Zoe Soldana is an American actress who gained worldwide popularity as Neytiri in Avatar and as Gamora in a series of films from Marvel Studios.
Before career
Zoe Soldana was born on June 19, 1978 in the small American town of Passic in the New Jersey region as the third child in the family. In the house, besides her, there were older sisters named Tsiseli and Mariel. In the future, brother Nero will be born, who later became a famous Dominican producer.
Zoe has Lebanese, Irish, Jamaican and Indian roots. A father named Aridio Soldana came to the United States from the Dominican Republic, and his mother, Azalea Nazario, from the small state of Puerto Rico. Soldana is fluent in both Spanish and English. These languages are the official languages of Puerto Rico.
The family moved from the small town of Passseic to the metropolis of New York almost immediately after Zoe was born. In 1987, a tragedy occurred in the family - the father got into a car accident, in which he died. Azalea Nazalia moves with her children to the Dominican Republic. When all three daughters graduated from school and received an education, he returns with them to New York.
In the Dominican Republic, Zoe discovers the world of dance, choreography, begins to do this. Zoya succeeded in dancing, most of all she liked classical ballet.
At the age of 17, her professional career as a dancer begins. The girl joins the American troupe "Faces". In parallel with this, she participates in castings for films, where she is invited by employees of the acting agency, who noticed her thanks to her dancing.
Career as an actress
Five years later, in 2000, Zoe Soldana begins to work as an actor. The first film, called "Proscene", was released on screens with her participation, was a dance drama. In it, the actress starred as an aspiring ballerina. Next year she was invited to take part in the melodrama "Love Virus", the comedy "Crossroads", and also in the drama "Snipes".
In 2003, the popular film with her participation "Captains of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl" was released. Although Zoe played a minor role of the former lover of Captain Jack Sparrow, her recognition has increased markedly. In 2004, she was invited to star in the film "The Terminal" as Dolores Torres. The film project was very well appreciated by the audience and film critics. The work of the cast and the work of Steven Spielberg, the director of the film, was appreciated.
The main role of Zoe Soldana gets in the film "Guess Who?", Which is released in 2005, as well as in the film "10 Dirty Deeds". Subsequent films, released in 2006 and 2007, were not successful for the actress and received either neutral or negative reviews and reviews from viewers and critics.
Taking a short break in her career, Zoe is filming a major film project "Avatar", which is released in 2009. In it, the actress gets the role of Neytiri. "Avatar" was nominated for an Oscar in nine nominations and received three "technical" statuettes for the work of operators, decorators and visual effects. The role of Neytiri, played by Soldana, was one of the memorable ones. The directors have promised to release the film "Avatar 2" in 2020. In the film, the role of Neuteri will be one of the key ones.
In 2014, the artist takes part in the filming of the blockbuster from Marvel called "Guardians of the Galaxy" as Gamora. The movie is popular with audiences and fans of Marvel comics, and Gamora appears in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) and Avengers: Infinity War (2018), which combines the Avengers and Guardians of the Galaxy plots. Also in 2014, the girl voiced a character named Maria in the cartoon "The Book of Life".
In 2016, a drama called "Nina" and the action movie "Law of the Night" were released.
In the future, it is planned that Zoe will appear in the dubbing of the "Missing Link" project, which will be released in 2019, as well as take part in the filming of the third part of "Avatar", which, according to the directors' forecasts, will be released on December 16, 2021 …
Personal life
In June 2010, the wedding took place between Zoe and her husband Keith Brittan. Brittana can be considered Zoe's colleague. He is the actor and CEO of My Fashion Database. Before the wedding, the couple had known each other for ten years. In 2011, the marriage was dissolved. The divorce was not commented on by the artists in any way.
In the spring of 2013, she met an Italian artist named Marco Perego. In June, Soldana and Perego were married. In 2014, the couple had children - twins Sai Aridio and Bowie Ezio, and in February 2017 it became known about the appearance of a third son in the family named Zen.
In 2016, Zoe Soldana said in one of her interviews that her husband began to suffer from autoimmune diseases. Now Marco Perego is actively fighting them, following a gluten-free and dairy diet.
The artist is actively running her Instagtam, which is actively gaining subscribers. Now more than 4, 2 million users follow Zoya's photos. On her account, the artist publishes mainly photos from various events and filming of films, hiding the details of her personal life and not showing her family.
Saldana is an active supporter of FINCA International, a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting low-income people.
