2 weeks Ago By Haika Mrema
Zoe Saldaña has had to make some tough decisions between her roles as an actress and a mother of three. “I wish I knew how to balance it. You know, sometimes there are seasons in which I feel like I have a grip on it.
And like, lately, because I’m promoting two wonderful projects that I’m really, really proud of, I’ve just been nonstop and on the road,” said Saldaña, who also stars in the new film “Emilia Pérez.” “These are sacrifices that we all make as a family together, and it is painful. “So all we can do is just manage that pain.
And that’s always what I try to tell parents, fathers, and mothers especially, that they feel sort of torn all the time. Just manage being torn,” she said. The “Avatar” star said that switching her word choice when speaking about her responsibilities as an actress allows her children to see things from a different perspective.
She said that she finds it “intolerable” to be away from her family while working. “I always walk around with a heavy heart every time I’m away from them. But I also have a heavy heart if I walk away from art and feel that I didn’t give my all,” she said.
Saldaña, who shares three children with her husband, Marco Perego Saldaña, looks forward to stepping out of her comfort zone, acknowledging that being vulnerable requires courage. However, the actress got her biggest breakthrough in the sci-fi genre. In 2009, she appeared as communications officer Nyota Uhura in the “Star Trek” reboot.
That same year, she played the indigenous hunter Neytiri in “Avatar,” which grossed $2.9 billion worldwide, making it the highest-grossing film of all time. Saldaña won a Saturn Award for Best Actress for her performance in the CGI-based movie.
In 2014, Saldaña appeared in the Marvel film “Guardians of the Galaxy” as Gamora and reprised her role in 2017’s “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2” and 2023’s “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.
” She also played Gamora in 2018’s “Avengers: Infinity War” and 2019’s “Avengers: Endgame.”.
