Zoe Saldaña, the actress who breaks box office records and does not give anyone to talk about

Zoe Saldaña (New Jersey, USA, 44 years old) has become one of the great actresses in the film industry in a few years.

However, few know the interpreter who continues to break records in Hollywood and who has just become the only actress to star in four of the six films in history that have grossed more than 2,000 million dollars at the box office.

The last of them,

which is preceded by the first part of

(2009),

(2018) and

(2019) — the other two on the list are

and the Episode VII of the

saga ,

.

His debut on the big screen was in

(2000) and little by little he was getting roles in larger productions that earned him more recognition.

In 2004, he was part of the

, and that same year he appeared in

(2004).

14 years ago, Saldaña was not Gamora from

, but she was about to become Nyota Uhura from

and Neytiri, a princess from

roles that would change her cinematographic trajectory and would elevate her as one of the most sought-after performers.

Success after success, the actress, who carries her Latin roots as her flag, has earned, in addition to the box office, the recognition of critics.

Although she continues to be a face that goes almost unnoticed by the general public.

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The daughter of a Puerto Rican mother and a Dominican father, Saldaña was born and lived the first years of her childhood in New York.

At the age of 10, her life changed and after the death of her parent, her family had to move to the Dominican Republic, where she stayed until she was 17, when she returned to the Big Apple to train in acting.

But her principles are not simple and his would be no different.

Her first job was at the Burger King fast food chain.

Every Friday, according to the actress in an interview for

She was thrown out for her kindness to homeless customers, to whom she offered free food.

On Saturday, a day later, she was rehired due to lack of personnel.

Until one day when she got tired and she left suddenly, never to return.

But her fate brought that job back in a way to her life: her first role on television was an advertisement for the hamburger brand.

Other productions would come later.

It was in 2009 when her artistic career finally took off.

and

—released in the same year a few months apart— made her one of the most sought-after actresses on the big screen.

“The reception of the movie [

] was something I never imagined.

It was the first time that I felt that she had achieved something that she really wanted.

The opportunities that this project gave me after the premiere were like a roller coaster.

Since then, I have not stopped ”, Saldaña explained this same January in the Mexican edition of

magazine , whose cover she stars in.

And she is absolutely right.

After stepping into the shoes of a

, has been chaining project after project.

His next success would not be long in coming.

In 2014, he changed from blue to green to become Gamora in

from the Marvel universe.

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Saldaña is an actress capable of interpreting any role that is put on her table and that many do not know precisely for this reason, for almost always being characterized and being practically unrecognizable in the eyes of the public.

And although she appreciates the springboard that

and

provided for her , she admits to having felt stuck for 10 years.

“I felt trapped working on these franchises.

I am very grateful for the opportunities that they gave me, from collaborating with incredible directors to meeting cast members who I consider friends and being able to play a role that fans love, ”she explained last November to the fashion magazine

about your experience.

And she added: "I felt artistically trapped by not being able to expand, grow or challenge myself by playing different types of roles and genres."

And although she has continued to star in the most successful blockbusters of the decade, she has also wanted to take control of her career: "I fight against the pressure that society exerts on women, that your youth is gone as soon as you have children and you reach the age of 40. I am now 44 years old and have taken control of my aging and my voice.

Raised in a matriarchal environment, Saldaña learned about feminism surrounded by her family.

“All the women around me talked about what they would have liked to have when they were little, they gave us independence and autonomy from any masculine judgment.

They gave us independence in an open way: 'You are the masters of your own decisions.

Don't give a man money.

Don't give your opinion to a man.

Don't ask a man's permission.'

It was not out of rebellion, it was because they had experience and knowledge of the world that they did not want us to inherit, ”she explained to

.

She now tries to apply all that learning by working with filmmakers and producers who don't treat women's youth as a fetish.

And she has achieved it in one of her recent premieres,

(2022), available on Netflix, which is based on Tembi Locke's best-selling 2019 memoir in which she narrates her trips to Italy, her love story with her husband, Saro Gullo, as well as the cancer he suffered and from whom he died in 2012. Saldaña is an actress who has played all kinds of characters, but who had not yet been part of any project whose central thread was a love story.

And although Locke's is a sad story, she did not hesitate to accept the role and try new experiences.

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Despite being a person who does not know how to stand still, she has taken time to found, together with her sisters, Mariel and Cisely, the production company Cinestar Pictures, whose objective is to tell women's stories, written and produced by women.

“Five years ago I made the decision to jump into the unknown, to accept certain challenges, to fulfill certain diversity missions for women of color, for Latinas… I hope to be an inspiration to many women,” she explained.

She defines herself as a reserved person.

And she has shown it, since almost nothing is known about her private life.

On her Instagram account, where she accumulates 9.4 million followers of hers, she only posts photos and videos related to her projects and promotions.

She rarely lets on anything related to her family or her life.

In 2011, she had a short but intense relationship with Bradley Cooper.

The spark arose during the recording of

(2012), a film in which they co-starred.

The flame lasted less than a year and when the tape was released they were no longer together.

In 2013, Saldaña secretly married former Italian soccer player Marco Perego, with whom she now has three children.

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After having spent intense promotion with

now

is focused on the production and direction of

together with Nicole Kidman, a series of spies that is set in Spain, where, precisely, they have been installed for a few weeks.

And although she has confessed in interviews that she is "tired" of the frantic pace that she has to face due to the complexity of her roles, Saldaña is going to continue working and breaking records and trying to get that Oscar nomination that still resists her.

Surpassing her numbers seems like an almost impossible task.