A promising young actress, Saldana made her motion picture debut as ‘Eva,’ a gifted dance student with attitude in Columbia Pictures’ “Center Stage,” directed by Nicholas Hytner. She next appeared in the Miramax production of “Get Over It” with Kirsten Dunst and Ben Foster.

Her television credits include appearances on the WB’s “Keeping it Real” and NBC’s hit series “Law & Order.”

Saldana was born in New Jersey and raised in Queens, New York. After winning a dance scholarship to Ritmos Espacio de Danza Academy where she studied ballet, jazz, modern and Latin dance, Saldana joined a theatre group called Faces Theatre Company. The group performs improvisational skits specifically directed at teenage audiences in hopes of educating them with useful alternatives in the face of such dilemmas as substance abuse, domestic violence, truancy, and