Zoë Saldaña
Saldaña in 2011, photo by kathclick/Bigstock.com
Birth Name: Zoë Yadira Saldaña Nazario
Place of Birth: Passaic, New Jersey, U.S.
Date of Birth: June 19, 1978
Ethnicity: Dominican Republic, Puerto Rican, evidently small amount of Lebanese and Haitian
Zoë Saldaña is an American actress and dancer. She has starred as Uhura in the rebooted Star Trek films, Neytiri in the Avatar franchise, and Gamora in the Guardians of the Galaxy trilogy/the MCU. She is also known for her roles in the films Center Stage, Get Over It, Crossroads, Drumline (2002), Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, The Terminal, Haven, Guess Who, Constellation, Premium, The Heart Specialist, After Sex, Blackout (2007), Vantage Point, The Skeptic, Death at a Funeral (2010), The Losers, Takers, Burning Palms, Colombiana, The Words, Blood Ties, Out of the Furnace, Infinitely Polar Bear, The Book of Life, Nina (2016), Live by Night, I Kill Giants, Missing Link, Vampires vs. the Bronx, Vivo, The Adam Project, Amsterdam, The Absence of Eden, and Emilia Pérez; and on television’s Rosemary’s Baby (2014), Maya and the Three, From Scratch, and Special Ops: Lioness.
Zoë is the daughter of Asalia Nazario and Aridio A. Saldaña. She is a black Latina. Her father was born in Cotui Pro Sa, Dominican Republic. Her mother is Puerto Rican. Zoë has described herself as “three quarters Dominican and a quarter Puerto Rican.” She was initially raised in Jackson Heights, Queens, New York City, then spending a few years in the Dominican Republic after her father’s death; before moving back to Queens.
She is also said to have some degree of Lebanese and Haitian ancestry. She speaks English and Spanish fluently. Pictures of Zoë’s family members can be seen here.
Zoë is married to Italian artist Marco Perego, with whom she has three children.
Zoë has said:
There’s no one way to be black… I’m black the way I know how to be. You have no idea who I am. I am black. I’m raising black men.
Saldaña and her husband Marco Perego at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in 2015, photo by kathclick/Bigstock.com
SHE’S ALSO INDIAN, BECAUSE ALL HISPANICS ARE INDIANS SHE WILL BE A TAINA. (ARAWAK INDIAN)
maria, what a stupid comment.my grandparents went to puerto rico,from spain in the 1900’s,like most puerto ricans.how the fuck are we mixed with indians who died off over 500 years ago?don’t just repeat what you heard do a little research and then comment
Maria didn’t make a stupid comment. I think you’re the one who needs to do a little research.
There are a lot of Tainos left in Puerto Rico.. I would know I am one. A lot of the Tainos were killed off but before that they mixed with the Spaniards and some escaped slavery by running to the mountains where my family is from.
Dumby not alll hispanics are Indians. Spaniards are hispanics but they are racially white. Moron
If people do their research they would know that Puertorican and Dominicans have black in them. Why do you think it Zoe that heritage is obvious?
This is so stupid. I am black and mexican so i say im hispanic and people automatically attack me because i dont say black. I was raised in a all mexican family. Saying im hispanic does not mean im denying my black side. And why do black people always want to talk about hair???? Who cares!!!!
I am of African-American and Cuban extraction, and black folks always get pissed if I mention having Cuban ancestry…it’s obvious that I am black, but some feel I am trying to be better, and nothing could be further from the truth.
She has at least half black in her. Good grief… any idiot can look at her and tell that.
She’s a mulatto Dominican/Puerto Rican.
i’m cuban and dominican and my mom is cuban and my dad is dominican. my parents speaks a little english but they speak spanish my mom said everytime in spanish no comprendo mean i don’t understand i speak both languages spanish and english. I Glad i’m hispanic!
You made that comment for what reason,just to show u can write en espanol( Oh i did too)
are you mix