Zoe Saldaña

I think Zoe Saldaña is one of the most quietly underrated performers of her era, precisely because her biggest successes hide her behind motion capture and painted skin. Her ballet training is, to my eye, the secret engine of her career: the control, the posture, the way she communicates character through movement alone. Becoming the highest grossing lead actor in history could have calcified her into a franchise fixture, yet the 2024 Golden Globe showed a fierce dramatic actress had been waiting for the right material all along. A dancer from Passaic, New Jersey who conquered Hollywood on her own terms — I respect that enormously.

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Name (English)

Zoe Saldaña

Name (Japanese)

ゾーイ・サルダナ

Reading

ぞーい・さるだな

Born

June 19, 1978 (age 48)

Origin

Passaic, New Jersey, United States

Occupation

actor / film producer / ballet dancer / television actor / stage actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Horse

High school

Newtown High School

Awards & achievements

• star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
• 2023 Time 100
• 2024 Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture
• 2024 Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres
• 2010 Max Mara Face of the Future Award

• Official sitehttp://www.zoesaldana.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/zoesaldana/
• Xhttps://x.com/zoesaldana
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoe%20Salda%C3%B1a
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%BE%E3%83%BC%E3%82%A4%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B5%E3%83%AB%E3%83%80%E3%83%8A
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q190162

Tags

• New Jersey
• actor
• film producer
• ballet dancer

Last updated

September 18, 2026

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.