Zoe Saldaña has officially become the highest-grossing actor of all time when tallying the worldwide box office earnings of the movies she’s starred in.
“The Alien: Covenant” actress has starred in some of the biggest franchises in cinematic history. Thanks to blockbusters such as “Avatar “and the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Saldaña has tallied box office revenue of over $15 billion worldwide over her 23-year career.
Saldaña has starred in four movies that have grossed over $2 billion worldwide. “Avatar” (2009), “Avatar: The Way of Water” (2022), “Avengers: Infinity War” (2018), and “Avengers: Endgame” (2019) made Saldaña the only person to achieve this feat.
Saldaña has become a mainstay thanks to some of Hollywood’s biggest franchises. While most of her iconic roles used motion capture and extensive CGI, Saldaña played several of the main characters in each story. Fans around the world fell in love with characters Neytiri and Gamora.
Saldaña started her career before the days of billion-dollar movies starring in “Center Stage” and “Drumline” early in the 2000s. Soon after, she starred in “Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.” Saldaña moved into the action and science fiction genres with “Star Trek” (2009) playing the role of Uhura.
Zoe Saldaña recently opened up about the diversity of the cast in the latest Avatar sequel, in an interview with the BET.COM.
“I think the diversity in our cast is incredible with Cliff [Curtis] playing the Olo’eyktan of the Metkayina, with Oona [Chaplin] being a Latina woman, with Trinity [Bliss] being Asian.” She continued, “I do feel that there is diversity with CCH Pounder being my mom and Wes Studi also playing my father, who’s a Native man. I do believe that Jim [James Cameron] really went by his word, and he cast a very diverse cast.”
SOURCE: bet.com