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, 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, and Amsterdam, and on television’s Rosemary’s Baby, Maya and the Three, and From Scratch.
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 is black.
She’s mixed.
See, this just proves that Latino/a or hispanic is not a race. Zoe is black and she is a latina. We come in all shades of colors. I am a white latina and proud! Really getting tired of people claiming it is a race. It is not.
There are many mixed Latinos… Many! They’re more mixed than white or black In Latin America .. IN my family the a lot of white skin black facial admixtures and dark skinned with Caucasian admixtures…. I’m latina and I travel a lot to many latin country’s and I’m ️proud of being latina and mixed lite de majority of Latinos . Is no flaming a race is not is claiming all you’re roots.
Is no claming* a race y is claiming all you’re roots. And she’s mixed
Also Zoe Saldana has had a nose job.
She is WAAAAAAAAAY overhyped. She’s actually ugly. Better looking actresses out there, even her acting is overhyped. She ain’t that good.
I should remind people to read and study. The definition of a BLACK person in the new world is not black skin and kinky hair. Black means anyone with a substantial amount of subsaharan African black blood. Cause its strong stuff , usually at the 50 percent or more line. If you do not like this definition then take it up with white Americans and white European British who created this rule and classification.
Well the definition of race of British and white Americas is wrong that’s the problem… They don’t accep that in Latin America and many african america are mixed. In the case of dominican republic for example they have more than a century having mixed baby’s cuz they have more than a century having interracial love and without slavery. Some people do not understand this … The 73% of the population of Dominican Republic is mixed… They have Afro .. But they have others races too. Trust me the definition of European and white Americans is not important for Latinos …. white people do not rule the world and they con be wrong in something… Anyways all the races and mixed people are the same we are human so stop you’re discussion and have a walk , u need it.
@arjanguelsk, you dont have to tell me about the Dominican Republic I have traveled there and stayed. The island is not as mixed as they proclaim . Its very very black. Puerto Ricans are alot more mixed than Dominicans. Dont believe that mixed stuff, Dominican Republic is majority black. I am a black South American and my country is more mixed than the Dominican Republic.
stfu
Well @midori26 you can’t know more than me of Dominican Republic cuz im half dominican and i lived there many years, and I know how mixed they are, very mixed. Dominican Republic is one of the most mixed country’s in Latino America. So I no just believe it, I have confirmed it. It dosen’t care if you believe it. Genes don’t lie.
@aranguelsk, I think Dominicans like to believe they are very mixed but the island looked very black to me. Puerto Ricans are ALOT more mixed and compared to Cuba and Puerto Rico, I don’t think so.
@midori29 First what “you think”, DOSEN’T CHANGES GENES and the reality http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=jl2efa&s=6#.VJgvaMALs And I can find you more, books , magazines, studies ect that comproved the truth, tbt Domincans are mixed.. Second Dominican Republic is not an Island, the Island have a name and inside there’s two countries, one of them is Dominican Republic.
Goodbye, and have a nice day. Dominicans are what they are, it dosen’t care what you think. Bye Bye. Kisses :* no hate. Here I stop.
Well you can’t argue with genetic studies. Who gives a shit if you’ve been there. Dominicans are mixed, period.
@Dogg, yes you can argue with any study because the bias depends upon who is making the study. Alot of so called studies are in fact biased. So youre wrong