Zoe Saldana

American actress Zoe Saldana made her acting debut on the TV show Law & Order. Since then she has appeared in movies including Pirates of the Caribbean co-starring with Johnny Depp, Crossroads with Britney Spears and was nominated for three awards for co-starring with Ashton Kutcher in Guess Who. In 2009 she will play "Lt. Uhura" in the newest Star Trek film. Saldana was nominated in 2003 for MTV's "Best Kiss" award for her role in the movie Drumline where she played Nick Cannon's girlfriend.

"When I go to the D.R., the press in Santo Domingo always asks, '¿Qué te consideras, dominicana o americana?' (What do you consider yourself, Dominican or American?) I don't understand it, and it's the same people asking the same question. So I say, time and time again, 'Yo soy una mujer negra.' ('I am a black woman.') [They go,] 'Oh, no, tú eres trigueñita.' ('Oh no, you are dark skinned') I'm like, 'No! Let's get it straight, yo soy una mujer negra.' ('I am a black woman.')"

• Note: The majority of the links in this timeline are to IMDb, which has pop-ups.

• June 19, 1978: Born

• 2000: Center Stage

• 2001: Get Over It

• 2002: Crossroads

• 2002: Drumline

• 2003: Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

• 2004: The Terminal

• 2005: Guess Who

• 2008: Star Trek

• 2009: Avatar