Beautiful and determined, Zoe Saldana's ('Anamaria' in "Pirates of the Caribbean") talent eclipses all else in her role as the only female pirate aboard ?Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.? Most recently, Saldana co-starred opposite Orlando Jones and Nick Cannon in 20th Century Fox?s ?Drumline,? which opened to rave reviews this past December. Saldana and Cannon were nominated for the MTV Movie Award for Best Onscreen Kiss. Currently she stars in the independent feature ?Temptation.? The film is a rock/pop musical version of ?Faust,? directed by Mark Tarlow.

Saldana appeared with Britney Spears in Paramount Pictures? coming-of-age film, ?Crossroads,? as well as in the independent ?Snipes,? opposite popular recording artist Nelly. ?Snipes? was featured at the 2001 Toronto Film Festival.

A promising young actress, Saldana made her motion picture debut as ?Eva,? a gifted dance student with attitude in Columbia Pictures? ?Center Stage,? directed by Nicholas Hytner. She next appeared in the Miramax production of ?Get Over It? with Kirsten Dunst and Ben Foster.

Her television credits include appearances on the WB?s ?Keeping it Real? and NBC?s hit series ?Law & Order.?

Saldana was born in New Jersey and raised in Queens, New York. After winning a dance scholarship to Ritmos Espacio de Danza Academy where she studied ballet, jazz, modern and Latin dance, Saldana joined a theatre group called Faces Theatre Company. The group performs improvisational skits specifically directed at teenage audiences in hopes of educating them with useful alternatives in the face of such dilemmas as substance abuse, domestic violence, truancy, and sexuality.