Shattering box office records (Avatar), energizing a franchise (Star Trek), dominating in drama (The Words, Out of the Furnace) — Zoe Saldana can do it all on screen. Yet do we really know her? In this cover story I did for Latina, Zoe opens up about the controversy surrounding her portrayal of legendary jazz singer Nina Simone, her relationship ups and downs and finding the perfect balance between work and play.

This was a fun one and I was flattered when Latina‘s executive editor Damarys Ocaña called it “the best cover story we’ve done on Zoe yet.”