Zoe Saldana

Biography
Saldana was born in New Jersey, USA with Dominican and Puerto Rican background. She spent much of her childhood in the Dominican Republic, before she moved back to the U.S. to pursue acting, and she learned both English and Spanish as a child. Saldana was in a ballet class at one of the most prestigious dance schools in the Dominican Republic, and the experience she had as a dancer helped her for her role in the film In the Center Stage (2000). She moved back to the U.S. after completing 10th class and began at the Faces Theater Program, an acting course.

Saldana continued at the acting course when she first appeared in an episode of the television series Law & Order, which first aired on television in 1999. She dropped out of school when she film debuted in Center Stage (2000), which opened up for roles in films such as Crossroads (2002) and drama film Drumline (2002). She had an important role as a pirate Anamaria in the film Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003). In 2009 she played Uhura in Star Trek and the lead role in Avatar as Neytiri.

Actress

 * 2009 - Avatar (Neytiri)
 * 2009 - Star Trek (Nyota Uhura)
 * 2003 - Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (Annamaria)

Saturn Award

 * Won
 * 2010 - Best Actress for Avatar