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Zoë Yadira Saldaña-Perego ( sahl-DAN-ə, Spanish: [ˈsoe salˈdaɲa]; née Saldaña Nazario; born June 19, 1978) is an American actress. Known for her work in science fiction film franchises, she has starred in four of the highest-grossing films of all time (Avatar, Avatar: The Way of Water, Avengers: Infinity War, and Avengers: Endgame). Films she has appeared in have grossed more than $14 billion worldwide and, as of 2023, she is the second-highest-grossing film actress. Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2023.A trained dancer, Saldaña began her acting career in two 1999 episodes of Law & Order. Her first film role was in Center Stage (2000) in which she played a ballet dancer. She received early recognition for her work opposite Britney Spears in the road film Crossroads (2002). Beginning in 2009, Saldaña achieved a career breakthrough with her roles as Nyota Uhura in the Star Trek film series and Neytiri in James Cameron's Avatar film series. She portrayed Gamora in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, from Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) to Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023). In addition to franchise work, Saldaña has starred in the science fiction film The Adam Project and the romantic drama miniseries From Scratch, both for Netflix in 2022. In 2023, she began playing the lead role of a CIA officer in the Paramount+ spy series Special Ops: Lioness. Early life Saldaña was born on June 19, 1978, in Passaic, New Jersey. Her parents are Aridio Saldaña, who is Dominican, and Asalia Nazario, a Dominican with partial Puerto Rican ancestry. As a child, Nazario was living with her mother in the Dominican Republic, but they immigrated to New York to escape political unrest. In an interview with Wired, Saldaña has said that she is three-quarters Dominican and one-quarter Puerto Rican.She and her two sisters, Cisely and Mariel, were raised bilingual in English and Spanish; the latter was their first language at home. The majority of her early childhood was spent in Jackson Heights, Queens in New York City.Their father died in a vehicle crash when Saldaña was nine. Her mother sent the three sisters to the Dominican Republic to be raised by their late father's family. She stayed in New York to work in order to afford private school for the girls. The widowed mother Asalia married Dagoberto Galán, who became the stepfather of the girls. They consider him fully their father.With regard to her racial identity, Saldaña has said, "There's no one way to be Black. I'm Black the way I know how to be."Saldaña discovered her love of dance while living in the Dominican Republic. She was enrolled in the ECOS Espacio de Danza Academy studying forms of dance, but describes ballet as her passion. She told Vanity Fair that she quit ballet because she did not "have the feet", and had too much pride and ambition to just be in the corps de ballet.The family returned to New York City after her sophomore year; she completed her early education at Newtown High School in Queens.In 1995, Saldaña performed with the Faces theater group in Brooklyn. She appeared in plays that encouraged teens by exploring such issues as substance abuse and adolescent sex. During these years, she performed with the New York Youth Theater; her appearance in their production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat led a talent agency to recruit her. Her dance training and her acting experience helped her land her first film role, playing ballet student Eva Rodriguez in Center Stage (2000). Career Beginnings Saldaña was a member of Faces after her exposure in an episode of Law & Order (titled "Refuge, Part 2") in 1999. Saldaña's first film role was in Center Stage (2000), directed by Nicholas Hytner, about dancers at the fictitious American Ballet Academy in New York city. She appeared in the Britney Spears vehicle Crossroads (2002). The film earned negative reviews from critics, but was a box-office success. Saldaña starred in the comedy-drama Drumline (2002), alongside Nick Cannon, earning mixed reviews.In Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003), she played Anamaria, a pirate joining Will Turner and Mr. Gibbs for a chance to confront Jack Sparrow for stealing her ship. She appeared in The Terminal as Dolores Torres, an immigration officer and Star Trek fan, a role helping Saldaña during her portrayal in the Star Trek reboot (2009). In 2004, she had roles in Haven and Temptation; both earned little-to-no box-office success. In 2005, Saldaña appeared in Constellation, Guess Who with Ashton Kutcher, and Dirty Deeds. She starred in the romantic comedy-dramas Premium (2006) and After Sex (2007). Saldaña starred in Blackout, a television film set in New York city during the Northeast Blackout of 2003. The film premiered at the 2007 Zurich Film Festival, and debuted on BET in 2008. Saldaña had a supporting role as Angie Jones in the action thriller Vantage Point (2008). Breakthrough with franchise roles Saldaña appeared in two roles in 2009, raising her profile considerably. She played Nyota Uhura in Star Trek. The film's director J. J. Abrams asked Saldaña to play the role because he enjoyed her work. She met with Nichelle Nichols to understand the creation of Uhura's background and name of the character. Saldaña's mother was a Star Trek fan, leaving voice-mails during filming, advising on the role. Steven Spielberg taught her the Vulcan salute five years earlier while he directed her in The Terminal. Star Trek (2009) was a box-office success earning $385.7 million.Saldaña's second high-profile film in 2009 was Avatar, where she portrayed the indigenous hunter Neytiri. Avatar was well received by critics, accumulating an approval rating of 83% on the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes. It grossed $2.7 billion worldwide to become the highest-grossing film of all time, as well as in the United States and Canada. It also became the first film to gross more than $2 billion worldwide. The film was nominated for ten Saturn Awards, and won all ten at the 36th Saturn Awards ceremony. Saldaña's Saturn Award for Best Actress win marked a rare occurrence for an all-CG character.In 2010, Saldaña performed in The Losers as Aisha al-Fadhil, a native Bolivian woman. For the role, she was required to gain weight to carry weapons for eight hours a day. In 2010, she appeared in Takers, Death at a Funeral, and Burning Palms. Her television ad for Calvin Klein's "Envy" line debuted in 2010. In 2011, Saldaña starred in the romantic comedy The Heart Specialist, and portrayed assassin Cataleya Restrepo in the crime drama Colombiana. Although the latter film earned negative reviews from critics, Saldaña's performance was praised.In 2012, she appeared in the romantic drama The Words, earning negative reviews from critics with little success at the box-office.In 2013, Saldaña reprised her role as Uhura in Star Trek Into Darkness, the sequel to the Star Trek re-boot. Like the p.... Discover the Zoe Cannon popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Zoe Cannon books.

