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I'm so intrigued by women throughout history where the significance of what they were representing at that time is obscured by the fact a man saved them or they were prostitutes.
Zoe Saldana
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Zoe Saldana
Age: 46
Born: 1978
Born: June 19
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Passaic
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Zoë Saldaña
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