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If there's anything that I've always said about myself is that to me, it's much more important for me to get to work with filmmakers that I've grown up loving and admiring.
Zoe Saldana
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Zoe Saldana
Age: 46
Born: 1978
Born: June 19
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I am fluent in Spanish and I understand French, Italian and Portuguese.
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