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  • Love Is Strange synopsis, comments

    Love Is Strange

    Zoe Cannon

    Love transcends humanity…A lonely tech genius who creates the ideal robot boyfriend feels more for her creation than she bargained for. An aimless college dropout finds the perfect...

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    Black Roses

    Zoe Cannon

    The Black Rose. Once, the dread assassin's name was whispered through the streets of three kingdoms. Her victims never saw her coming, and she never showed mercy.Until she fell in ...

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    Pure Wicked Heart

    Zoe Cannon

    The demon Marik knows three things: he's in love with the angel Sachael. Sacha will always love the Divine Presence more than he loves Marik. And if Marik doesn't sever Sacha's con...

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    Charge Me Up

    Zoe Cannon

    My owner tossed me in the garbage when sexbots went out of fashion. That was my first experience of human cruelty. It wasn't the last.These days, I subsist on whatever scraps of el...

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    Be Not Afraid

    Zoe Cannon

    Eremiel spent his eternity shielding humans from danger… until his last charge died in his arms. Scarred physically and mentally, he can no longer be the strong, reassuring protect...

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    Prodigal Daughter

    Zoe Cannon

    Ten years ago, Cass left the warmth of her large and loving family to make a life for herself in the big city. Now, overworked and nursing a broken heart, she's ready to come home....

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    Lone Wolf Moon

    Zoe Cannon

    Start running. If you make it fun for us, we'll let you live.Lark figured a weekend alone in the woods with the school's mean girls would involve them ordering her to clean up thei...

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    Exactly Like She Was

    Zoe Cannon

    When George's wife died, ForeverConnected promised him they could make her live on forever in a custom smart home system created from her digital footprint. And they delivered. Geo...

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    Dragonhearted

    Zoe Cannon

    Instead of settling down and marrying the baker's boy, Meryn ran off to have grand adventures in the land of the dragons. But grand adventures get lonely when there are no other hu...

