Zoe Saldana

 Zoe Saldana was born June 19, 1978 in Passaic (New Jersey) to Asalia Nazario, and Aridio Saldana. Her father was Dominican and her mother is Puerto Rican. She was raised in Queens, New York. The family moved to the Dominican Republic when she was 10 years of age. They would stay in the country for 7 years. While in the Dominican Republic, Zoe discovered a keen interest in performance dance and started her studies at the prestigious ECOS Espacio de Danza Dance Academy where she was taught ballet, as well as other forms of dance. Training provided an excellent outlet for this energetic youngster and was a good start to her professional acting career. At age 17, Zoe and her family moved back to the United States where her love for dance followed and an desire to perform in the theater grew stronger.