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From superhero to spy, Zoe Saldana to be honored at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival

Actress Zoe Saldana will receive the Santa Barbara International Film Festivals's American Riviera Award February 7,
Santa Barbara International Film Festival
Actress Zoe Saldana will receive the Santa Barbara International Film Festivals's American Riviera Award February 7.

The actress will receive the festival's American Riviera Award February 7.

The only actor to have starred in the top three grossing films of all time is going to be honored at the upcoming Santa Barbara International Film Festival.

Zoe Saldana will receive the festival’s American Riviera Award.

She starred in the monster hits Avatar, the film Avatar: The Way of Water and Avengers: Endgame. She’s currently in the Paramount+ spy series Lioness. And, she’s one of the stars of the critically acclaimed Netflix drama Emilia Perez.

Saldana will receive the American Riviera Award February 7, as part of the 40th Anniversary Film Festival. Past Riviera Award honorees include Jeff Bridges, Robert Redford, Quentin Tarantino, Sandra Bullock, and Annette Benning.

Lance Orozco has been News Director of KCLU since 2001, providing award-winning coverage of some of the biggest news events in the region, including the Thomas and Woolsey brush fires, the deadly Montecito debris flow, the Borderline Bar and Grill attack, and Ronald Reagan's funeral.