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Afro-Latina from: Honduras
Hometown: New York City
Occupation/What Are You Best Known For: Actor on NBC 's Law & Order SVU, ID Channel shows, Comedy Central's "The Daily Show", etc.
Website: TationnaBosier.com
Instagram Handle: @TationnaBosier
Twitter Handle: @TationnaBosier
Do you speak Spanish?: "Spanglish" Lol
Share an experience about being Afro-Latina: It was great to be recognized on Complex magazine's 2009 "Hottest Honduran" list, but as an actor I've had trouble being cast as latina due to narrow stereotypes that all latinas are only a certain shade. This is not just hollywood, I can't recall seeing any dark skinned Latinas on novelas. I would like to see more of us represented in the media but afro-latina actors such as Zoe Saldana really help to change the industry for the better.
What Latin traditions do you stick to? My grandmother June, migrated from Honduras when she was 20 years old and made a living as a Spanish teacher and guidance counselor. The language didn't stick with me as well as she would have liked it to but her cooking did. She made the best conch soup and catrachitas but my favorite were her platanos maduros, I still have them with almost every meal.
What is a beauty routine you could not go without? I'm all about skincare. Because I have to wear makeup all the time for work, I love days when I can just be simple and fresh-faced. Black soap is the healer for everything and sunblock is essential. There's this myth that dark skinned people don't need sunblock and this is so NOT true!
The long-delayed biopic Nina, starring Zoe Saldana, has officially been given the green light. It’s expected to finally open in theaters this December 2015.
Zoe Saldana was questioned on how she's managed to stay positive around her her role in the Nina Simone biopic film. Many fans were upset when it was announced that Saldana was going to be replacing Mary J. Blige, partially because of the fact that Simone had much darker skin than Saldana does.
See below comment from Zoe Saldana on being A Black Woman:
"When I go to the D.R., the press in Santo Domingo always asks, "¿Qué te consideras, dominicana o americana?" (What do you consider yourself, Dominican or American?) I don't understand it, and it's the same people asking the same question. So I say, time and time again, "Yo soy una mujer negra." ("I am a black woman.") [They go,] "Oh, no, tú eres trigueñita." ("Oh no, you are 'dark skinned'") I'm like, "No! Let's get it straight, yo soy una mujer negra." ("I am a black woman)."
Quote taken from: http://urbanbushbabes.com/zoe-saldana-i-am-a-black-woman/
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