Zoe Saldaña

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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3's Zoe Saldaña says her former manager “discouraged' her from using her real name when she landed her first major role.

There's a lot of dust. "It's bittersweet; after all those years of complaining about that green makeup, I find myself already nostalgic about it," she said. There's a lot of action. "She carries such a big weight on herself, and to get know why and where that comes from was really great." But my manager at the time was a former singer and a ballroom performer, and she did change her name as well, when she was a teenager back in the '60s, I believe. "When I did Center Stage, I remember being discouraged by my management at that time to use my name," Saldaña told Entertainment Weekly, "but their intention was never for me to stop being who I was.

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Avatar star Zoe Saldaña spoke with Entertainment Weekly about keeping her name when a previous manager advised her to change it to advance in Hollywood.

“That’s my name. And she said it’s what everybody does.” They celebrated who I was.”

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"That was her doing the best that she wanted for me, but I still knew that I liked my name." "My manager at the time was a former singer and a ballroom performer, and she did change her name as well, when she was a teenager back in the '60s, I believe. They celebrated who I was."

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