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    The First Unforgivable Thing

    Zoe Cannon

    When a dissident working undercover as an interrogator is ordered to torture a confession from the only girl he’s ever loved, he chooses to defy both the totalitarian regime and th...

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    A Hell of a Christmas

    Zoe Cannon

    Marcy has always said everyone is welcome at her dinner table on Christmas Eve. That was before her youngest daughter brought a new friend home. A friend with horns and a pitchfork...

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    A Little More Ruthless

    Zoe Cannon

    Nicole used to be a shy little nothing. Then the confident and popular Morgan took her under her wing. Morgan taught Nicole how to stand up for herself. She taught her how to make ...

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    Lost in Translation

    Zoe Cannon

    The war with the aliens is over. It's time to get back to normalat least that's what everyone keeps telling us. Time to forget the things we saw up there, and all the people who di...

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    The Happiness Algorithm

    Zoe Cannon

    The algorithm knows you better than you know yourself. And it uses that knowledge for one singular, driving purpose: to sell you more, more, more. Until a rogue programmer rewrites...

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    The Naughty List

    Zoe Cannon

    Every year at the North Pole, it's the same story. Santa makes his list. He checks it twice. The nice children wake up on Christmas morning to a pile of presents. The naughty child...

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    Stasis

    Zoe Cannon

    Two hundred years ago, Iris uploaded her consciousness into her ship's computer and fled a dying Earth with a handful of survivors. Now she keeps the ship on course and running smo...

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    Digital Flesh

    Zoe Cannon

    Who owns your body? The answer may not be as simple as you think…A living corporate mascot genetically engineered to evoke the uncontrollable desire to consume. A sexbot determined...

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    A Little Blood

    Zoe Cannon

    We came in peace. The humans wanted war.We were a small research ship. We didn't know how to fight. The humans didn't care. They killed all the others. All but me.Now they say they...

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    Broken Wings and Christmas Things

    Zoe Cannon

    Tori would be the first to tell you that working at a coffee shop over the holiday season is nothing like a sappy Christmas movie. Everyone is hungover from too many holiday partie...

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    These Long and Winding Roads

    Zoe Cannon

    A respected priest. A trucker passing through town. One is walking a dark path. The other walks a longer road, and a harder one… and he's here to offer a choice.This short story is...

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    The First Anniversary

    Zoe Cannon

    Colette's husband died a year ago. Now he's in her kitchen, cooking scrambled eggs for their daughter. He doesn't know it, but he's here to give her a second chance to mend her bro...

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    Christmas Furlough

    Zoe Cannon

    Suriel loves Christmas. But she's never gotten a chance to enjoy it. As an angel working in a minimum security prison for demons, she spends every Christmas working unpaid overtime...

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    Inhibition

    Zoe Cannon

    For the past six years, Justine has never left her twin sister Gwen's side. She can't afford to. When she was twelve, she woke up with deadly powers, and only Gwen can keep them in...

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    The New Me

    Zoe Cannon

    Annika hasn't been the same since her accident. She's missing memories. Losing time. Remembering things that never happened. She's lucky to have her devoted husband Hugh to take ca...

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    Into the Light

    Zoe Cannon

    Everyone knows better than to go near Old Man Schneider's house. Ever since his wife died, he's stayed shut inside with the curtains drawn. At night, the house creaks and groans li...

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    Crazy Guilty

    Zoe Cannon

    A decade ago, Courtney and her friends survived an attack so shocking it made the national news. Their classmate Olivia Kendall's obsession with them, which had grown as her mental...

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    Animal Systems

    Zoe Cannon

    She used to be a soldier. Then antitechnology fanatics captured her and ripped her implants from her body. Without them, now she's nothing but a twolegged animal.A weak animal, wit...

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    The Fire Inside

    Zoe Cannon

    They have more power than they know…An unknown goddess living in her famous sister's shadow. A teenage superheroine who can take down a supervillain but can't stand up to her schoo...

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    Once a Predator

    Zoe Cannon

    Formerly a feared vampire hunter, Quinn hung up her stake, married a nice vampire, and moved out to the suburbs. But someone has been killing young women downtown. Someone who soun...

