year.

Zoe also did an ad for Calvin Kelin’s ”Envy”.  She was portrayed as a professional assassin in the 2011 crime drama Colombiana and also acted in the romantic comedy The Heart Specialist. Her movie The Words was less popular at the box office.

In 2013 Zoe Saldana again played in the sequel of Star Trek in the same role. The film was again a box office success collecting $467,365,246 worldwide and was ranked 14.

She also gave her voice in the game version of Star Trek. Guardians of the Galaxy was her other hit as Gamora which was the third highest-grossing film and the highest-grossing superhero film of 2014. She was also a star of Rosemary’s Baby, a television miniseries.

In 2016, Zoe Saldana was also the cast of Nina, an unauthorized biopic about the jazz musician Nina Simone. The same year she again worked for the third sequel of Star Trek which was released in July and also in the crime drama Live by Night.

Zoe Saldana is yet to come in the sequel movie Avatar 2. Her other film is Avengers: Infinity War which is scheduled to release in May 2018.

In 2021, Saldana appeared as Rosita in the film musical Vivo and as the titular character in Maiya and the Three, both produced by Netflix. In David O. Russell’s Amsterdam, she will join an all-star cast.

She will reprise her role as Neytiri in the Avatar sequels Avatar: The Way of Water and Avatar 3, which are set to be released in 2022 and 2024, respectively.

Zoe Saldana: Salary and Net Worth 2024

Zoe Saldana’s total net worth is $35 million as of 2024, whereas her yearly income is not calculated.

Saldana: Rumors and Controversy

Ben Affleck is rumored to have had an affair with Zoe Saldana.

But the news is that Affleck and Jennifer Garner are still together co-parenting their kids even after their separation more than a year now. With this, sources have been hopeful that the two may again come together in the future.

Zoe Saldana: Body Measurements

Zoe Saldana has a height of 5 ft 6.5 inches. Her body weighs 54kg.

She has Black hair and Dark Brown eyes.

Her dress size is 4 (US), bra size is 32A and shoe size is 8 (US). Her body measurements are 33-25-32 inches.

Zoe Saldana: Social Media Profile

Zoe Saldana is active on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

Zoe Saldana has 7.1 million followers on Instagram, more than 4.7 million followers on Facebook, and 1.2 million followers on Twitter.

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