Zo Yadira Saldaa-Perego, formerly Saldaa Nazario, was born in the United States on June 19, 1978.
She is most known for her work in science fiction series and is the only performer to have appeared in three of the top five highest-grossing movies of all time (Avatar, Avengers: Infinity War, and Avengers: Endgame).
She is the second-highest-grossing film actress of all time as of 2019, with more than $11 billion in worldwide box office revenue from her films.
Saldaña’s first film role was in Center Stage (2000), directed by Nicholas Hytner. She appeared in the Britney Spears vehicle Crossroads (2002). In Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003), she played Anamaria.
Saldaña played Nyota Uhura in Star Trek (2009) and Avatar (2009), both box-office successes. In 2010, she appeared in Takers, Death at a Funeral, and Burning Palms. In 2011, she portrayed assassin Cataleya Restrepo in the crime drama Colombiana.
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Zoe Saldaña family, husband,
Saldaa started dating Italian artist Marco Perego in March 2013. In London, in June 2013, they got married.
Saldaa stated Perego took her last name after marriage in July 2015. Zoe then changed her name to Zoe Saldaa-Perego and Marco to Marco Perego-Salda.
Zoe Saldaña children
Three sons were born to Saldaa and Perego: twins in November 2014 and a third in February 2017. Saldaa claims that because she and her husband speak Spanish, Italian, and English around their children, they will be multilingual.
Zoe Saldaña parents
Around her ninth birthday, her father passed away in a car accident, and her mother relocated to the Dominican Republic with the kids. Concerning her racial identity, Saldaa said, “There are various ways to be black. I’m black the best way I know how.”
Her mother Asalia Nazario is Puerto Rican and her father Aridio Saldaa is Dominican, though she was reared by her stepfather Dagoberto Galán.
Zoe Saldaña siblings
She spoke both Spanish and English growing up and is bilingual. Cisely and Mariel are her sisters.
