Morena Baccarin
Morena Baccarin was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on June 2nd, 1979 and is the TV Actress. At the age of 44, Morena Baccarin biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, movies, TV shows, and networth are available.
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Morena Silva de Vaz Setta Baccarin (Portuguese: [mo'en baka]; born 2 June 1979) is a Brazilian actress known for playing Inara Serra in the sci-fi film Firefly and its sequel-up film Serenity, Vanessa in the Fox series Homeland, Dr. Leslie "Lee" Thompkins, and Elena Federova in the Fox series The Endgame. In 2013, she was nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series.
Early life
Baccarin was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and the granddaughter of actress Vera Setta and Fernando Baccarin, a journalist. She is of Italian, Portuguese, and Lebanese descent. Morena's debut as an actor was at the age of six for a television special directed by her grand-uncle, who is a Brazilian theatre director. When she was seven, she and her family moved to Greenwich Village, New York, as her father was transferred to Globo TV's headquarters.
Baccarin attended Public School 41 and New York City Lab School for Collaborative Studies, where she and her future Homeland co-star Claire Danes were classmates. She later attended the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music, Art, and Performing Arts before deciding to enroll in the Juilliard School's Drama Division, where she was in the Drama Division's Group 29 (1996-2000).
Personal life
Baccarin married Austin Chick, an American film producer and director, in November 2011. Baccarin's and Chick's son was born in October 2013. Chick applied for divorce in July 2015, citing irreconcilable inconsistencies as the reason. Baccarin announced in September 2015 that she planned to marry her Gotham co-star Ben McKenzie after she announced that she was pregnant with their child. Baccarin's and McKenzie's daughter was born in March 2016. Baccarin's and Chick's divorce became official on March 18, 2016. Baccarin and McKenzie announced their engagement in November 2016. Baccarin's 38th birthday was celebrated in Brooklyn, New York, on June 2, 2017. Baccarin and McKenzie's son's birth was announced in March 2021.
Career
Baccarin landed her first film role in the improvised fashion-world comedy Perfume (2001). This was followed by a lead role in Way Off Broadway (2001).
She served as Natalie Portman's understudy in the Central Park production of The Seagull. The science-fiction drama Firefly (2002) as Inara Serra was Baccarin's first television series, and she reprised her role in the 2005 film Serenity.
In February 2005, Baccarin provided the voice for Black Canary in multiple episodes of the animated series Justice League Unlimited. She guest-starred in Season 2 Episode 7 of "How I Met Your Mother" as Chloe, which aired on Nov. 6, 2006. She also guest-starred in three episodes of the television series The O.C. in 2006. Baccarin also appeared in the unaired pilot episode of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, playing a transgender woman Carmen. It was announced in April 2006 that Baccarin would be playing the adult version of recurring villain Adria in the tenth season of Stargate SG-1. She first appeared in season 10 episode "Counterstrike" as adult Adria (the younger versions of Adria were previously played by other actresses). Baccarin reprised her role in the movie Stargate: The Ark of Truth.
In May 2009, Baccarin made her Off-Broadway debut in Theresa Rebeck's television satire Our House at Playwrights Horizons in New York City. She landed the lead role of Anna, the leader of the alien Visitors, in ABC's 2009–2011 series V, a remake of the 1984 series. In May 2011, shortly following the airing of the show's second-season finale, it was announced that the show would not return for a third season. That same month, Baccarin joined the cast of the Showtime television drama Homeland, for which she received praise for her role as the conflicted wife of a former prisoner of war. On July 18, 2013, she was nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series at the 2013 Primetime Emmy awards for her performance.
Baccarin appeared alongside Melissa McCarthy in the 2015 action-comedy Spy as agent Karen Walker. In 2016, Baccarin appeared alongside Ryan Reynolds in the hit movie Deadpool as Vanessa Carlysle. She reprised her role in the 2018 sequel Deadpool 2. In 2015, Baccarin began a leading role as Dr. Leslie Thompkins in the Fox show Gotham. She portrayed the character in all five seasons of the show. In 2019, she played a psychologist on the Brazilian TV series Sessão de Terapia (Therapy Session), her first production role in her native country. In 2020, Baccarin co-starred alongside Gerard Butler in the apocalyptic thriller Greenland.