Zoe Saldana: Uhura In J.J. Abrams Star Trek Movies Explained

Star Trek 2009 was J.J. Abrams' foray into the Star Trek franchise that introduced younger faces as familiar characters, and Zoe Saldana reclaimed the role of Lieutenant Nyota Uhura for all three reboot films. Before Star Trek 2009, Lieutenant Uhura had been played by Nichelle Nichols in Star Trek: The Original Series and the subsequent Star Trek films. Celia Rose Gooding portrays the young Ensign Uhura of the Prime Universe in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, but Lieutenant Uhura owes much of her progress in the last two decades to Zoe Saldana, who gave Uhura a backstoryand even a first name - in the Kelvin Timeline.

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