Zoe Saldana

Zoe Saldana

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).

Steal Her Style:  Zoe Saldana’s Hip Summertime Style

Our September cover girl, Zoe Saldana is all over the place these days promoting her new film Colombiana (in theaters August 26) and she sure knows how to rock a casual look, yet still look pulled together.

Zoe Saldana is Latina's September Cover Girl!

Stunning Afro-Latina actress Zoe Saldana graces the September 2011 cover of Latina magazine’s fall style issue, available on newsstands August 16th. The 33-year-old Dominican and Puerto Rican star of this month’s Colombiana opens up to about how she nearly had an emotional collapse after catapulting to superstardom with Avatarthe highest-grossing movie of all time,...

Best Dressed: 2011 Teen Choice Awards

Our stars were out in full force for the 2011 Teen Choice awards last night in California, and no, not all of them were 21 and under! Cameron Diaz and Zoe Saldana both attended up to show the youth some love—but, not surprisingly, Selena Gomez dominated the night. Alongside her boyfriend Justin Bieber and her former best friend, Demi Lovato, Gomez looked like she could take on the world!

But she wasn't the only Latina to shine bright. Check out our choices for best dressed at the 2011 Teen Choice Awards.

Breakout Roles

Cameron Diaz, Javier Bardem, Penelope Cruz, and Benicio Del Toro—they're all household names now, but even they had to start somewhere. Here are the breakout roles of 15 famous Latino stars!

Melissa DeSousa

Panamanian actress Melissa De Sousa, who is best known for her role as the controlling Shelby in the romantic comedy, The Best Man (1999), revealed exclusively to Latina.com that she's in talks to star in a sequel to the hit rom-com. “We’re talking about doing a sequel to The Best Man!” De Sousa dished. “I can’t wait to do it!”

The 43-year-old actress says the sequel would call for her to reprise her role. "It's delicious! I can't wait!" said De Sousa. Even though most fans...

New 'Do of the Day: Zoe Saldana

Surely we’ve all pulled our hair back on a hot day with no mirror just to get it up and out of the way. And that’s what it seems like Zoe Saldana could have done here—except when Zoe does it, the style is super chic.

So what’s the secret to making your bun look stylish, not messy? A hidden hair pin. Think about it, if you just casually pull your hair up mid-day, you probably hold it in place with whatever elastic band (or banana clip…or scrunchie) you can find. But a pretty bun like Zoe’s is pinned up without a distracting hair tie or clip,...

Here Come the Brides! Weddings to Watch for in 2011

America Ferrera just got married and it got us thinking: Who else are we looking forward to see getting hitched? Turns out a lot of our stars are waiting to walk down the aisle!

Eva Mendes

— The face of Thierry Mugler’s new Angel fragrance is none other than Eva Mendes. In the ad-campaign, she sings, “The Windmills of Your Mind.” The commercial doesn’t officially air until September, but here is a sneak peak

— Zoe Saldana will lend her fashion knowledge to the new season of Project Runway as a...

Engagement Rings

When Evelyn Lozada told us recently that Chad Ochocinco wanted to upgrade her already incredibly impressive engagement ring, two things crossed our mind: First, you go girl! Second, is the ring ever really big enough for some celebs (we're talking to you too Kim Kardashian)?

Here's to the celebs who went all out, got blingy with their engagement rings and gave us something to...