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Background[]
Zoe Saldana ( b. 19 July 1978 ) is an American dancer and actress. She has appeared in live action stage theater, television and cinematic roles; and voice acting performances.
Saldana is well known for her love of accepting roles as strong and confident women and is best known for her roles as Neytiri in the sci-fi blockbuster film Avatar; the bridge communications officer Nyota Uhura in the rebooted Star Trek film series; and as Gamora, the adopted daughter of the Mad Titan Thanos in the MCU Franchise.
Filmography[]
- Center Stage (2000)
- Get Over It (2001)
- Snipes (2001)
- Crossroads (2002)
- Drumline (2002)
- Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
- The Terminal (2004)
- Haven (2004)
- Temptation (2004)
- Constellation (2005)
- Guess Who (2005)
- Dirty Deeds (2005)
- The Curse of Father Cardona (2005)
- Premium (2006)
- The Heart Specialist (2006)
- After Sex (2007)
- Blackout (2007)
- Vantage Point (2008)
- Star Trek (2009)
- The Skeptic (2009)
- Avatar (2009)
- The Losers (2010)
- Takers (2010)
- Death at a Funeral (2010)
- Burning Palms (2010)
- Colombiana (2011)
- The Words (2012)
- Blood Ties (2013)
- Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)
- Out of the Furnace (2013)
- Infinitely Polar Bear (2014)
- Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
- The Book of Life (2014)
- Unity (2015)
- Nina (2016)
- Star Trek Beyond (2016)
- Live by Night (2017)
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)
- I Kill Giants (2017)
- My Little Pony: The Movie (2017)
- Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
- Missing Link (2019)
- Avengers: Endgame (2019)
- The Adam Project (2022)
- Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023)
- Special Ops: Lioness (2023)
Trivia[]
- Speaks English and Spanish fluently.
Quotes[]
- "Glamour is about feeling good in your own skin."
- "It takes a lot of courage to face up to things you can't do because we feed ourselves so much denial."
- "There's nobody on this earth who can tell you that what you're feeling is wrong. They can tell you it's different to what they're feeling."