After this weekend’s 2025 Golden Globe winners had been revealed and as we await extra award exhibits honoring 2024’s greatest to air on the 2025 TV schedule, there’s been a variety of chatter about Zoe Saldaña’s historic win. Throughout the ceremony, she made historical past by changing into the primary Dominican Golden Globe winner for her function in Emilia Pérez. Now, followers of the actress cannot cease speaking about how maybe she ought to have received her first award years in the past.
Saldaña received over Ariana Grande’s efficiency in Depraved, Margaret Qualley in The Substance, Isabella Rossellini’s efficiency in Conclave, Felicity Jones in The Brutalist and her co-star Selena Gomez. One fan of the actress had this to say on X (previously Twitter) after the award present second:
Zoe Saldaña is the 4th highest grossing actor of all time, male OR feminine, but hardly will get the identical flowers as her friends. The truth that that is her first ever Golden Globes nomination alone is loopy. Nobody deserves this greater than her idc. We’re getting you that Oscar mama https://t.co/2Nw1MrbJoiJanuary 6, 2025
Following Saldaña’s massive win and superb speech, it’s extra seemingly she’ll inch out the competitors and win her first Oscar in a few months. (In actual fact, the Oscar nomination web site Gold Derby presently has her on the prime of the checklist to win over Ariana Grande).
As one tweet spoke to, Zoe Saldaña has been a really influential actress in Hollywood for over 20 years, and it virtually feels ridiculous that Emilia Pérez marks her first time on a significant award present stage. As one other fan wrote:
Everybody questioning why Zoe Saldana received her Golden Globe nomination over Ariana, its reason for Appearing like THIS!!!Zoe has been within the sport for over 2 a long time, has performed ICONIC!!! Roles in massive Franchises like Neyterri & Gamorra.Her Golden Globe was already predestined!!! 🤭🤭🤭 pic.twitter.com/zFzIB8Z9KEJanuary 6, 2025
A very standard character of Saldaña’s that folks have been calling out is her function as Neytiri within the Avatar motion pictures. Not too long ago, the actress spoke about being snubbed for the unique flick, sharing that “not being nominated is okay” however she’s felt “ignored after which minimized and fully disregarded” for her efficiency within the field workplace hit. She has additionally gotten actual about how award exhibits usually don’t acknowledge movement seize work as nicely.
If the Academy and different main voting our bodies had been hip to it, the actress may need competed alongside Sandra Bullock, Helen Mirren, Carey Mulligan, Gabourey Sidibe and Meryl Streep, on the Oscars in 2010. Nevertheless, there wasn’t a lot room for style movies like Avatar. Whereas James Cameron’s movie tied for essentially the most nominations of the evening with The Damage Locker that yr, not one of the actors had been provided recognition.
To that time, this fan wrote the next on X:
i’ve to say it’s a reasonably daring and revolutionary transfer to provide zoe saldana her golden globe for avatar (2009) in 2025 however i actually respect the dedication to creating issues properJanuary 6, 2025
Alongside along with her unforgettable function in Avatar, the Dominican-American actress is the one particular person to have been within the three highest-grossing motion pictures of all time — Avatar, Avengers: Endgame and Avatar: The Means of Water. Plus, she has had some superb performances in motion pictures like Star Trek, Infinitely Polar Bear and Drumline.
Saldaña is a one-of-a-kind expertise and trailblazer, so no surprise individuals, just like the fan beneath, are stunned it’s taken so lengthy.
Zoe Saldana lastly received. She deserves this a lot. #GoldenGlobes pic.twitter.com/7VjZb1pYz1January 6, 2025
In Emilia Pérez, Saldaña performs a lawyer dwelling in Mexico who helps a drug cartel kingpin (Karla Sofía Gascón) get gender-affirming surgical procedure. You may try the Spanish-language musical with a Netflix subscription and sit up for her subsequent stint as Neytiri when the Avatar: Hearth And Ash’s launch date arrives later this yr.
Within the meantime, we’ll be keeping track of Zoe Saldaña as she continues this historic awards run.