Zoe Saldana's Husband Becomes U.S. Citizen, Hopes to Inspire Other #Immigrants

My mom has been a citizen since she was a young girl. Her mother arrived in NYC in 1961 and brought my mother from Dominican Republic when she was 10. My sisters and I are indebted to them both. Because of them we are American women. So proud she is here supporting Marco! Oh check out who is getting their naturalization today too... David Oyelowo and his Wife!!!!! Congrats! #newuscitizen

A photo posted by Zoe Saldana (@zoesaldana) on Jul 20, 2016 at 10:16am PDT

Zoe Saldana had a lot more to celebrate last night than just the Comic-Con premiere of Star Trek Beyond.

Just hours before walking the red carpet in San Diego, the actress' Italian husband of three years, Marco Saldana (he took her last name shortly after getting married), became a U.S. citizen.

"We're still riding this high," the Avatar star told me. "It's very special to us. I'm a daughter of immigrants and my family remembers very very well when they became citizens and what it means for them and knowing what they left behind and knowing all the amazing opportunities they were giving their children and there we were supporting my husband, who is a new immigrant, becoming a citizen with his sons right there by his side. It just felt so beautiful."