Morena Baccarin

**Morena Silva de Vaz Setta Baccarin** (born June 2, 1979) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Inara Serra in the sci-fi television series _Firefly_ and the movie _Serenity_.

## Early life and education

Baccarin was born on June 2, 1979 in Rio de Janeiro Brazil. Her father is of Italian descent. Her mother is Brazilian stage and television actress Vera Setta.

When she was 10, Baccarin moved with her family to Greenwich Village, New York, in the United States. She later attended the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts (the High School in the movie _Fame_) before she studied theater at Juilliard.

### Film

|Year|Title|Role|Notes||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="2"|2001|_Perfume_|Monica||
|_Way Off Broadway_|Rebecca||||
|2002|_Roger Dodger_|Girl in Bar|||
|2005|_Serenity_|Inara Serra|||
|2007|_Sands of Oblivion_|Prof. Alice Carter|||
|rowspan="2"|2008|_Death in Love_|Beautiful Woman||
|_Stargate: The Ark of Truth_|Adria||||
|2009|_Stolen_|Rose Montgomery|||
|2011|_Look Again_|Allison|||
|rowspan="2"|2014|_Back in the Day_|Lori||
|_Son of Batman_|Talia al Ghul|Voice, direct-to-video|||
|2015|_Spy_|Karen Walker|||
|rowspan="2"|2016|_Batman: Bad Blood_|Talia al Ghul|Voice, direct-to-video|
|_Deadpool_|Vanessa Carlysle||||
|2018|_Deadpool 2_|Vanessa Carlysle|||
|rowspan="2"|2019|_Framing John DeLorean_|Cristina Ferrare||
|_Ode to Joy_|Francesca||||
|rowspan="2"|2020|_Greenland_|Allison Garrity||
|_To Your Last Death_|Gamemaster|Voice|||
|2021|_The Good House_|Rebecca McAllister|||
|2022|_Last Looks_|Lorena Nascimento|||
|2023|_Fast Charlie_|Marcie Kramer|||
|rowspan="3"|2024|_Deadpool & Wolverine_|Vanessa Carlysle||
|_Millers in Marriage_|Tina||||
|_Elevation_|Nina|Also executive producer|||
|2026|_Masters of the Universe_|The Sorceress of Castle Grayskull|Filming||
|rowspan="2"||_Greenland: Migration_|Allison Garrity|Post-production|
|_The Wrecking Crew_||Filming|||

### Television

|Year|Title|Role|Notes||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2002–2003|_Firefly_|Inara Serra|Main role||
|2003–2004|_Still Life_|Maggie Jones|Main role (season 1)||
|2005|_It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia_|Carmen|Episode: "It's Always Sunny on TV" (unaired pilot)||
|2005–2006|_Justice League Unlimited_|Dinah Lance / Black Canary|Voice, recurring role||
|rowspan="4"|2006|__|Maya Griffin|Guest role (season 3)|
|_How I Met Your Mother_|Chloe|Episode: "Swarley"|||
|_Justice_|Lisa Cruz|Episode: "Christmas Party"|||
|_Kitchen Confidential_|Gia|Episode: "An Affair to Remember"|||
|2006–2007|_Stargate SG-1_|Adria|Guest role (season 10)||
|rowspan="3"|2007|_Las Vegas_|Sara Samari|Episode: "The Burning Bedouin"|
|_Heartland_|Nurse Jessica Kivala|Guest role (season 1)|||
|_Sands of Oblivion_|Alice Carter|Television film|||
|rowspan="2"|2008|_Dirt_|Claire Leland|Episode: "And the Winner Is"|
|_Numb3rs_|Lynn Potter|Episode: "Blowback"|||
|2009|_Medium_|Brooke Hoyt|Episode: "All in the Family"||
|2009–2011|_V_|Anna|Main role (seasons 1–2)||
|2010|__|Beth Bancroft|Unaired TV pilot||
|rowspan="2"|2011|_Batman: The Brave and the Bold_|Cheetah|Voice, episode: "Triumvirate of Terror!"|
|_Look Again_|Allison|Television film|||
|2011–2013|_Homeland_|Jessica Brody|Main role (seasons 1–3)||
|2011–2014|__|Erica Flynn|Guest role (seasons 3–4, 7)||
|2012–2013|__|Isobel Swift|2 episodes||
|rowspan="2"|2014|_Warriors_|Tory|Unsold TV pilot|
|_The Red Tent_|Rachel|Miniseries|||
|2014–2023|_The Flash_|Gideon|Voice, 34 episodes (uncredited)||
|2015–2019|_Gotham_|Leslie Thompkins|Recurring role (season 1); main role (seasons 2–5)||
|rowspan="2"|2019|_A Series of Unfortunate Events_|Beatrice Baudelaire|2 episodes|
|_Sessão de Terapia_|Dr. Sofia Callas|Guest role (season 4), 9 episodes|||
|2020|_The Twilight Zone_|Michelle Weaver / Phineas Lowell|Episode: "Downtime"||
|2021|_Home Invasion_|Casie|Main role||
|rowspan="2"|2022|_Beat Bobby Flay_|Herself|Guest host; episode: "Morena and the Marcona"|
|_The Endgame_|Elena Federova|Main role|||
|2024|_Fire Country_|Mickey Fox|Guest role (season 2)||

### Video game

|Year|Title|Role|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2017|_Destiny 2_|Sagira|_Curse of Osiris_ DLC|
|2023|_Assassin's Creed Nexus VR_|Dominika Wilk|Voice and likeness|

## Awards and nominations

|Year|Nominated work|Association|Category|Result|class="unsortable"|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="3"|2010|rowspan="3"|_V_|Saturn Award|Best Supporting Actress on Television|||||
|Scream Awards|Breakout Performance – Female|||||||||
|NewNowNext Awards|Brink of Fame: Actor||style="text-align:center;"|||||||
|2011|_V_|Saturn Award|Best Supporting Actress on Television|||||||
|rowspan="2"|2013|rowspan="2"|_Homeland_|Primetime Emmy Award|Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series|||||
|Screen Actors Guild Award|Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series|||||||||
|rowspan="4"|2016|rowspan="4"|_Deadpool_|rowspan="2"|MTV Movie Awards|Best Female Performance||style="text-align:center;"||
|Best Kiss (with Ryan Reynolds)||style="text-align:center;"||||||||
|Teen Choice Awards|Choice Movie Actress: Action||style="text-align:center;"|||||||
|Imagen Awards|Best Actress – Feature Film||style="text-align:center;"|||||||

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Morena Baccarin
- **image**: Morena Baccarin in 2016 (29947145950).jpg
- **caption**: Morena Baccarin in 2016
- **birth place**: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- **height**: 171 cm
- **notable works**: Inara in _Firefly (TV series), Firefly_ and _Serenity (film), Serenity_, Adria in _Stargate SG-1_