Zoe Saldaña Opens Up About The Painful Loss Of Her Father When She Was A Child And How It Affected Her Childhood

Zoe Saldaña said her father’s death impacted her childhood.

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Saldaña lost her father in 1987.

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She moved to The Dominican Republic with the rest of her family.

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Saldaña said she always felt like an alien in her own skin.

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She is married to Marco Perego Saldaña with three children.

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Saldaña said the loss helped her perform in the Netflix series “From Scratch.”

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She and Reese Witherspoon are the executive producers of the show.

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Saldaña called out Warner Brothers for canning “Batgirl.”

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She called the move unfair and atrocious.

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