Zoe Saldaña on location in Mallorca. | Joan Llado

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Blockbuster Avatar actress Zoe Saldaña this weekend won the Critics Choice Super Award for Actress in an Action Series, Limited Series or Made for TV Movie: Zoe Saldaña – “Special Ops: Lioness” which used Mallorca as one of its main filming locations.

Superstars Tom Cruise and Pedro Pascal, recent Oscar winner Emma Stone and the legendary “Godzilla: Minus One” were also among the winners of the 4th annual Critics Choice Super Awards.
“Special Ops: Lioness” premiered on July 23, 2023, on Paramount+ and much of the series was filmed in various parts of Mallorca at the start of the year.

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The series also stars Nicole Kidman and Morgan Freeman who also filmed on location in Mallorca and work has already begun on series 2.
The first episode became the most-watched global premiere on Paramount+ within 24 hours.
The series was the streamer’s most-watched global premiere within its first 24 hours of streaming.
The record beat the previous one set by Halo last year.

According to Paramount Global, Episode 1 of the series earned an impressive audience of 6 million viewers across linear and streaming platforms.
This number combined viewers who streamed the show on Paramount+ with Paramount Network viewers in the United States.

Special Ops: Lioness stars Zoe Saldaña as Joe, a woman attempting to balance her work and home life.
However, her work life really isn’t your typical 9 to 5 fare, instead, Joe works for the CIA, leading up an operation on the ongoing war on terror. She goes undercover in an operation called the Lioness Program alongside several other CIA agents.