Sep 18 2007Zoe Saldana Playing Star Trek's Time-Life Operator
Hey, have UHURA'D the news of who Zoe Saldana is playing in Star Trek prequel?!
Do you see what I did there? I gave you a little clue in the first sentence. You probably missed it because it was so cleverly and seamlessly worked in, but look again and you'll see that she's playing Uhura, which you may have also guessed because that's the only role possible for a black female.
If you saw Pirates of the Caribbean, you know the actress as Anamaria, or if you saw the Britney Spears buddy-flick, Crossroads, you know her as Kit (but really, what were you thinking?). Saldana joins Zachary Quinto as Spock and Anton Yelchin as Chekhov, and you can see her soft-focus close-up debut Christmas 2008.
Saldana cast in Abrams' 'Star Trek' [Variety]
Reader Comments
1. j shlong - September 18, 2007 4:27 PM
whats with the fishing line comin out of her mouth
2. KC - September 18, 2007 5:29 PM
Flossing accident?
3. ookie pookie - September 18, 2007 6:19 PM
LOL
4. Mella - September 18, 2007 7:20 PM
I can't believe you didn't mention her starring turn in Center Stage as Sassy Ethnic Minority Who Has To Humble Herself In Order To Find Her Inner Prima Ballerina.
Honestly, and you call this a movie site??
5. Alexison - September 19, 2007 3:25 AM
actually, she's Dominican not black.
6. Ben - September 19, 2007 7:54 AM
She was in the Terminal as a Trekkie girl, too. Man the storied career. First a trekkie and then a star trekker.
7. Rzwrong - September 19, 2007 10:25 AM
#4
I worked on the that movie and I didn't remember her in it!
Is it some sort of brace/retainer?
8. spoodie - September 19, 2007 11:40 AM
#5
Where do black people come from then, Blackland?
9. Stuey - September 19, 2007 12:40 PM
#8....again, she is not black, she is dominican. So in turn that would make her of a latin decent. Not african.
Such as african decent such as.
10. Bringing my tidbits - September 19, 2007 5:50 PM
Well, I'm Haitian and live next door so I can tell that she is of African descent because coloured Dominicans and coloured latinos in general have African blood. Although they'd rather go to their Indian inheritance instead - black being a lil bit of a bad thing. The only problem being the conquistadores had "off" all indians of the island in their hunt for gold.
Bottom line: she's both latina and black and she's gorgeous.
11. Stuey - September 20, 2007 8:30 AM
#10, live next door to what? Her? rigggghhhht.
12. Kitty - September 20, 2007 5:54 PM
Dominican is the same as black. It seems no one wants to identify as black these days, it's more shiek to say your something else, but when get down to the heart of it, she's black. B-L-A-C-K! If she was walking down the street and we didn't know her from Adam she would be (yes you guessed it) Black!
I know that she is from the Dominican Republic but they are all Black, every last one of them. Even Puerto Ricans, even though most don't self identify as black.
If I did a case study I bet that most individuals that are black that try to enter the Entertainment Industry would put another race as what they identify with rather than just saying Black.