Zoe Saldana

Her film career began a year later with Center Stage (2000), where she played a struggling ballet dancer. Saldana\'s breakthrough came in 2009 with her first of multiple appearances as Nyota Uhura in the Star Trek film series and her first appearance as Neytiri in the Avatar film series. Saldana also portrays Gamora in multiple films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, beginning with Guardians of the Galaxy (2014).\n', '

Saldana was born in Passaic, New Jersey. Her father, Aridio Saldaña, was Dominican, while her mother, Asalia Nazario, is Puerto Rican. She was christened Zoe Yadira Saldaña Nazario, reflecting both her parents’ surnames. Saldana also has Lebanese and Haitian roots. With regard to her racial identity, Saldana stated, "There\'s no one way to be black. I\'m black the way I know how to be." She spent the majority of her early childhood growing up in Jackson Heights, New York.…