Shontae Saldaña was born and raised in Sacramento, California. The multi-talented actress made her acting debut in the hit series "Without a Trace." She booked her first leading role in the feature film "Gold Stars" directed by Nori Takei. She has appeared in various roles from a tough girl on "Strong Medicine," to a boxer on "Bones," followed by a school teacher on "Shark." Saldaña continues to guest star on hit series such as "Southland" and "CSI: Miami." Saldaña has one national "Cingular Wireless" TV commercial credit for "Telemundo" which is the second-largest Spanish-language content producer in the world. Saldaña started taking acting classes in the sixth grade. Throughout high school she appeared in several stage productions. In 2002, she co-wrote, directed, and starred in an original drama "Thin Line Between Love and War" which she performed at the 45th annual Lenaea Festival receiving front page recognition in the Scene Section of the "Sacramento Bee" newspaper. She continued on to become a Theatre Arts major at the California State University, Sacramento, appearing in a number of plays. In 2003, she was featured in the front cover of "El Hispano" a popular newspaper that is distributed in the Sacramento metropolitan area and several other locations throughout Northern California, for playing the lead role of Maria in "Journey of the Sparrows." Saldaña has also studied under the Beverly Hills Playhouse, one of the nation's oldest and most respected acting schools. When she is not filming, Saldaña enjoys break dancing, salsa dancing, boxing, DJing (turntables), rapping, bar-tending, and script writing. Show less «