Zoe Saldana
Zoe Saldana (* 19th June 1978 as Zoe Yadira Saldaña Nazario in Passaic , New Jersey ) is an American actress and film producer with Dominican roots.
life and career
When Saldana was nine years old, her father died in a traffic accident. After that, her mother returned with the family - the previously Yorker New District Queens lived - in their homeland, the Dominican Republic back to where Saldana ballet , jazz , Latin dance and modern dance studied. After moving back to the United States, she began studying acting. In New York she visited the FACES Theater Company, which puts on plays on socially critical topics, which are intended to bring young people closer to the problems of society.
In 1999, Saldana made her first appearance as an actress on the television series Law & Order . After supporting roles in Pirates of the Caribbean (2003) and Terminal (2004), she received the role of Uhura in Star Trek in 2009 . In 2009 , she lent her gestures , facial expressions and voice to the animated character Neytiri in James Cameron's Avatar . In 2011, she played the lead role of Cataleya Restrepo in Luc Besson's action - thriller Colombiana . In 2014 she appeared in Guardians of the Galaxy and has since become an integral part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe with her role as Gamora .
In November 2011, Saldana separated from her fiancé Keith Britton, with whom she had been in a relationship for eleven years and had been engaged since June 2010. They remain business partners on their joint fashion website. She was then in an on-off relationship with actor Bradley Cooper from December 2011 to January 2013 . In June 2013 she married the Italian Marco Perego in London . She gave birth to twin sons in late November 2014. In February 2017 they became parents of a son again.
Trivia
- Saldana was nominated for Best Film Kiss in Drumline at the 2003 MTV Movie Awards .
- In 2010 she was awarded the "Face of the Future" prize by the Italian fashion brand Max Mara .
- Your German dubbing comes mostly from Tanja Geke .
- In the film Terminal , she played a Star Trek fan in one scene and actually starred in Star Trek a few years later .
- On May 4, 2018, she was awarded a star on the Walk of Fame in Los Angeles .
- Saldana starred in three of the five most commercially successful films of all time as an actress ( Avatar - Aufbruch nach Pandora , Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame ).
Filmography (selection)
- 2000: Center Stage
- 2001: Ran an die Braut (Get Over It)
- 2001: Snipes
- 2002: Not a Girl (Crossroads)
- 2002: Drumline
- 2003: Pirates of the Caribbean (Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl)
- 2003: Temptation
- 2004: Terminal
- 2004: Haven
- 2004: Constellation
- 2004: Dirty Deeds
- 2005: Guess Who - You won't have my daughter! (Guess Who)
- 2005: La Maldiciôn del padre Cordona
- 2005: Lucy
- 2006: Ways of the Flesh
- 2006: Premium
- 2006: Sex Whispers (After Sex)
- 2008: 8 angles (Vantage Point)
- 2009: The Skeptic (The Skeptic)
- 2009: Star Trek
- 2009: Avatar - Departure for Pandora (Avatar)
- 2010: Death at a Funeral (Death at a Funeral)
- 2010: Takers - The Final Job (Takers)
- 2010: The Losers
- 2011: Colombiana
- 2012: The Thief of Words
- 2013: Blood Ties
- 2013: Star Trek Into Darkness
- 2013: An Eye for an Eye (Out of the Furnace)
- 2014: Rosemary's Baby (Miniseries)
- 2014: Guardians of the Galaxy
- 2014: Manolo and the Book of Life ( The Book of Life , voice of Maria )
- 2016: Nina
- 2016: Star Trek Beyond
- 2016: Live by Night
- 2017: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
- 2017: I Kill Giants
- 2017: My Little Pony - Der Film ( My Little Pony: The Movie , voice in original)
- 2018: Avengers: Infinity War
- 2018: This Changes Everything
- 2019: Mister Link - A Furry Crazy Adventure (Missing Link)
- 2019: Avengers: Endgame
Web links
- Zoe Saldana at the Internet Movie Database (English)
- From Queens to Hollywood - Interview with Saldana in June 2010 on welt.de
- Profile on My Fashion Database
Individual evidence
- ↑ In which she plays a Trekkie .
- ^ Separation report Nov. 2011 ( Memento from November 15, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) on gmx.de or “My Fashion Data Base” - joint web project with former fiancé Keith Britton.
- ↑ http://bossip.com/705276/swirly-break-ups-zoe-saldana-and-bradley-cooper-split-again/
- ↑ http://m.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/zoe-saldana-marries-marco-perego-in-secret-wedding-ceremony-2013119
- ^ Stephanie Webber: Zoe Saldana Gives Birth, Welcomes Twin Boys (...). In: US Weekly. January 2, 2015, accessed March 29, 2015 .
- ↑ Price 2010 on welt.de
- ↑ Zoe Saldana got her star on the Walk of Fame. (No longer available online.) May 4, 2018, archived from the original on May 5, 2018 ; accessed on May 5, 2018 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Saldana, Zoe |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Saldaña Nazario, Zoë Yadira (maiden name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American actress and film producer |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 19, 1978 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Passaic , New Jersey, United States |