Aridio Saldaa: How did Zoe Saldana's father die?

Who is Zoe Saldana’s father?

Aridio Saldaña was the father of Zoe Saldana. Aridio Saldaña’s daughter is a top Hollywood actress known for her work in Sci-Fi films. She has appeared in all three of the highest-grossing films of all time (Avatar, Avatar: The Way of Water, and Avengers: Endgame), a feat not achieved by any other performer. Zoe is the second-highest-grossing film actress and the fourth actor overall with more than $13 billion grossed worldwide as of 2023.

Aridio Saldaña: Bio Summary

Aridio Saldaña was born in The Dominican Republic but moved to the United States of America for a better life. He meet the actress’s mother  Asalia Nazario and the couple had three children including Zoe- The other two children are Mariel Saldaña Nazario and Cisley Saldaña Nazario. The Saldana sisters spent their childhood in Jackson Heights, Queens, New York City, and the Avatar actress confirmed in an interview that she is Dominican from her father’s side and Puerto Rican from her mother’s side. She also confirmed being Bilingual in English and Spanish.

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What happened to Zoe Saldana’s father Aridio Saldaña?

Unfortunately, Aridio Saldaña didn’t live long enough to see his daughter raise to fame. The actress’s father died in a vehicle crash when she was nine in 1987. In a new interview with Emmy magazine, The Guardian of the Galaxy actress Zoe Saldaña reflected on how “hard” things were after the sad passing of her father. According to BHW, Aridio passed away at the age of 37.

Zoe recalled how her grandmother broke the sad news that her father had been killed in a car accident. “I remember her drinking coffee and saying, ‘We’re going to get through this,'” she said. “‘Papa wants us to get through this. But please understand this part of life: death came knocking and took one of us.”- She told Emmy Magazine,  E! News reported.

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After the passing of Aridio Saldaña, The girls were sent to the Dominican Republic to be raised by their late father’s family. However, their mother stayed behind to work long hours as a courtroom translator and a hotel maid to support Zoe and her sister in order to afford private school for the girls.

The death of her father impacted the actress

Aridio Saldaña‘s daughter had an impact on her daughters- The actress told Emmy Magazine- “I’ve always felt like an alien in my own skin. It’s like I’m on the outside looking in, and I really started to feel it after we lost our dad.” “There’s no winter, no Santa Claus, no grapes or apples—it’s mango and guavas,” she explained moving from New York to the Dominican Republic after the death of her father. “These sound like small things, but they add up in a day. It was hard.“

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Zoe Saldana and her sister own a Production Company

The Guardian of the Galaxy actress and her two sisters Mariel Saldaña Nazario and Cisley Saldaña Nazario owns a production company Cinestar and have produced many projects together, including the NBC miniseries Rosemary’s Baby and AOL digital series My Hero. Aridio Saldaña would have been so proud of how far his children have come so far in life.

“I come from a family of women. Of tough women, Zoe said of growing up with her mother and sisters “Not in a bad way, just resilient, and strong, and determined, and super-opinionated.” The actress has always shown gratitude to her mother who made sure they are okay after the passing of their father. The widowed mother Asalia Nazario married Dagoberto Galán, who became the stepfather of the girls. They consider him fully their father.

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