Zoe Saldana Biography

Zoe Saldana
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Zoe Saldaña

Saldaña at Hollywood Life Magazine's 7th Annual Breakthrough Awards, December 2007
Born Zoe Yadira Zaldaña Nazario
June 19, 1978 (1978-06-19) (age 31)
New Jersey, U.S.1
Occupation Actress
Years active 2000–present
Official website

Zoe Saldaña (born Zoe Yadira Zaldaña Nazario; June 19, 1978)12 is an American actress. She is also known as Zoë Saldana, Zoe Saldana, and Zoë Saldaña. She is known for playing Anamaria in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl and Uhura in the 2009 film Star Trek.

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Early life

Saldaña is an American actress born in New Jersey, United States to a Dominican father and Puerto Rican mother,3 and lived in the Dominican Republic until she was 17. She was raised in Queens, New York, and her first languages were English and Spanish. Saldaña enlisted in a ballet class at one of the most prestigious dancing schools in the Dominican Republic,4 gaining experience as a dancer, which benefited her later for her role in Center Stage. She returned to the U.S. after her sophomore year in high school and enrolled in the Faces Theater Program, an acting course.

Career

Saldaña was still a member of the program when she got her first screen experience on an episode of Law & Order, which aired October 13, 1999. She left school after her major film debut in Center Stage (2000), which subsequently 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 movie Star Trek.5

Personal life

Saldaña has a keen interest in fashion and has her own fashion line called Arasmaci, where most of her designs are influenced by her Dominican heritage.6

Awards and nominations

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
2000 Center Stage Eva Rodríguez
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
2009 Star Trek Uhura
The Skeptic Cassie
Burning Palms Sarah Cotton
Avatar Neytiri
2010 Takers TBA
Death at a Funeral TBA
The Losers Aisha
2012 Star Trek 2 Uhura

References

  1. ^ a b "Zoe Saldana Biography (1978-)". http://www.filmreference.com/film/20/Zoe-Saldana.html. Retrieved 2008-10-16. 
  2. ^ Jason Buchanan (2008). "Zoe Saldana:Biography on MSN". MSN. http://movies.msn.com/celebrities/celebrity/zoe-saldana/. Retrieved 2008-07-29. 
  3. ^ Brad Balfour (2008). "ZOË SALDANA FINDS CREATIVE SHELTER IN MAKING HAVEN". PopEntertaiment. http://www.popentertainment.com/saldana.htm. Retrieved 2009-07-07. 
  4. ^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0757855/bio
  5. ^ "Zoë Saldana Cast in J.J. Abrams' "Star Trek" movie". 2008-03-02. http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article/2307054.html. Retrieved 2008-07-04. 
  6. ^ www.arasmaci.com

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