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).
Zoe Saldana is taking a break from playing the peaceful nature-loving Neytiri in Avatar to portray a Colombian badass in the upcoming action flick, Colombiana.
The Part-Dominican, part Boricua actress plays a lethal assassin in the film, which is set in the Americas and due for release in September 2011. Directed by Olivier Megaton (Transporter 3), the photo above shows Saldana in character as Cataleya Restrepo, a young woman who becomes a stone-cold killer after witnessing the brutal...
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Today, EW.com released their list of the 40 Highest Grossing Stars Under 40 and making the list at #9 is Zoe Saldana.
As EW points out, Zoe has had starring roles in two of the biggest sci-fi franchises of all time, playing Neytiri in Avatar and Uhura in Star Trek. The 32-year-old Dominicana's films average a whopping $132.3 million dollars (that's some serious bank!). To date, Zoe, 32, has had 9 lead roles on the big screen.
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Zoe Saldana is the new face of Calvin Klein's underwear line "Envy" and we have the behind-the-scenes video of the photo shoot, which resulted in some pretty sexy ads.
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Fashion label Calvin Klein recently announced Avatar actress Zoe Saldana as the new face of Calvin Klein Underwear and Calvin Klein Envy, the newest product from the iconic brand. Saldana is in some pretty rarefied company, sharing the honor of shilling for CK with superstars like Eva Mendes and (most infamously) Brooke Shields.
“Calvin Klein has always put forth such beautifully executed campaigns,” Saldana said in a statement to press. “It’s very exciting for me to be associated with such an iconic, globally recognized...
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Zoe Saldana is engaged! Her reps confirmed to Latina.com that the Avatar actress is betrothed to her longtime boyfriend, Keith Britton.
The stunning Dominicana has been notoriously hush-hush about her personal life in the past. "She doesn’t even introduce him as her fiancé," a source confirms tells US Weekly. "She will just say, 'This is Keith.' She likes to keep her personal life to herself and wants people to focus on her as an actress."
Keith Britton, 33, is a sometime actor who has guest-starred on...
![FIRST LOOK: Zoe Saldana in "Colombiana"](http://www.latina.com/files/imagecache/spotlight/zoe_saldana_latina_celebrity_1116_275.jpg "FIRST LOOK: Zoe Saldana in "Colombiana"")
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