Zoe Saldaña Reveals Her First Kiss Was 'with a Girl' at '13 or 14': 'Girls Are Such Better Kissers!'

Mar. 15, 2025

Zoe Saldaña on Dec. 17, 2024.Photo:Gilbert Flores/Penske Media via Getty

Gilbert Flores/Penske Media via Getty

Zoe Saldañais recalling her first kiss.

WhileEmilia Pérezstar Saldaña, 46, spoke withW Magazinefor the outlet’s best performances of 2024 interview series, the actress said that her first kiss “was with a girl” while reflecting on her celebrity crushes, experience making her Spanish-language Netflix musical and life as a Gemini.

Saldaña’s reflection on her first kiss came after she told the outlet that her celebrity crushes as a child included singersPrinceandAnnie Lennox. “There was just something androgynous about them,” she said of the pair. “I love a woman who’s masculine and a man who is feminine. I find that to be really sexy.”

Zoe Saldaña on Dec. 17, 2024.Gilbert Flores/Penske Media via Getty

Saldaña, who isnominated for a Golden Globe AwardandCritics Choice Awardat the upcoming January awards ceremonies for her supporting performance inEmilia Pérez, has beenmarriedto her husbandMarco Peregosince 2013. The couple sharethree sons: twins Cy and Bowie, 10, and Zen, 7.

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“It feels really overwhelmingly beautiful,” Saldaña told PEOPLE of receiving a Golden Globe nomination — a first in her career — back on Dec. 9. “I didn’t know how much I wanted it because I stopped thinking that it would ever happen for someone like me. I’m really having an out of body experience and my heart is full of gratitude. It feels good to be recognized for the hard work that you put into something that you believe so much in.”

Zoe Saldaña on Dec. 2, 2024.Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty

Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty

“I woke up my mom,” she said of telling her family about the nomination. “My husband was awake. He was definitely awake, so I connected with him first and foremost.”

Saldaña costars withKarla Sofía GascónandSelena GomezinEmilia Pérez, which leads the Golden Globes among all movies with 10 nominations. Gascón, 52, and Gomez, 32, also received acting nominations, with Gomez in the same category as Saldaña at the Globes.

Emilia Pérezis streaming on Netflix now.

source: people.com