Insights from the Cinematic World: Dominican Republic

Zoe Saldana is the only actress to have three movies in the box office top twenty for three consecutive weeks (Avatar, The Losers, and Death at a Funeral).

Zoe Saldana

Zoe Saldana first languages are English and Spanish. She spent the majority of her early childhood growing up in Queens, New York. At 10, she moved with her family to the Dominican Republic, where they lived for the next seven years. Saldana enlisted in a ballet class at one of the most prestigious dancing schools in the Dominican Republic.

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