Zoe Saldana, actor
She’s conquered space in some of the biggest sci-fi films of the past decade, but returns to earth as a gangster’s girlfriend in Ben Affleck’s Live by Night. Saldana talks battling racism and sexism in Hollywood, and why she had to start a production company
by ELIANA DOCKTERMAN
Jan 07, 2017
3 minutes
Nobody owns the franchise market quite like Zoe Saldana. The actor, 38, has a prolific track record playing otherworldly women in three of the biggest blockbuster sci-fi series: Avatar, Guardians of the Galaxy and Star Trek. Yet Saldana does not fear being pigeonholed. “I feel I have a greater chance of setting an example for young women when I do movies [that take place] in the future because I’m less likely to be boxed in,” she says.
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