Career
Zoe Saldana was still a member of FACES when she gained exposure in an episode of Law & Order (titled "Merger") which first aired in 1999. She left school after Center Stage, subsequently appearing in the Britney Spears vehicle Crossroads (2002) and the comedy-drama Drumline (2002). She played the pirate Anamaria in the 2003 film Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, and has appeared in a number of television shows and movies, including The Terminal (2004) and Guess Who (2005) with Ashton Kutcher.
Saldana was also the lead in the video for Juan Luis Guerra's song "La llave de mi corazón", and played Uhura in the 2009 film Star Trek. In 2009, she played Neytiri (Neytiri te Tskaha Mo'at’ite), the Na'vi chief's daughter, in James Cameron's Avatar, a role that gave her much publicity and recognition, and therefore presenting her more opportunities to work in big commercial films.
She is the only actress to have three movies in the box office top 20 for three consecutive weeks. These movies are Avatar, The Losers, and Death at a Funeral.
In August 2010, Saldana's television ad for Calvin Klein's "Envy" line debuted. In 2011, she starred in the crime drama movie Colombiana. In 2012, she starred in the drama film The Words. She will reprise her role for Star Trek into Darkness, the sequel to the 2009 remake. It is expected to be released in May, 2013.
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