Zoe Saldana is an English-American actress and model. Zoe Saldana is Famous for her blockbusters such as ‘Star Trek’, ‘Avatar’ and ‘Guardians of the Galaxy ‘.
Table of Biography
Early life
American actress Zoe Saldana was born on June 19, 1978, in Passaic, New Jersey, the U.S. she is 44 years old with American nationality. She has two siblings, Cisely and Mariel. When she was 9 years old her father died in a car accident.
Then, she moved with her family to the Dominican Republic which was her father’s home country. Her biological father’s name is Aridio Saldana and her mother’s name is Asalia Nazario. After the death of her father, her mother remarried Dagoberto Galan.
Caption: Zoe Saldana childhood photo source: Looper.
Besides that, no further information regarding her grandparents, relatives, cousins, and any other family members are also not available to date. Regarding her educational background, she graduated from Newtown High School.
Career
After her exposure in an episode of Law and Order (titled “Refuge, part 2”) in 1999, she became a member of Faces. Her first film was ‘Center Stage (2000)’ directed by Nicholas Hytner. Then, she appeared in a series of teen flicks, ‘Get Over It (2001)’ and ‘the Britney Spears vehicle Crossroads (2002)’.
In 2003, she played a lead role as a female pirate in the surprise hit movie ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl’. Similarly, in 2004, she played the role of immigration agent in ‘Steven Spielberg’s The Terminal’.
In 2005, Saldana was seen in Constellation, Guess Who with Ashton Kutcher, and Dirty Deeds. She appeared in the romantic comedy dramas Premium (2006)’ and ‘After Sex (2007)’. In 2008, she played a supporting role as Angie Jones in the action thriller movie ‘Vantage Point’. She played two iconic roles in 2009.
She appeared as Lieut and Uhura in the movie ‘Star Trek’, which redefined the characters of the original TV series and through the technique of motion capture, she personify Neytiri –a high-ranking member of the Navi, a humanoid race indigenous to the exoplanetary moon Pandora in James Cameron’s sci-fi film Avatar.
Caption: Zoe Saldana on her movie Avatar source: Flickr
More about her career
In 2010, she starred in the main cast in ‘The Losers as Aisha al-Fadhil’, a native Bolivian woman. In 2012, she played a major role in the romantic drama ‘The Words’. Similarly, in 2014, she portrayed the character Gamora in the movie ‘Guardians of the Galaxy ‘. In the same year, she also performed in Rosemary’s Baby, a television adaptation of Ira Levin’s horror novel.
In 2017, she returned as Gamora in the Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2 released in May 2017. She played a major role in other blockbuster movies such as Avengers: Infinity war (2018) and Avengers: Endgame released in April 2019. In 2021, she starred in two roles made by Netflix, appearing as Rosita in the film musical Vivo and the titular character in Maya and the Three.
Award and Achievements
In 2009, she won the Best Ensemble Cast award for the movie Star Trek (2009). Likewise, in 2010, she won the Best Actress Award from Avatar (2009). In 2012, she won the Favorite Movie Actress Award from Colombiana (2011). In 2014, she won the Best Ensemble Award from Guardians of the Galaxy (2014). Then in the following year, she won the Best Actress award in The Book of Life (2014).
In 2017, she won Choice Movie Actress Award from Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017). Then in the following year, she won Best Supporting Actress in I Kill Giants (2017). In 2019, she was nominated for Best Cast Award from Avengers: Endgame (2019).
Net Worth
Zoe Saldana has earned a huge amount of money through her hard work and brilliance. Her estimated net worth is around $35 million in 2022.
Personal Life
Talking about her personal life, she is currently married and has 3 sons. In June 2010, she engaged to her longtime boyfriend Keith Britton who is an actor and the CEO of My Fashion Database. In November 2011, they announced their break up after 11 years.
She also had a relationship with the actor Bradley Cooper for two years. In March 2013, she started to date Italian artist Macro Perego Saldana. They married in June 2013 in London. Perego and Saldana have 3 sons, twins born in November 2014 and the third born in February 2017.
Caption: Zoe Saldana with her family source: HuffPost
Body measurements
Zoe Saldana is very pretty and beautiful, undoubtedly. The actress has a very perfect height and stands tall and her height is about 5 feet 7 inches (170cm/1.70m). Moreover, she has been highly working on her body weight and weighs about 54 kg (119 pounds).
In addition, she has body dimensions of 33-25-32 (chest, waist, hip) inches respectively. The pretty actress has brown pairs of beautiful eyes and black hair color.
Caption: Zoe Saldana posing for a photo source: Celeb Health Magazine.
Social media
Moreover, she is active on her Instagram account @zoesaldana, with 9M followers. She has 1.3M followers on Twitter and 5.7M followers on Facebook.
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