Spotlight on Zoe Said. (Spotlight).

* AGE: 23.

HOMETOWN New York City but Caribbean.

YOU SAW HER in: Center State and Get Over It. Zoe was a classical dancer before she acted A stand-in danced for her in Center Stage because she had stopped dancing by then.

HER CLAIM TO FAME: Co-starring with Britney Spears in February's Crossroads. She plays Britney's childhood BFF, who reunites with her on a cross-country road trip.

HER ROLE: Kit; the goody-goody girl. of the gang. "Kit is the, total opposite of me. She is the perfect little chick, who whines arid wants everything her way. She's an exaggeration. Later, you find out she's that way because circumstances throughout her life made her turn into one big defensive Barbie doll."

HER EXPERIENCE ON THE SET: She created an amazing bond with co-stars Taryn Manning, Anson Mount and Britney. "I've never had an experience where we all get together and it's not about what we've done in the outside world; It was four individuals being completely honest and humble."

ON BRIT'S ACTING. ABILITY: Zoe says,. Britn ey didn't need any acting tips. "She was very good on her own. She is a very talented person who can conquer anything."

ZOE'S SINGING ABILITY: She sticks to singing in the shower but admits that when Britney sang on the set she chimed in.

THE FRIENDSHIP FACTOR Crossroads focuses more on friendship than on music. "It's about three friends reuniting and healing themselves and realizing that, without friends, you are basically alone."

HER BFFs: "God gave me two sisters They're right around my age--we're like a year apart, and they are my bes4t friends."

HER GOALS: "When you have a dream, that's the first step. The second one is Taking it happen. I want to die knowing I had a tale to tell."

HER PASSION: Zoe says she is very opinionated and doesn't like to be told what to do "When it comes to human beings, we have our own, choices and decisions. I love change, and I'm in a constant metamorphosis. I like contradictions--I draw my own conclusions about things like politics and history."

UPCOMING PROJECT: Drumline, a film about college marching bands in Atlanta, "It's a yourthful and very big thing in the South. It's very sassy script. I don't want to give too much away"