Zoe Saldana

[sunn19]

oh my god that after party dress is atrocious.

and yes, it's make up, but we're not talking about people being made to look paler to resemble something that doesn't even exist - a vampire. we're talking about a dominican playing nina simone and being made to look like an entirely different ethnicity. nina simone is not a "character".

And people wonder why there's racism in this world. Why create a problem where there shouldn't be one? As I said, she' s an actress and she should be able to play anyone she likes, despite their skin, hair or eye color.

 

[mcgowan]

i made the distinction because it's necessary. zoe's ethnicity is the reason for her having completely different facial features than nina simone. i don't think that it's an issue of race, and i think you're citing a problem much more in depth than the one i'm describing. she was a poor choice for the role because she lacks all of nina's distinctive features both physically and otherwise. i get that there's a racial backlash going on here but that's not at all what i'm trying to comment on, so apologies if it sounded that way.

 

[chickadee]

I'm with ForChicSake. There are hundreds, literally hundreds, of other black actresses who could've pulled this role off, and THAT's the problem. That rather than search for an actress who could inhabit this role both physically and artistically, they chose an actress that doesn't look anything like her, thereby reinforcing the subtle racism that Nina herself so publicly balked against. You can't tell me that Zoe was the only person who could believably pull off this part. No, they chose her because she's marketable. And a substantial portion of why she is marketable has to do with her looks. She's fair and she has European features. That's not a bad thing. That's a fact. Just like it's a fact that Nina Simone was dark-skinned and her features more African. It's a "problem" because a lot of Simone's persona centered around her refusal to bend to the shallow standards of an industry that celebrated women who fit within a very narrow definition of beauty, a definition which more often than not excluded black women in their natural state. See how ironic that is?

What's more, the fact that there are so few black actresses able to get actually decent parts, is only more salt on the wound. Zoe's talented, but she's far from the only talented black actress out there. My pick personally would've been the Adepero Oduye. Not only does she physically resemble Simone, she's also ridiculously talented.

I also have to agree that her dress at the after-party sucks bricks. I prefer her look at the ceremony. Her hair was quite lovely, too. All in all, it was an incredibly underwhelming night fashion wise (as I kind of guessed it would be for some reason). Only Zoe, Kerry Washington, JLaw, Jessica Chastain and FLOTUS wowed. Everybody else either flopped horribly or bored me.

 

[MartiniKiss]

Out and about in Hollywood, CA - February 27, 2013


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[ForChicSake]

Miu Miu - Front Row - PFW F/W 2013

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[TrendyMeggy]

I want her face, hair, and body! So beautiful!

 

[MartiniKiss]

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[catherine88]

Really like her Miu Miu outfit.

 

[Alyssa-K]

I'm usually not a fan of her looks, but her Miu Miu outfit is really nice, sleek and classy

 

[MartiniKiss]

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[Aby]

Perfect outfit!

 

[MartiniKiss]

Zoe Saldana shops with a friend in West Hollywood, California on March 12, 2013.













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[MartiniKiss]

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[MartiniKiss]

Zoe Saldana wore a printed dress from the Carven spring/summer 2013-14 collection teamed with black Jimmy Choo sandals to attend the annual 25 Most Powerful Stylists Luncheon, hosted by The Hollywood Reporter and Jimmy Choo.


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[LolaSvelt]

Actress Zoe Saldana returning home in a limo after a day of shopping in Beverly Hills, California on March 13, 2013.

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[MartiniKiss]

Zoe Saldana leaves her stylist Petra Flannery's studio on Thursday (March 21) in Beverly Hills, Calif.


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[sweetcandy]

Love her polka dot sweater

 

[MartiniKiss]

2013 MTV Movie Awards held at Sony Pictures Studios on Sunday (April 14) in Los Angeles


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[Versace-Goddess]

The skirt looks great but together with the top, it doesn´t look best.

 

[Melly5525]

She looks gorgeous, I love this look, that Givenchy skirt is too die for.