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Zoe Saldaña is a mom of 3: What to know about her family

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In addition to being an Oscar-winning actress, Zoe Saldaña is a wife and a mom of three sons.

The "Elio" star, who voices Aunt Olga in the Disney animated adventure film, brought her three children -- Cy, Bowie and Zen -- to the movie's world premiere in Los Angeles on June 10, and the family posed for photos on the red carpet.

PHOTO: Zoe Saldana and her children twins Cy Arido Perego and Bowie Ezio Perego with Zen Anton Hilario Perego attend the world premiere of Disney and Pixar's "Elio" at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles on June 10, 2025.
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Zoe Saldana and her children twins Cy Arido Perego and Bowie Ezio Perego with Zen Anton Hilario Perego attend the world premiere of Disney and Pixar's "Elio" at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles on June 10, 2025.

Saldaña paired a rust orange turtleneck with a mustard yellow pencil skirt and brown pumps for the premiere, while Cy, Bowie and Zen sported matching black blazers, white button-down shirts, blue jeans and sneakers.

The actress shares her three kids with her husband, Marco Perego-Saldaña, who stepped out for the 2025 Academy Awards with her.

PHOTO: Marco Perego Saldana and Zoe Saldana attend the 97th Annual Oscars at Dolby Theatre, on March 2, 2025, in Hollywood, Calif.
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Marco Perego Saldana and Zoe Saldana attend the 97th Annual Oscars at Dolby Theatre, on March 2, 2025, in Hollywood, Calif.

After Saldaña won her first Oscar for best supporting actress for her role as attorney Rita Mora Castro in "Emilia Pérez," she thanked Perego-Saldaña as well as their three children in her acceptance speech.

"And to my husband, with that beautiful hair," Saldaña said at the time, as the camera panned to Perego-Saldaña in the audience. "The biggest honor of my life is being your partner. You hung the moon in our beautiful, perfect sons Cy, Bowie and Zen. They fill our skies every night with stars."

PHOTO: Zoe Saldana accepts the award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for "Emilia Perez" onstage during the 97th Annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Calif., on March 2, 2025.
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Zoe Saldana accepts the award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for "Emilia Perez" onstage during the 97th Annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Calif., on March 2, 2025.

Saldaña -- only the third Latina in Oscar history to win best supporting actress -- also thanked her parents and sisters in her speech, saying, "To my mom, my dad and my sisters … everything brave, outrageous and good that I've ever done in my life is because of you."

Throughout awards season, Saldaña made her run as a best supporting actress nominee a family affair.

Just a few weeks before the Oscars, Saldaña brought her sons with her on the red carpet for the 40th Santa Barbara International Film Festival on Feb. 12.

At the festival, Saldaña received an honor for her work in "Emilia Pérez," for which she also won a Golden Globe.

Saldaña attended the Golden Globes in January alongside her mom, Asalia Nazario.

When Oscar nominations were announced in January, Saldaña took to Instagram to share videos and photos of her family celebrating. In one photo, Saldaña posed with her husband and kids alongside a cake that read, "We are so proud."

Get to know the Oscar-winning actress and her family below.

Marco Perego-Saldaña

Saldaña and her Italian husband, Marco Perego-Saldaña, have been married since 2013.

The "Guardians of the Galaxy" star reflected on her marriage on the Table Manners with Jessie and Lennie Ware podcast, opening up about how she and Perego-Saldaña, an artist, married about six months after they met on a flight from Los Angeles to New York. She said they tied the knot in the United Kingdom while she was shooting the first movie in the Marvel series and it was the only time she had asked for a day off while she was in the middle of a movie production.

"My husband and I were very fast and furious in everything that we do. It's like love the hard way, love the fast lane way and I was shooting a movie here [in the U.K.] and it was mainly my idea," Saldaña recalled.

Saldaña said she was immediately smitten when she met Perego-Saldaña and today, her husband complements her.

"We're kind of yin to each other's yang," said Saldaña, adding that he is "the best thing that's ever happened to me."

Cy and Bowie

Saldaña and Perego-Saldaña welcomed twins Cy and Bowie in November 2014.

The twin brothers joined their mother and their younger brother on the red carpet at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, where Saldaña was honored for "outstanding achievement in American film" with the American Riviera Award.

Zen Anton Hilario

Zen is the youngest of Saldaña and Perego-Saldaña's children. The couple announced Zen's birth in 2017.

"Marco and I are elated to share the news of [the] birth of our son Zen. We couldn't feel more blessed with the new addition to our family. #threeboys... oh boy!" Saldaña wrote in a caption next to a photo of her sons at the time.

The proud mom shared a birthday tribute to Zen in December 2017, writing in part, "You came into our lives in the most 'zen' way, and today you still continue to be our little Yogi baby. Your Joie de Vie keeps all of us wrapped around your little finger."