Zoe Saldana's blackface controversy resurfaces as fans exclaim 'it's insane that she did this' just days after the actress received her first Oscar nomination for Emilia Pérez
Zoe Saldana's blackface controversy resurfaces as fans exclaim 'it's insane that she did this' just days after the actress received her first Oscar nomination for Emilia Pérez
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Zoe Saldana's blackface controversy has remerged after the actress received her first Oscar nod last week. The star is nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Rita Mora Castro in the musical crime drama Emilia Perez. However while Zoe celebrates her nomination, fans have taken to Twitter to share their horror after her blackface controversy from 2016 resurfaced when she played Nina Simone in the singer's biopic.
![[The star is nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Rita Mora Castro in the musical crime drama Emilia Perez (pictured at the Golden Globes earlier this month)]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/27/12/94557123-14329443-image-a-10_1737980531707.jpg)
The actress, who is a light-skinned woman of Puerto Rican, Dominican and Haitian descent, wore a full bodysuit, prosthetic nose, dark makeup and false teeth to play Simone. Taking to Twitter one fan shared a snap of Zoe in the film as they penned: 'it’s insane that she did this and I’ll never forget it!!! sorry'.
![[Taking to Twitter one fan shared a snap of Zoe in the film as they penned: 'it’s insane that she did this and I’ll never forget it!!! sorry']](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/27/12/94557159-14329443-image-a-11_1737980541261.jpg)
A second wrote: 'Today I learned that Zoe Saldana played Nina Simone in a movie where she did it in blackface, this was only in 2016!'. Zoe Saldana’s blackface controversy has resurfaced as fans exclaimed 'it's insane that she did this' just days after the actress received her first Oscar nomination for Emilia Pérez.
The star is nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Rita Mora Castro in the musical crime drama Emilia Perez (pictured at the Golden Globes earlier this month). Sharing their shock at Zoe's decision to darken her skin for the role, others wrote: 'It's so crazy to do all this, rather than just hiring a dark skin actress??? It was 2016, it's not like there was a shortage of relevant dark skin actresses....';.
