Zoe Saldaña is singing the beautiful blues…

The 44-year-old Puerto Rican and Dominican American actress, the first performer to appear in the top three grossing films globally, appears in People’s 2023 Beautiful Issue.

But she may look like other celebrities you may have watched on film over the years.

Saldaña paid homage to iconic roles she loves as part of the issue.

“It’s quite a magnificent experience to be invaded by a different character,” says Saldaña, who morphed into West Side Story‘s Anita, Pulp Fiction‘s Mia Wallace, and more.

Helping the actress transform was makeup artist Alex Babsky, who tells PEOPLE she “was completely enthusiastic about the project.”

“I loved collaborating with Zoe on recreating these iconic movie looks; we hadn’t worked together before so I wasn’t sure how far she’d be open to taking the makeup for each shot, but she actively embraced each character’s look.”

The makeup artist adds, “For me, the most exciting part of this project was adapting aspects of the original makeup in a way that worked for Zoe’s face and complexion, while retaining an overall feel of the original, iconic images.”

Here are the four iconic roles Saldaña opted for:

As Faye Dunaway in Bonnie and Clyde

Bonnie and Clyde was set in the 1930s but released in 1967. “It’s the ’60s makeup—like a good, thick swipe of black eyeliner on the upper lash line—that gives the film its iconic look,” says Babsky.

As Anita in West Side Story

To capture the 1961 film’s vibe, Babsky used black pencil liner along upper lashes, then smudged along the lower lashes. The finishing touch? “The most pigmented, bright matte lipstick you can lay your hands on,” he says.

As Billie Holiday in Lady Sings the Blues

To help Saldaña re-create the scene, makeup artist Alex Babsky focused on her lashes: “Choosing long, spiky lashes, with plenty of gaps between them rather than thick, densely packed ones evoked the era of the film.”

As Mia Wallace in Pulp Fiction

The defining feature on Thurman in Pulp is “a structured but soft brow,” says Babsky. “And a neutral lip several shades deeper than her natural lip. On Zoe, this was a plummy brown.”

But Saldaña isn’t the only Latina to make this year’s Beautiful Issue.

Jhené Aiko appears as part of the magazine’s yearly “Beauty at Every Age” list.

The 35-year-old part-Dominican American singer appears alongside other beautiful talents including Olivia Rodrigo (20), Doja Cat (27) and Lindsay Lohan (36).

Meanwhile, Charo and other living legends go on to populate the upper echelon of the list in their confident and gorgeous 70s.