Cisely and Zoe Saldana and Mariel Saldana-Webb
Zoe Saldana is joined by her beautiful sisters Mariel and Cisley in a “W” article called Soul Sisters about the sisterly bonds between the women. In the article that accompanies the feature the sister discuss how close they are and how they have to live near each other……
“Because we’ve had to survive so many things, there’s this special bond that connects us,” says actress Zoë Saldana (center), 33 of her sisters Cisely (left), 32, a producer, and Mariel (right), 34, a nurse. “We were raised in Queens, New York, until my father passed away when I was 9. Our mom, being a single parent, didn’t want us to grow up in a dangerous place, so she moved us to the Dominican Republic, where we stayed with my grandparents. Our mom would live with us there for one year and then spend one year in New York so she could make money to send back home for us. It’s inconceivable for us to be separated. We have to be around each other 24/7.” And she’s not speaking metaphorically: When Zoë moved to L.A. from New York five years ago to pursue her film career (Avatar, Star Trek), her sisters quickly followed her. These days, they live within nine miles of each other. “I’ll text my mom once a day,” says Zoë. “But my sisters? Every 30 minutes we’re on BlackBerry Messenger.”
Interviews by Diane Solway
Photographs by Max Vadukul
From left: Cisely wears Giorgio Armani’s bronze silk dress. Bulgari platinum and diamond earrings. Zoë wears Giorgio Armani’s bronze silk dress. Bulgari 18k white gold and diamond earrings. Mariel wears Giorgio Armani’s bronze silk top and trousers. Bulgari 18k white gold, rose quartz, and diamond earrings.
Styled by Patrick Mackie. Hair by Ben Skervin For Oribe at The Magnet Agency; makeup by Vera steimberg at the Criterion Group Inc. Manicures by Tracey Sutter for Zoya at Cloutier Remix.
December 2011
From the pages of W
