This American actress with Dominican and Puerto Rican roots is one of the performers who have conquered Hollywood not only because of her beauty, but her real and vivid talent she has spread throughout her nourishing career. Her net worth is $14 million, and she has been demanding by directors greedily.
Zoe Saldaña Nazario was born on June 19th, 1978 in New Jersey (United States. During her childhood, she lived on the famous New Yorker neighborhood Queens until she moved to Dominican Republic, the birthplace of her father where she spent most of her teenage, and where she studied dance. Her mother was Puerto Rican.
After she studied dance in Dominican Republic, Zoe came back to U.S and started to perform in plays in New York with a scenic group called Faces.
Debut on the big screen.
Her debut on movies was with the film “Center Stage” (2000), teen and music drama in which she took advantage of her dowries for dancing.
She later could perform along with Kirsten Dunst on the film “Get Over It” (2001), and with Britney Spears in “Crossroads” (2002). In “Drumline” (2002) she performed a dancer sharing credits with Nick Cannon.
Other titles.
Other films are “Pirates of the Caribbean. The Curse of the Black Pearl” (2003), an adventurous motion picture where she had the role of a female pirate called “Anamaría” “The Terminal” (2004), a Steven Spielberg’s film with Tom Hanks and Catherine Zeta Jones as the main characters. “Vantage Point” (2008), political thriller with Dennis Hopper and Forest Whitaker.
“Star Trek” (2009), she became “Nyota Uhura”, a character from the original series that was interpreted by Nichelle Nichols. She repeated the same character on “Star Trek: Into Darkness” (2013), and “Star Trek: Beyond” (2016).
Avatar.
“Avatar” (2009) was her best and most recognizable role until now. She performed a character called Neytiri, a Na’vi woman. This film was directed by James Cameron. For this role she has gained recognitions, and an Academy Award nominee for best actress in 2010.
“Takers” (2010), she was Lily, Michael Ealy’s girlfriend.
“Colombiana” (2011), she performed a professional killer who is looking for revenge against the people who killed her parents when she was a girl.
“Guardians of the Galaxy” (2014), an adaptation from the comic made by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning. She performed Gamora. Zoe was directed by Ben Affleck on the thriller “Live by Night” (2016), a film based on Dennis Lehane’s novel.
T.V appearance.
On television, she has been part of the series “Six Degrees”, “Law and Order” and “Comedy Bang Bang” where she rolled herself.
Other fields.
Apart from her work as an actress, Zoe Saldaña has created a clothing firm called Arasmaci. She has been related with Keith Britton, and Bradley Cooper. In 2013 she married Marco Perego. The couple had twins Bowie Ezio and Cy Aridio in 2014.
