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Zoë Yadira Saldaña Nazario is an American actress. Following her performances with the theater group Faces, Saldana made her screen debut in a 1999 episode of Law & Order. Her film career began a year later with Center Stage (2000), where she played a struggling ballet dancer. She had played the role of Neytiri, the female lead and one of the main protagonists of James Cameron's sci-fi film Avatar.
Birth Name
Zoë Yadira Saldaña Nazario
Born
Monday, 19 June 1978
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Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Avatar 5 | Neytiri | 2031 |
| Avatar 4 | Neytiri | 2029 |
| Avatar 3 | Neytiri | 2025 |
| The Absence of Eden | Esmee / Carmen | 2024 |
| Good Burger 2 | Zoë Saldaña / Zoe Saldaña | 2023 |
| Special Ops: Lioness | Joe | 2023 |
| Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 | Gamora | 2023 |
| MPower | Self | 2023 |
| Avatar: The Way of Water | Neytiri | 2022 |
| From Scratch | Amy Wheeler | 2022 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Avatar 5 | Neytiri | 2031 |
| Avatar 4 | Neytiri | 2029 |
| Avatar 3 | Neytiri | 2025 |
| The Absence of Eden | Esmee / Carmen | 2024 |
| Good Burger 2 | Zoë Saldaña / Zoe Saldaña | 2023 |
| Special Ops: Lioness | Joe | 2023 |
| Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 | Gamora | 2023 |
| MPower | Self | 2023 |
| Avatar: The Way of Water | Neytiri | 2022 |
| From Scratch | Amy Wheeler | 2022 |
| Amsterdam | Irma St. Clair | 2022 |
| Icons Unearthed | Self | 2022 |
| The Adam Project | Laura | 2022 |
| Maya and the Three | Maya | 2021 |
| Vivo | Rosa (voice) / Rosa | 2021 |
| Burning Questions | Self | 2021 |
| Marvel Studios: Assembled | Self - Gamora | 2021 |
| The Noughties | Self | 2020 |
| Vampires vs. the Bronx | Becky | 2020 |
| Home Movie: The Princess Bride | Princess Buttercup | 2020 |
| The Imagineering Story | Self | 2019 |
| Tamron Hall | Self | 2019 |
| Love, Antosha | Self | 2019 |
| This Changes Everything | Self | 2019 |
| Avengers: Endgame | Gamora | 2019 |
| Missing Link | Adelina Fortnight (voice) / Adelina Fortnight | 2019 |
| Hollywood Insider | Self | 2018 |
| James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction | Self | 2018 |
| Avengers: Infinity War | Gamora | 2018 |
| I Kill Giants | Mrs. Mollé | 2017 |
| My Little Pony: The Movie | Captain Celaeno (voice) / Captain Celaeno | 2017 |
| Guardians of the Galaxy: Inferno | Herself | 2017 |
| Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 | Gamora | 2017 |
| The 74th Annual Golden Globe Awards 2017 | Self - Presenter | 2017 |
| Hollywood First Look | Self | 2017 |
| Live by Night | Graciella Suarez / Graciela | 2016 |
| Quantum Is Calling | Zoe Saldana / Herself | 2016 |
| For the Love of Spock | Herself / Self | 2016 |
| Star Trek Beyond | Lieutenant Uhura / Lieutenant Nyota Uhura | 2016 |
| Nina | Nina Simone | 2016 |
| The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self | 2015 |
| Sesame Street: Play All Day with Elmo | Self | 2015 |
| Unity | Narrator / Narrator (voice) | 2015 |
| Black Man White Skin | Self - Narrator | 2015 |
| Lip Sync Battle | Self - Competitor | 2015 |
| The Late Late Show with James Corden | Self / Carol / Self - Guest | 2015 |
| Hot Ones | Self - Guest | 2015 |
| The Oscars | Self - Presenter | 2015 |
| WWE 24 | Self | 2015 |
| Lennon or McCartney | Self | 2014 |
| Zoe Saldana Presents My Hero | Self | 2014 |
| The Book of Life | Maria (voice) / Maria | 2014 |
| Guardians of the Galaxy | Gamora | 2014 |
| Rosemary's Baby | Rosemary Woodhouse | 2014 |
| The Real History of Science Fiction | Self - Star Trek / Avatar | 2014 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self - Guest | 2014 |
| Unscripted | Self | 2014 |
| Infinitely Polar Bear | Maggie Stuart / Maggie | 2014 |
| 71st Golden Globe Awards | Self - Presenter | 2014 |
| Sit Down with the Stars | Self | 2014 |