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    Ugly Girls

    Zoe Cannon

    In a faraway kingdom, a queen gives birth to a baby girl, the ugliest child ever known on this earth. The girl has skin as white as the bloated bellies of worms drowned after a spr...

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    Uncontained

    Zoe Cannon

    I spent my life fighting vampires for the Agency. Now I'm one of them.I learned the wrong people's secrets, and they put me in a shallow grave. They didn't expect me to rise from i...

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    Building Romeo

    Zoe Cannon

    When a lonely tech genius built herself the perfect man, she knew he would never leave her. What she didn't know was that she would love him too much to let him stay.This short sto...

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    Star Power

    Zoe Cannon

    Fat. Ugly. Stupid. At her high school, Jeanette is the target of every insult and the butt of every joke. But when she finds a magical artifact in the old junkyard, she knows ...

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    The Unlikable Ones

    Zoe Cannon

    This December, Bex has a new job working for a charity that distributes Christmas gifts to needy children. It doesn't pay well, but it makes her feel good inside. Or it would, if n...

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    After the Fire

    Zoe Cannon

    The fallen angels burned her world.They killed her parents while she watched.Now one of them is her prisoner.The human resistance nearly killed him. She saved his lifebecause she h...

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    The Weapon and His Wielder

    Zoe Cannon

    Eamon's quest to steal the enchanted sword went perfectly… right up until the sword betrayed him to the enemy. Now he has nothing to look forward to but a lifetime in a prison cell...

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    Safer at Home

    Zoe Cannon

    Quarantined in a haunted house…​March 2020. With the world in the grip of a deadly pandemic, Ben is locked down in his brandnew house, with nothing to keep him company but his ches...

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    Lonely Streets

    Zoe Cannon

    A hunter always walks alone…A reluctant werewolf forced to choose between a cure and the life of an innocent girl. A retired vampire hunter whose vampire husband may not be as defa...

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    With Friends Like These

    Zoe Cannon

    With friends like these, who needs enemies?A popular clique with a body count. A teenage girl whose twin sister may be a born killer. A sleepover with lifeanddeath stakes.In these ...

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    Ships, Sheep, and Happy Endings

    Zoe Cannon

    She thought the hard part would be disguising herself in her brother's armor and rescuing the beautiful princess from a dragon. Or maybe revealing her true face to the princess aft...

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    Optimal Strategy

    Zoe Cannon

    I was designed to give realtime strategic analysis to agents in the field. Love wasn't supposed to be part of my programming. But Danny treats me like a fellow agent, not a tool fo...

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    Family Recipe

    Zoe Cannon

    Annie knows the rules. Smile when her mother tells her to smile. Talk when her mother tells her to talk. And under no circumstances is she to mention the incident that landed her i...

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    Dark Wings, Bright Flame

    Zoe Cannon

    These angels aren't your grandmother's chubbycheeked cherubs. Be not afraid…A deserter from heaven's wars, flipping burgers on earth to stay incognito. A demon who can only save hi...

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    The Right Kind of Monster

    Zoe Cannon

    Every young werewolf has to earn their place as an adult member of the pack by hunting the most dangerous prey of all: humanity. No one expects Brenna, the runt of the litter, to m...

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    A Spark of Light

    Zoe Cannon

    Disillusioned by a thousand years of trying to bring light to a darkening world, an angel bound his wings, walked to the tallest bridge in the city, and prepared to jump. Until a p...

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    No Warm Fuzzies

    Zoe Cannon

    Eddie just wants to mind his own business on Christmas Eve. So he'll be sleeping on the street tonightso what? He can handle the cold.But of course some obnoxious dogooder from the...

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    A Mere Wife

    Zoe Cannon

    Two sisters, forced into arranged marriages by their cold and profitminded father.One runs away to join a mercenary band. The other goes meekly to the arms of her cruel husband.The...

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    The Purest Darkness

    Zoe Cannon

    All her life, her village has prepared her as a sacrifice. She knows the name for the thing that seethes in her heart when she thinks about her fate: Compassion. Gratitude. Love. F...