Born June 19, 1978
TV and film actress Zoe Saldana was born in Passaic, N.J., to her Dominican father, Aridio Zaldana, and her Puerto Rican mother, Asalia Nazario. She spent most of her childhood growing up in Queens, N.Y., and joined the Faces Theater Troupe, where she pursued dance and ballet. Saldana’s debut role was in the dance film Center Stage (2000), which led to appearances in Crossroads (2002) and the comedy Drumline (2002). Her body of work includes Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl (2003), Star Trek (2009), the highest-grossing film of all time, Avatar (2009), The Losers (2010), Takers (2010), and Colombiana (2011).
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Zoe Saldana: “I Don’t Settle for Conventional Roles”
People.com reports that the part-Dominican, part-Puerto Rican Avatar actress “witnessed the...
It’s Sundance time again!
Of course, we’re talking about the annual Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. The festival kicks off this Thursday and we eagerly scanned through the lengthy list of films for those starring Latinos.
There were only a handful and we plucked five for you to check out. Read about our picks below:
Zoe Saldana rang in 2012 with a long make out session with new boyfriend Bradley Cooper at a 1940’s themed New Year’s Eve party in L.A.
Zoe Saldana & Bradley Cooper Dating!
“They were making out for 20 minutes!” a source who attended the party told Us Weekly...
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