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Zoe Saldaña Calls For “More Female CEOs,” But “Make Room” For Other Women Execs At The Table – Cannes


“We need more female CEOs.” Such was the declaration today by Avatar and Guardians of the Galaxy actress Zoe Saldana at the Cannes Film Festival Kering Suite. Saldana is winning high praise for her turn as Rita in Jacques Audiard’s Emila Perez. The actress plays an underpaid and underappreciated criminal attorney in Mexico who gets […]

Such was the declaration today by Avatar and Guardians of the Galaxy actress Zoe Saldana at the Cannes Film Festival Kering Suite. The actress plays an underpaid and underappreciated criminal attorney in Mexico who gets a rich opportunity in repping a cartel lord. She spoke that her LBI reps advised her to take on a role in Taylor Sheridan’s Paramount+ series, Special Ops: Lioness though she was intimidated due to the creator’s knack for long monologues.

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