Gina Torres

Gina Torres (born April 25, 1969) is an American actress who played Bree in Season One of The Vampire Diaries. She is mainly known for her roles on TV series such as (as series regular Zoe Washburne), (as Jasmine), and (as Jessica Pearson).
==Biography==
Torres was born on April 25, 1969 at the Flower Fifth Avenue Hospital in Manhattan, New York, the youngest of three children. Her family lived briefly in Washington Heights before moving to The Bronx. Her parents were both of Cuban and Puerto Rican descent, and her father worked as a typesetter for La Prensa and the New York Daily News. Torres began singing at an early age and attended Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts in New York City. She applied and was accepted to several colleges but could not afford to attend. Torres subsequently decided that college was not what she needed and chose to pursue her dream of being a performer.
Torres is a mezzo soprano who began her performing career as a singer, attending New York City's High School of Music and Art. Torres also trained in opera and jazz, and she performed in a gospel choir.
===Career===
In 2001, she won the ALMA Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Syndicated Drama Series for her role in Cleopatra 2525. In 2004, she was nominated for the International Press Academy's Golden Satellite Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Drama, for her role as Jasmine in Angel . Her film appearances include The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions.
In 2004, Torres appeared in seven episodes of the third season of 24 as Julia Milliken, a woman who has an affair with the White House Chief of Staff and becomes involved in a Presidential scandal. In 2005 she was tapped for the pilot episode of Soccer Moms. Also in 2005, she voiced the character of Vixen in numerous episodes of the animated series Justice League Unlimited and replaced the voice-over of Jada Pinkett Smith's character Niobe in The Matrix Online. Gina is best known for her role in Fox's short-lived Firefly series, which only lasted one season, but still carries a heavy sci-fi fanbase. She reprised her Firefly role as Zoe in the film Serenity (2005).
In 2006, Torres began her role as Cheryl Carrera in the short-lived drama series Standoff on the FOX network. Her character is the Supervisory Special Agent in Charge for Crisis Negotiation Unit, FBI Los Angeles. Torres' most recent movie role is in the film I Think I Love My Wife, playing the spouse of Chris Rock's character.
She was cast in Washington Field, a 2009 CBS television pilot from executive Producer Edward Allen Bernero. It is about the National Capital Response Squad, a unit of the FBI made up of elite experts in different areas who travel around the world, responding to events that affect American interests. The cast includes Cole Hauser, Eddie Cibrian, Gina Torres, Teri Polo and Matthew Yang King. 
In 2011, Torres was cast as a main character in the USA Network television show Suits. In the show, Torres plays Jessica Pearson, a Harvard-educated lawyer who is both name partner and managing partner of a law firm in Manhattan and must navigate the politics involved in the corporate law field.
===Personal life===
She met Laurence Fishburne while filming The Matrix Reloaded. Torres and Fishburne were engaged in February 2001 and married in September 22, 2002 at The Cloisters museum in New York City. They reside together in New Rochelle, New York.
On January 8, 2007, Fishburne's spokesman Alan Nierob announced the couple were expecting their first child. They welcomed daughter Delilah in June 2007.
On November 3, 2017, Fishburn filed for divorce.http://people.com/tv/laurence-fishburne-files-divorce-gina-torres/
==Filmography==
Year 	Title 	Role
2011-2017	Suits 	Jessica Pearson
2016 	Westworld 	Lauren
2016 	The Catch 	Agent Justine Diaz
2015-2016	Star Wars Rebels 	Ketsu Onyo
2016 	Drinking with the Stars 	
2016 	Pilot 	Eva Sofia Valdez
2015 	Con Man 	Grace
2015 	Destiny: The Taken King 	Ikora Rey (voice)
2013-2015	Hannibal 	Bella Crawford
2015 	Revenge 	Natalie Waters
2014 	Destiny 	Ikora Rey, Warlock Vanguard (voice)
2014 	Lichdom: Battlemage 	12th Age Dragon (voice)
2013 	Mr. Sophistication 	Janice Waters
2011-2013	Transformers Prime 	Airachnid
2013 	Castle 	Penelope Foster
2012 	Transformers Prime: The Game 	Airachnid (voice)
2011 	DC Universe Online 	Wonder Woman (voice)
2010 	Huge 	Dorothy Rand
2010 	The Boondocks 	Ebony Brown
2010 	Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths	Superwoman (voice)
2010 	The Vampire Diaries 	Bree
2009 	Gossip Girl 	Gabriela Abrams
2009 	Washington Field 	SA Jackie Palmer
2009 	Flashforward 	Felicia Wedeck
2009 	Drop Dead Diva 	Diana Hall
2009 	Applause for Miss E 	Maggie
2009 	Don't Let Me Drown 	Diana
2009 	The Unit 	Sgt. Natasha Andrews
2008-2009	Eli Stone 	Attorney Miller
2009 	Pushing Daisies 	Lila Robinson
2007-2009	Dirty Sexy Money 	Princess Ama
2008 	Criminal Minds 	Detective Thea Salinas
2008 	Bones 	Dr. Toni Ezralow
2008 	Boston Legal 	A.D.A. Mary Franklin
2007 	South of Pico 	Carla Silva
2006-2007	Standoff 	Cheryl Carrera
2007 	I Think I Love My Wife 	Brenda Cooper
2006 	Five Fingers 	Aicha
2001-2006	Alias 	Anna Espinosa
2006 	Without a Trace 	Tyra Hughes
2006 	Jam 	Lilac
2006 	The Shield 	Sadie Kavanaugh
2004-2006	Justice League 	Vixen / Mari McCabe
2005 	Soccer Moms 	Jamie Cane
2005 	Serenity 	Zoë
2005 	The Matrix Online 	Niobe (voice)
2005 	Fair Game 	Stacey
2004 	Hair Show 	Marcella
2004 	24 	Julia Milliken
2004 	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 	Warden Hutton
2004 	Gramercy Park 	Mrs. Hammond
2003 	The Matrix Revolutions 	Cas
2003 	The Guardian 	Sadie Harper
2002-2003	Firefly 	Zoë Washburne
2003 	The Matrix Reloaded 	Cas
2003 	The Law and Mr. Lee 	Vicki Lee
2003 	Angel 	Jasmine
2003 	The Agency 	Dacia Banga
2001-2002	Any Day Now 	Stacy Trenton
2000-2001	Cleopatra 2525 	Helen Carter
1997-1999	Hercules: The Legendary Journeys 	Nebula / Beth Hymson, Casting Director
1998 	Encore! Encore! 	Opera Patron #3
1998 	La Femme Nikita 	Jenna Vogler
1997 	The Underworld 	
1997 	Xena: Warrior Princess 	Cleopatra
1997 	The Gregory Hines Show 	Jeanette
1997 	Profiler 	Michelle Brubaker
1995-1996	One Life to Live 	Magdalena / Nell
1996 	The Substance of Fire 	Maitre d'
1996 	Dark Angel 	LaMayne
1996 	Bed of Roses 	Francine
1995 	NYPD Blue 	Dominican Woman
1992-1995	Law & Order 	Charlene / Laura Elkin
1994 	M.A.N.T.I.S. 	Dr. Amy Ellis
1992 	Unnatural Pursuits 	Silken
==Appearances==
;Season One
*Bloodlines
==Pictures==
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==Notes==
==External links==
*IMDb
Category:The Vampire Diaries Cast
Category:The Vampire Diaries Season One Cast
Category:Guest Stars