When she was only nine years old, Zoe Saldana lost her father in a car accident. The actress admits that she has never managed to completely get over that pain. She told InStyle magazine: ”I know the older I get I romanticize him more and more, but he was very beautiful and very disciplined. It was hard – since I was nine I’ve never been able to day ‘Dad’. And I’ve had a stepfather since I was very young who I adore and he knows how much we love him. But he’s not my dad. So when I hear little people say ‘Daddy’, it’s always like a f***ing knife in your heart. And you always walk this earth with that broken little wing.”

After the accident Zoe’s mom took her and her sisters to Dominican Republic. ”My mum knew there wasn’t going to be a protector, a big bear in our lives. She needed to raise us as the mum and dad – and she did. She raised three women that are very male. My mind is very mechanical. When stress rises, I don’t start spinning. Like, why are you running around like a headless chicken? Sit down, shut up and think,” the actress said.

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