Zoe Saldana credits her kids for her growth: 'Keep me on my toes'

Zoe Saldana recently got candid about scoring “cool mom points” with her kids in comparison to winning an Oscar.

In a conversation with USA TODAY, the 47-year-old American actress talked about playing soccer with her three sons, twins Cy and Bowie, and their younger brother Zen, whom she shares with her husband Marco Perego-Saldaña, an Italian artist by profession.

Referring to her Oscar win for the role of Rita Mora Castro in the 2024 Spanish-language French musical crime film Emilia Pérez, Zoe said, “Definitely winning an Oscar, because they're playing soccer right now.”

She went on to quip, “They're like, ‘Mom! Oscar is like the World Cup!’ And then my third son was like, ‘What? You got it for supporting actress, right?’ And I'm just like, ‘Oh, Zen. Thank you for keeping me on my toes,” referring to her Oscar win in the category of Best Supporting Actress.

“But they're always proud of the fact that I'm making an effort in wanting to cater to films that they can watch right now,” the Guardians of the Galaxy star noted.

The mother of three admitted that her kids “are absolutely revelations to me every single day.”

“They're my biggest teachers. And obviously I say that behind their backs. I never want them to feel completely responsible for my growth, but they are teaching me a lot by just growing around me and evolving and setting their boundaries and claiming their space and revealing themselves to themselves,” she remarked.

Before concluding, it is pertinent to mention that Zoe Saldana has worked in movies, including Avatar, Colombiana, Special Ops: Lioness, Star Trek, Pirates of the Caribbean, and the recently released Elio, which is currently in theatres.