12 Awful Films Star Trek Actors Want Us To Forget

4. Zoe Saldana (Nyota Uhura) - Nina

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Before she was blue (in Avatar) and green (in Guardians of the Galaxy), the New Jersey-born star was a red shirt as the Kelvin reboot version of Nichelle Nichols' original series character, to acclaim in 2009.

Since then, she's mostly featured in well-received films away from her franchise roles, including Infinitely Polar Bear and The Book of Life.

But one film she may wish to have turned out better was her widely reviled biopic of singer Nina Simone, which was shot in 2012 but did not see release to 2016. The late star's estate were furious with the drama and it remains something of a rough blotch on the actress' resume.

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