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.

Filmography
Film
YearTitleRoleNotes2001 Perfume Monica Way Off Broadway Rebecca 2002 Roger Dodger Girl in Bar 2005 Serenity Inara Serra 2007 Sands of Oblivion Prof. Alice Carter2008 Death in Love Beautiful Woman Stargate: The Ark of Truth Adria 2009 Stolen Rose Montgomery 2011 Look Again Allison2014 Back in the Day Lori Son of Batman Talia al Ghul Voice, direct-to-video A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information. 2015 Spy Karen Walker2016 Batman: Bad Blood Talia al Ghul Voice, direct-to-video Deadpool Vanessa Carlysle 2018 Deadpool 2 Vanessa Carlysle2019 Framing John DeLorean Cristina Ferrare Ode to Joy Francesca2020 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 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 Greenland: Migration Allison Garrity Post-production The Wrecking Crew   Filming

Television
YearTitleRoleNotes2002–2003FireflyInara SerraMain role2003–2004Still LifeMaggie JonesMain role (season 1)2005It's Always Sunny in PhiladelphiaCarmenEpisode: "It's Always Sunny on TV" (unaired pilot)2005–2006Justice League UnlimitedDinah Lance / Black CanaryVoice, recurring role2006Maya GriffinGuest role (season 3)How I Met Your MotherChloeEpisode: "Swarley"JusticeLisa CruzEpisode: "Christmas Party"Kitchen ConfidentialGiaEpisode: "An Affair to Remember"2006–2007Stargate SG-1AdriaGuest role (season 10)2007Las VegasSara SamariEpisode: "The Burning Bedouin"HeartlandNurse Jessica KivalaGuest role (season 1)Sands of OblivionAlice CarterTelevision film2008DirtClaire LelandEpisode: "And the Winner Is"Numb3rsLynn PotterEpisode: "Blowback"2009MediumBrooke HoytEpisode: "All in the Family"2009–2011VAnnaMain role (seasons 1–2)2010Beth BancroftUnaired TV pilot2011Batman: The Brave and the BoldCheetahVoice, episode: "Triumvirate of Terror!"Look AgainAllisonTelevision film2011–2013HomelandJessica BrodyMain role (seasons 1–3)2011–2014Erica FlynnGuest role (seasons 3–4, 7)2012–2013Isobel Swift2 episodes2014WarriorsToryUnsold TV pilotThe Red TentRachelMiniseries2014–2023The FlashGideonVoice, 34 episodes (uncredited)2015–2019GothamLeslie ThompkinsRecurring role (season 1); main role (seasons 2–5)2019A Series of Unfortunate EventsBeatrice Baudelaire2 episodesSessão de TerapiaDr. Sofia CallasGuest role (season 4), 9 episodes2020The Twilight ZoneMichelle Weaver / Phineas LowellEpisode: "Downtime"2021Home InvasionCasieMain role2022Beat Bobby FlayHerselfGuest host; episode: "Morena and the Marcona"The EndgameElena FederovaMain role2024Fire CountryMickey FoxGuest role (season 2)

Video game
YearTitleRoleNotes 2017 Destiny 2 Sagira Curse of Osiris DLC 2023 Assassin's Creed Nexus VR Dominika Wilk Voice and likeness

Awards and nominations
YearNominated workAssociationCategoryResult2010VSaturn AwardBest Supporting Actress on TelevisionScream AwardsBreakout Performance – FemaleNewNowNext AwardsBrink of Fame: Actor2011VSaturn AwardBest Supporting Actress on Television2013HomelandPrimetime Emmy AwardOutstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama SeriesScreen Actors Guild AwardOutstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series2016DeadpoolMTV Movie AwardsBest Female PerformanceBest Kiss (with Ryan Reynolds)Teen Choice AwardsChoice Movie Actress: ActionImagen AwardsBest Actress – Feature Film

 References 

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Category:1979 births
Category:Living people
Category:Brazilian movie actors
Category:Brazilian television actors
Category:Actors from New York City