Zoe Saldana News

You might not have seen it coming when she was putting in thankless roles in movies like Center Stage and Drumline , but Zoe Saldana seems to be becoming the new go-to girl for any action movie that needs a female presence.

If Zoe Saldana looks familiar to you, and let's hope she does, it's because you've seen her in some big blockbusters over the last few years.

Zoe Saldana has big shoes to fill. Saldana is JJ Abrams' choice to play Communications Officer Uhura in the new Star Trek and the actress luckily had the pleasure of meeting the original Uhura.

But promotional tours for a summer blockbuster can be intense, even when you're sunburned from the limelight; it must be doubly so when your star's ascent more or less has been stuck in neutral for nine years, despite turns in plenty of movies we've all caught on USA on a rainy Sunday afternoon.

From left, Chekov , James T. Kirk , Scotty , Bones , Sulu , and Uhura in "Star Trek." There are certain things you don't expect to find in a "Star Trek" movie: joyriding teens, sky-diving, the music of the Beastie Boys.

LOS ANGELES a ' The "Star Trek" character of Nyota Uhura, played by Nichelle Nichols in the original series, holds an important place in history: Her onscreen kiss with Capt.

Given Zoe Saldana's meteoric rise, it only makes sense that the flick that finally rockets her to the heights of superstardom would be an intergalactic adventure like Star Trek.

Adult fans who never tire of ghost stories may seek out The Skeptic , writer/director Tennyson Bardwell's polished but dull supernatural drama for IFC Films, featuring an overacting Tim Daly as the frustrated inheritor of his aunt's haunted house and Star Trek 's Zoe Saldana as a pretty psychic who comes to his aid.

That means that there are no thrill-seeking teenage daredevils whose curiosity incites a bloodbath at the hands of undead spirits.

Zoe Zaldana, who plays Uhura in J.J. Abrams' upcoming Star Trek , told SCI FI Wire that she'd played previously played a Trekkie in a film called The Terminal .

IFC Films sent along specifics on the theatrical play for THE SKEPTIC, a haunted-house thriller written and directed by Tennyson Bardwell.

I don't know why but looking at these pics of Zoe Saldana at the London premiere of "Star Trek" makes my inner "America's Next Top Model" judge/Christian Siriano come out.

It's funny how life imitates art. Upon wrapping her first high-profile role as Britney Spears's bitchy pal in the 2002 drama Crossroads, 23-year-old Zoe Saldana faced her own fork in the road: Opt indefinitely for teen-friendly studio flicks as the "blonde girl's best friend" or forsake Hollywood production perks-the goodies-laden craft-services ...