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 | Untitled Star Trek 4 | Nyota Uhura | 2025 |
Movie | Fencer | 2025 | |
Movie | Hummingbird | 2025 | |
Movie | 2nd Unit: Invisible Action Stars | Herself | 2025 |
Movie | Avatar 3 | Neytiri | 2025-12-19 |
Movie | The Absence of Eden | 2024-04-12 | |
Movie | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 | Gamora (2014) | 2023-05-03 |
Series | MPower | 2023-03-08 | |
Series | Special Ops: Lioness | Joe | 2023-07-23 |
Movie | Good Burger 2 | Zoe Saldaña | 2023-11-22 |
Series | From Scratch | Amy Wheeler | 2022-10-21 |
Movie | Avatar: The Way of Water | Neytiri | 2022-12-14 |
Movie | The Adam Project | Laura | 2022-03-11 |
Movie | Amsterdam | Irma St. Clair | 2022-09-27 |
Series | Maya and the Three | Princess Maya (voice) | 2021-10-22 |
Movie | Vivo | Rosa (voice) | 2021-07-30 |
Movie | Vampires vs. the Bronx | 2020-10-02 | |
Series | Home Movie: The Princess Bride | Princess Buttercup | 2020-06-29 |
Movie | Love, Antosha | Herself | 2019-08-02 |
Movie | This Changes Everything | Herself | 2019-06-28 |
Movie | Avengers: Endgame | Gamora | 2019-04-24 |
Movie | Missing Link | Adelina Fortnight (voice) | 2019-04-04 |
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 | 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 | Quantum Is Calling | Herself | 2016-12-12 |
Movie | Star Trek Beyond | Lieutenant Uhura | 2016-07-07 |
Movie | Nina | Nina Simone | 2016-04-22 |
Movie | Live by Night | Graciella Suarez | 2016-12-25 |
Movie | For the Love of Spock | Herself | 2016-09-09 |
Movie | Unity | Herself - Narrator (voice) | 2015-08-12 |
Series | Lip Sync Battle | Unknown | 2015-04-02 |
Movie | Lennon or McCartney | Herself (archive footage) | 2014-12-12 |
Movie | Guide to the Galaxy with James Gunn | Herself | 2014-12-09 |
Movie | The Book of Life | Maria (voice) | 2014-10-01 |
Movie | Guardians of the Galaxy | Gamora | 2014-07-30 |
Series | Rosemary's Baby | Rosemary Woodhouse | 2014-05-11 |
Series | The Real History of Science Fiction | Herself | 2014-04-19 |
Movie | Infinitely Polar Bear | Maggie | 2014-01-18 |
Movie | Blood Ties | Vanessa | 2013-08-22 |
Movie | Out of the Furnace | Lena Taylor | 2013-11-09 |
Movie | Star Trek Into Darkness | Nyota Uhura | 2013-05-05 |
Movie | I Ain't Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie Mac | Herself | 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 | Rachel Jansen | 2010-08-26 |
Movie | Burning Palms | Sarah Cotton | 2010-04-23 |
Movie | Capturing Avatar | Herself | 2010-11-16 |
Movie | The Losers | Aisha al-Fadhil | 2010-04-23 |
Movie | Avatar | Princess Neytiri | 2009-12-15 |
Movie | Star Trek | Nyota Uhura | 2009-05-06 |
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 |
Series | Six Degrees | Unknown | 2006-09-21 |
Movie | The Heart Specialist | Donna | 2006-09-13 |
Movie | Premium | Charli | 2006-01-02 |
Movie | Guess Who | Theresa Jones | 2005-03-25 |
Movie | The Curse of Father Cardona | Flor | 2005-10-06 |
Movie | Dirty Deeds | Rachel Buff | 2005-08-26 |
Series | Project Runway | Herself - Guest Judge | 2004-12-01 |
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 | Drumline | Laila | 2002-12-13 |
Movie | Crossroads | Kit | 2002-02-15 |
Movie | Britney: The Videos | Herself | 2001-11-20 |
Movie | Snipes | Cheryl | 2001-09-13 |
Movie | Get Over It | Maggie | 2001-03-08 |
Movie | Center Stage | Eva Rodríguez | 2000-05-12 |
Series | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Gabrielle Vega | 1999-09-20 |
Series | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Unknown | 1993-09-13 |
Series | Law & Order | Unknown | 1990-09-13 |