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Zoë Yadira Saldaña Nazario, better known by her stage name Zoë Saldaña, is an American actress and dancer, best known for her breakthrough roles in the teen films Center Stage as Eva Rodríguez, Crossroads as Kit, and Drumline as Laila (alongside co-star Nick Cannon who played Devon Miles). She also portrayed Nyota Uhura in the Star Trek film, Cataleya Restrepo in Colombiana, Neytiri in James Cameron's Avatar, which is featured in Pandora: The World of Avatar at Disney's Animal Kingdom, and voiced Captain Celaeno in the 2017 Lionsgate animated film My Little Pony: The Movie.

For Disney, she played Gamora in the 2014 Marvel sci-fi action film Guardians of the Galaxy, and reprised this role in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers: Endgame, and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. She also portrayed Anamaria in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, as well as Irma St. Clair in the 2022 Fox film Amsterdam. Additionally, she reprised her role as Neytiri in Avatar: The Way of Water, Avatar 3, and Avatar 4.

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