Who is Zoe Saldaña?

Zoe Saldaña or her real name, Zoe Yadira Zaldaña Nazario, is a 31-year old American actress. She is from a Dominican and Puerto Rican descent, and she’s also an experienced dancer.

She started out acting in a small role in Center Stage (2000), Get Over It (2001) with Ben Foster and Kirsten Dunst, and she was also in a movie with Britney Spears in Crossroads (2002).

In 2003, she acted as Anamaria alongside Johnny Depp, Keira Knightley and Orlando Bloom in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. In 2004, she played the role of Officer Torres in The Terminal, alongside Tom Hanks and Catherine Zeta-Jones.

Zoe Saldaña has acted in numerous minor roles since, which include a role as Angie Jones in Vantage Point in 2008, alongside Dennis Quaid and Forest Whitaker. Then, in 2009, she played Uhura in Star Trek. Zoe Saldaña has just recently been seen playing Neytiri in James Cameron latest film, Avatar (2010), opposite Sam Worthington. 

She will be seen next in Burning Palms (2010), alongside Dylan McDermott, Shannen Doherty, Paz Vega, Nick Stahl, Lake Bell, Jamie Chung, Robert Hoffman, and Rosamund Pike.

She has also completed filming several movies, namely The Losers (2010) with Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Chris Evans, Takers (2010) with Paul Walker, Hayden Christensen, Matt Dillon, Jay Hernandez, Idris Elba and Chris Brown, and Death at a Funeral (2010) with James Marsden, Martin Lawrence and Luke Wilson.

Zoe Saldaña has been announced to reprise her role as Uhura in Star Trek 2 (2012).