Zoe Saldaña on Helping Children in Poverty: ‘When People Come Together With a Shared Goal of Helping Others, Anything is Possible’
variety.comZoe Saldaña delivered an emotional speech at Variety‘s Power of Women ceremony, presented by Lifetime. “I’m really honored to be here today among so many amazing women.
Carol Burnett, Amy Adams, Bela Bajaria, what a privilege it is to be standing here alongside you all this evening. I’m constantly in awe of each of you,” Saldaña said in her speech, shouting out her fellow Power of Women honorees. “A woman brought each and every one of us here tonight into this world, and when we get opportunities like this, where we can all come together and rally for each other, there’s truly nothing like it.” Saldaña — the queen of the box office, whose resume boasts the three highest-grossing films of all time in “Avatar,” “Avengers: Endgame” and “Avatar: The Way of Water” — was feted alongside Adams, Burnett and Netflix’s Bajaria, as well as Variety Courage Award recipient Sarah Hyland.
The star-studded event was hosted by Emmy-nominated actor and comedian Leslie Jones. At Thursday’s Los Angeles gala, Saldaña represented Baby2Baby, a nonprofit that provides diapers, formula, clothing and cribs to children living in poverty across the U.S.
Saldaña was inspired by the tenacity of Baby2Baby co-CEOs Kelly Sawyer Patricof and Norah Weinstein to get involved and has become one of the organization’s Angel ambassadors.
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