| Out of the Furnace | Lena Taylor | 2013 |
| The Queen Latifah Show | Self - Guest | 2013 |
| Celebrity Page | Self | 2013 |
| Blood Ties | Vanessa | 2013 |
| Star Trek Into Darkness | Uhura / Leuitenant Nyota Uhura | 2013 |
| The Oscars | Self - Hostess: Scientific & Technical Awards | 2013 |
| 2012 NCLR ALMA AWARDS | herself | 2012 |
| The Words | Dora Jansen | 2012 |
| Celebrity Style Story | Self | 2012 |
| Comedy Bang! Bang! | Self | 2012 |
| The Conversation | Self | 2012 |
| I Ain't Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie Mac | Self | 2012 |
| 1st Look | Self - Interviewee | 2011 |
| The Jonathan Ross Show | Self - Guest | 2011 |
| Colombiana | Cataleya / Cataleya Restrepo | 2011 |
| Dish Nation | Self | 2011 |
| Big Morning Buzz Live | Self - Guest | 2011 |
| The Talk | Self - Guest / Self | 2010 |
| Takers | Lilli | 2010 |
| Idiots | Kaye | 2010 |
| Burning Palms | Sarah Cotton | 2010 |
| The Losers | Aisha | 2010 |
| Death at a Funeral | Elaine | 2010 |
| The 82nd Annual Academy Awards | Self - Presenter / Neytiri | 2010 |
| The 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards | Self - Presenter | 2010 |
| Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief | Self | 2010 |
| Avatar | Neytiri | 2009 |
| Mark at the Movies | Self | 2009 |
| Red Carpet Report | Self | 2009 |
| The Jay Leno Show | Self - Guest | 2009 |
| Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Self | 2009 |
| The Skeptic | Cassie | 2009 |
| Star Trek | Uhura / Leiutenant Nyota Uhura | 2009 |
| Late Night with Jimmy Fallon | Herself - Guest | 2009 |
| Vantage Point | Angie Jones | 2008 |
| Blackout | Claudine | 2007 |
| Chelsea Lately | Herself - Guest / Uhura / Herself / Gamora in 'Guardians of the Galaxy' | 2007 |
| Nostalgia Critic | Self | 2007 |
| After Sex | Kat | 2007 |
| Constellation | Rosa Boxer / Rosa Levane Boxer | 2007 |
| Six Degrees | Regina | 2006 |
| Rachael Ray | Self - Guest | 2006 |
| The Heart Specialist | Donna | 2006 |
| Premium | Charli | 2006 |
| The Curse of Father Cardona | Flor | 2005 |
| Made in Hollywood | Self | 2005 |
| 20 to 1 | Neytiri | 2005 |
| Dirty Deeds | Rachel Buff | 2005 |
| Guess Who | Theresa Jones | 2005 |
| The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | Self - Guest | 2005 |
| Project Runway | Self - Guest Judge | 2004 |
| The Insider | Herself | 2004 |
| Haven | Andrea | 2004 |
| The Terminal | Dolores Torres | 2004 |
| The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Herself - Guest | 2003 |
| Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl | Anamaria | 2003 |
| Punk'd | Self | 2003 |
| Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Herself - Guest / Herself / Herself - Guest (as Zoë Saldana) | 2003 |
| Drumline | Laila | 2002 |
| Crossroads | Kit | 2002 |
| Britney: The Videos | Self (segment "The making of the movie Crossroads") / Herself | 2001 |
| Snipes | Cheryl | 2001 |
| Get Over It | Maggie | 2001 |
| Center Stage | Eva / Eva Rodríguez | 2000 |
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Gabrielle Vega | 1999 |
| The View | Herself | 1997 |
| Access Hollywood | Self | 1996 |
| The Daily Show | Self - Guest | 1996 |
| Extra | Self | 1994 |
| Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Self - Guest | 1993 |
| Late Show with David Letterman | Herself - Guest | 1993 |
| HBO First Look | Self | 1992 |
| Law & Order | Belinca | 1990 |
| Troldspejlet | Self - Actress / Neytiri | 1989 |
| Entertainment Tonight | Self | 1981 |
Director Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| The Ropes | 2012 |
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| The Absence of Eden | 2024 |
| Meet Me in Rome | 2024 |
| Special Ops: Lioness | 2023 |
| MPower | 2023 |
| Meet Me in Paris | 2023 |
| From Scratch | 2022 |
| Gordita Chronicles | 2022 |
| The Honor List | 2018 |
| Zoe Saldana Presents My Hero | 2014 |
| Rosemary's Baby | 2014 |
