Zoë Yadira Saldana was born June 19, 1978 in Passaic NJ to a Puerto Rican mother and Dominican father. Her family relocated to the Dominican Republic when she was ten years old. There she practiced ballet at one of the most prestigious dance schools in the country. Saldana returned to New York at age 17, where she began involving herself in theatre groups such as Faces and the New York Youth Theatre. Her ballet training helped land her first on screen part as Eva in the dance film, Center Stage (2000). The actress’ career continued to flourish with roles in Pirates of The Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) with Johnny Depp, The Terminal (2004) starring Tom Hanks, and Guess Who (2005) opposite Ashton Kutcher. Saldana continues to act and model with editorial features in Elle, Vanity Fair, V, GQ Italia, and Nylon.
Movie | Avatar 5 | Neytiri | 2031-12-17 |
Movie | Avatar 4 | Neytiri | 2029-12-19 |
Movie | Elio | Aunt Olga (voice) | 2025-06-12 |
Movie | Avatar: Fire and Ash | Neytiri | 2025-12-17 |
Movie | Emilia Pérez | Rita | 2024-08-21 |
Series | Lioness | Joe McNamara | 2023-07-23 |
Movie | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 | Gamora | 2023-05-03 |
Movie | Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 | Self - 'Gamora' | 2023-09-12 |
Movie | Good Burger 2 | Zoe Saldaña | 2023-11-22 |
Movie | Amsterdam | Irma St. Clair | 2022-09-27 |
Movie | The Adam Project | Laura | 2022-03-11 |
Movie | Avatar: The Way of Water | Neytiri | 2022-12-14 |
Series | From Scratch | Amy Wheeler | 2022-10-21 |
Movie | Vivo | Rosa (voice) | 2021-07-30 |
Series | Maya and the Three | Princess Maya (voice) | 2021-10-22 |
Series | Home Movie: The Princess Bride | Princess Buttercup | 2020-06-29 |
Movie | Vampires vs. the Bronx | Becky | 2020-10-02 |
Movie | Avengers: Endgame | Gamora | 2019-04-24 |
Movie | Missing Link | Adelina Fortnight (voice) | 2019-04-04 |
Movie | This Changes Everything | Self | 2019-06-28 |
Movie | Avengers: Infinity War | Gamora | 2018-04-25 |
Movie | Always at The Carlyle | Self (archive footage) | 2018-05-11 |
Movie | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 | Gamora | 2017-04-19 |
Movie | I Kill Giants | Mrs. Mollé | 2017-11-15 |
Movie | My Little Pony: The Movie | Captain Celaeno (voice) | 2017-10-05 |
Movie | Nina | Nina Simone | 2016-04-22 |
Movie | For the Love of Spock | Self | 2016-09-09 |
Movie | Star Trek Beyond | Lieutenant Nyota Uhura | 2016-07-07 |
Movie | Quantum Is Calling | Herself | 2016-12-12 |
Movie | Live by Night | Graciella Suarez | 2016-12-25 |
Movie | Unity | Narrator (voice) | 2015-08-12 |
Movie | Sesame Street: Play All Day with Elmo! | Self | 2015-09-01 |
Series | Rosemary's Baby | Rosemary Woodhouse | 2014-05-11 |
Movie | Infinitely Polar Bear | Maggie | 2014-01-18 |
Movie | Guardians of the Galaxy | Gamora | 2014-07-30 |
Movie | Guide to the Galaxy with James Gunn | Self | 2014-12-09 |
Movie | The Book of Life | Maria (voice) | 2014-10-01 |
Movie | Lennon or McCartney | Self (archive footage) | 2014-12-12 |
Movie | Star Trek Into Darkness | Leuitenant Nyota Uhura | 2013-05-05 |
Movie | Out of the Furnace | Lena Taylor | 2013-11-09 |
Movie | Blood Ties | Vanessa | 2013-08-22 |
Movie | I Ain't Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie Mac | Self | 2012-02-19 |
Movie | The Words | Dora Jansen | 2012-09-07 |
Movie | Colombiana | Cataleya Restrepo | 2011-07-27 |
Movie | Burning Palms | Sarah Cotton | 2010-04-23 |
Movie | Avatar: Creating the World of Pandora | Self | 2010-02-07 |
Movie | Death at a Funeral | Elaine | 2010-04-15 |
Movie | The Losers | Aisha | 2010-04-23 |
Movie | Capturing Avatar | Self | 2010-11-16 |
Movie | Takers | Lilli | 2010-08-26 |
Movie | Star Trek | Lieutenant Nyota Uhura | 2009-05-06 |
Movie | The Skeptic | Cassie | 2009-05-01 |
Movie | Avatar | Neytiri | 2009-12-15 |
Movie | Vantage Point | Angie Jones | 2008-02-01 |
Movie | Constellation | Rosa Boxer | 2007-02-01 |
Movie | Blackout | Claudine | 2007-10-01 |
Movie | After Sex | Kat | 2007-09-26 |
Movie | Premium | Charli | 2006-01-02 |
Movie | The Heart Specialist | Donna | 2006-09-13 |
Series | Six Degrees | Unknown | 2006-09-21 |
Movie | Guess Who | Theresa Jones | 2005-03-25 |
Movie | Dirty Deeds | Rachel Buff | 2005-08-26 |
Movie | The Curse of Father Cardona | Flor | 2005-10-06 |
Movie | The Terminal | Dolores Torres | 2004-06-17 |
Movie | Haven | Andrea | 2004-09-10 |
Movie | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl | Anamaria | 2003-07-09 |
Series | Punk'd | Herself | 2003-03-17 |
Movie | Crossroads | Kit | 2002-02-15 |
Movie | Drumline | Laila | 2002-12-13 |
Movie | Get Over It | Maggie | 2001-03-08 |
Movie | Snipes | Cheryl | 2001-09-13 |
Movie | Britney: The Videos | Self | 2001-11-20 |
Movie | Center Stage | Eva Rodríguez | 2000-05-12 |
Series | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Unknown | 1999-09-20 |
Series | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Unknown | 1993-09-13 |
Series | Law & Order | Unknown | 1990-09-13 |
Series | The Oscars | Zoe Saldana | 1953-03-19 |