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 | 2031-12-18 |
Movie | Avatar 4 | Neytiri | 2029-12-20 |
Movie | Hummingbird | 2025 | |
Movie | Avatar 3 | Neytiri | 2025-12-19 |
Movie | Untitled Star Trek Sequel | Nyota Uhura | 2025 |
Movie | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 | Gamora | 2023-05-03 |
Series | Special Ops: Lioness | Joe | 2023-07-23 |
Movie | Good Burger 2 | Zoe Saldaña | 2023-11-22 |
Movie | The Adam Project | Laura | 2022-03-11 |
Movie | Amsterdam | Irma St. Clair | 2022-09-27 |
Series | From Scratch | Amy Wheeler | 2022-10-21 |
Movie | Avatar: The Way of Water | Neytiri | 2022-12-14 |
Series | Maya and the Three | Princess Maya (voice) | 2021-10-22 |
Movie | Vivo | Rosa (voice) | 2021-07-30 |
Series | Home Movie: The Princess Bride | Princess Buttercup | 2020-06-29 |
Movie | Vampires vs. the Bronx | Becky | 2020-10-02 |
Movie | Missing Link | Adelina Fortnight (voice) | 2019-04-04 |
Movie | This Changes Everything | Self | 2019-06-28 |
Movie | Spies in Disguise | Kelly Sterling (voices) | 2019-12-04 |
Movie | Love, Antosha | Self | 2019-08-02 |
Movie | Avengers: Endgame | Gamora | 2019-04-24 |
Movie | Always at The Carlyle | Self (archive footage) | 2018-05-11 |
Series | James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction | Herself | 2018-04-29 |
Movie | Avengers: Infinity War | Gamora | 2018-04-25 |
Movie | I Kill Giants | Mrs. Mollé | 2017-11-15 |
Movie | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 | Gamora | 2017-04-19 |
Movie | My Little Pony: The Movie | Captain Celaeno (voice) | 2017-10-05 |
Movie | Nina | Nina Simone | 2016-04-22 |
Movie | Quantum Is Calling | Herself | 2016-12-12 |
Movie | Live by Night | Graciella Suarez | 2016-12-25 |
Movie | For the Love of Spock | Herself | 2016-09-09 |
Movie | Star Trek Beyond | Lieutenant Nyota Uhura | 2016-07-07 |
Movie | Unity | Narrator (voice) | 2015-08-12 |
Series | Lip Sync Battle | Unknown | 2015-04-02 |
Movie | Lennon or McCartney | Self (archive footage) | 2014-12-12 |
Movie | Infinitely Polar Bear | Maggie | 2014-01-18 |
Series | Rosemary's Baby | Rosemary Woodhouse | 2014-05-11 |
Movie | The Book of Life | Maria (voice) | 2014-10-01 |
Movie | Guardians of the Galaxy | Gamora | 2014-07-30 |
Movie | Guide to the Galaxy with James Gunn | Herself | 2014-12-09 |
Movie | Blood Ties | Vanessa | 2013-08-22 |
Movie | Out of the Furnace | Lena Taylor | 2013-11-09 |
Movie | Star Trek Into Darkness | Leuitenant Nyota Uhura | 2013-05-05 |
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 | Death at a Funeral | Elaine | 2010-04-15 |
Movie | Avatar: Creating the World of Pandora | Self | 2010-02-07 |
Movie | Takers | Lilli | 2010-08-26 |
Movie | Capturing Avatar | Self | 2010-11-16 |
Movie | The Losers | Aisha | 2010-04-23 |
Movie | Burning Palms | Sarah Cotton | 2010-04-23 |
Movie | Star Trek | Leiutenant Nyota Uhura | 2009-05-06 |
Movie | Avatar | Neytiri | 2009-12-15 |
Movie | The Skeptic | Cassie | 2009-05-01 |
Movie | Vantage Point | Angie Jones | 2008-02-01 |
Movie | Blackout | Claudine | 2007-10-01 |
Movie | After Sex | Kat | 2007-09-26 |
Movie | Constellation | Rosa Boxer | 2007-02-01 |
Movie | Premium | Charli | 2006-01-02 |
Movie | The Heart Specialist | Donna | 2006-09-13 |
Series | Six Degrees | Unknown | 2006-09-21 |
Movie | The Curse of Father Cardona | Flor | 2005-10-06 |
Movie | Guess Who | Theresa Jones | 2005-03-25 |
Movie | Dirty Deeds | Rachel Buff | 2005-08-26 |
Movie | Haven | Andrea | 2004-09-10 |
Movie | The Terminal | Dolores Torres | 2004-06-17 |
Movie | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl | Anamaria | 2003-07-09 |
Series | Punk'd | Herself | 2003-03-17 |
Movie | Drumline | Laila | 2002-12-13 |
Movie | Crossroads | Kit | 2002-02-15 |
Movie | Britney: The Videos | Herself | 2001-11-20 |
Movie | Get Over It | Maggie | 2001-03-08 |
Movie | Snipes | Cheryl | 2001-09-13 |
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 |