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Zoe Saldaña Reflects on Losing Her Dad as a Child: My Mother 'Wouldn't Get Out of Bed' for Years

Zoe Saldaña is reflecting on losing her father Aridio Saldaña after his 1988 death in a car accident; the 'Emilia Pérez' actress was only 9 years old. "We dropped all those little pleasures of life that you do in a day that compel you to calm down," she said of how her family reacted to Aridio's death.

Saldaña, 46, opened up to Harper's Bazaar for the outlet's February 2025 issue while promoting her Netflix movie musical Emilia Pérez. Her father Aridio Saldaña died in a car accident in 1988 when she was 9 years old and living in New York City with her family, including sisters Mariel and Cisely. Zoe Saldana and mother Asalia arrive at the 2010 Crystal + Lucy Awards A New Era on June 1, 2010 in Century City, California.

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