Zoe Saldana was born on the 19th of June 1978 in New Jersey, United States Of America.
Her full name is Zoe Yadira Zaldaña Nazario and a little known fact is she studied ballet at the age of ten for seven years in the Dominican Republic.
Zoe started her career in an episode of the television show Law and Order before quickly breaking into films, her first movie was Center Stage about an American ballet academy in New York.
She is often mistaken for actress Thandie Newton.
Her preparation for Avatar included martial arts, horse riding, learning a new language and archery.
Miss Saldana won a much deserved best actress Empire award for her role as Neytiri in Avatar.
Zoe likes to play strong female roles and hopes she has good action scenes in future Star Trek sequels.
In the Steven Spielberg movie The Terminal she plays the role of Dolores Torres who just happens to be a Star Trek fan. Years later she won the role of Uhura in Star Trek.
Some Zoe Saldana films worth checking out are Snipes, Drumline, Haven, Temptation, Constellation, Guess Who, Dirty Deeds, Blackout, After Sex, The Skeptic and Vantage Point.
Some future films to look out for are Burning Palms, Takers and a Star Trek sequel.
View some blu ray screencaps of Star Trek here, and click for a blu ray review of Star Trek here, you can also view a blu ray review of Avatar and view blu ray screencaps of Avatar here.
You can view some Zoe Saldana quotes below.
I am actually! I'm very proud to say I am a geek. But I'm kind of a cool geek. I grew up in a very sci-fi home so I've seen a lot of sci-fi movies, from Dune to Alien, 2001, ET, Batteries Not Included… All these films I go crazy for. But never Star Trek.
I tend to be very picky, so I look for the perfect man! So if Spock and Kirk can mix, they'd become my perfect man. That's the kind of guy I'd go for. I don't only go for muscles, I don't only go for brains. You just need to have a little bit of a bad boy and a geek and then you've got the perfect guy.
(Talking about the auditions for Avatar) I was still living in New York at the time, and I heard that James Cameron was getting ready to shoot a movie. At first, I thought it was going to be that Japanese franchise that he owns; I read for that and it disappeared. Then like a month later, they want to put me back on tape … the script excerpts used for auditions were about this girl from a tribe in the jungle and I was like, this is weird. But I put myself on tape again and a month later, around July 2006, they called me and told me that in a week, I was going to L.A. to meet James Cameron. I remember being very nervous, but he was just such a polite and approachable person. It felt like a meeting where we were getting to know each other, as opposed to an audition, where I have to put my act on.
(Talking about James Cameron) I don't know if its something that he's been consciously aware of, to be honest. What i do know is that he's been impacted by interesting women all his life, because you can tell he's in tune with his feminine side. I've learned this about men who write good roles for women – there's a very beautiful sentimentality to them. Their exteriors are sugarcoated with this manly presence, but deep on the inside, there's also this fragility. During the shortness of my career, I've managed to work with Steven Spielberg, J.J. Abrams, and now Jim – all directors who are known for having strong female protagonists. They don't feel diminished by it as men; they can tap into the complexities of how woman really are.
(Talking about roles for females in Hollywood) They're out there but people just aren't investing in them. We can sit here forever discussing it, because it has a chicken vs. the egg quality. Bottom line, producers are business people. Hollywood is a money-making machine. At the end of the day, they have to produce numbers that will help them keep their jobs and companies alive. But we as consumers have a lot more power than we think. Women need to demand better roles and get audiences to see their films. Because if a film doesn't make $150 million, producers and studios aren't going to bankroll a similar film next time. If there were more filmmakers that were female, trust me, it would be all about women.
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