James Cameron messaged Zoe Saldaña about her Golden Globes win while she was still in the audience: "He, after all these years, believes in me"

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Zoe Saldaña has won her first Golden Globe

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Avatar star Zoe Saldaña received a message from James Cameron on her Golden Globe win – while the ceremony was still ongoing.

“I was sitting in the audience, and I received a message from James Cameron, who’s somewhere in New Zealand right now, cutting Avatar: Fire and Ash," she said in the press room (H/T Variety). "And he, after all these years, believes in me. So that, to me, nourishes my desire to continue growing as an artist."

Saldaña won Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role for Emilia Perez, in which she plays the lawyer Rita Mora Castro. She plays Neytiri in the Avatar franchise and is returning for the upcoming Avatar 3, which is released this December 19.

"I love him more for it, he's such a proud papa, of all of us," Saldaña recently told GamesRadar+ of Cameron saying it makes "no sense" she wasn't nominated for Neytiri.

Molly Edwards
Molly Edwards
Deputy Entertainment Editor

I'm the Deputy Entertainment Editor here at GamesRadar+, covering all things film and TV for the site's Total Film and SFX sections. I previously worked on the Disney magazines team at Immediate Media, and also wrote on the CBeebies, MEGA!, and Star Wars Galaxy titles after graduating with a BA in English.