Morena Baccarin Brazilian American lady
Morena Baccarin (Portuguese pronunciation born June 2, 1979) is a Brazilian American film and television actress who has played roles in several American science fiction television series: as Inara Serra in the series Firefly and the follow-up film Serenity; as Adria in the series Stargate SG-1 and the follow-up film Stargate: The Ark of Truth; and as Anna in the 2009 version of the series V. She currently co-stars as Jessica Brody in the Showtime series Homeland.
Baccarin was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Her mother is stage and TV actress Vera Setta, and her father is journalist Fernando Baccarin. Baccarin is of Italian descent. When she was seven, she moved with her family to Greenwich Village, New York, as her father was transferred to Globo TV’s headquarters in the United States, working as editor. Baccarin attended Public School 41 and New York City Lab School for Collaborative Studies, where she and her future Homeland costar, Claire Danes, were classmates. She later attended the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts before she entered the theater program at the Juilliard School, where she was in the Drama Division’s Group 29 (1996–2000).
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On Showtime’s hit series Homeland, Morena Baccarin, a drop-dead gorgeous Brazilian actress, plays Jessica Brody, the scorned wife of a war hero turned terrorist. While Damien Lewis and Claire Danes tend to garner the most attention from this award-winning drama, it’s Morena’s scenes that we pay the most attention to. With more eyes on her now than at any other time in her career, it’s safe to say that 2012 was a very good year for Morena. Baccarin landed her first film role in the improvised fashion world comedy Perfume (2001). This was followed by a lead role in the film festival hit Way Off Broadway (2001). Baccarin appeared with Natalie Portman and understudied for her role in the acclaimed Central Park production of The Seagull. The science-fiction drama Firefly was Baccarin’s first television series and she reprised her role of Inara Serra 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 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 Carmen, a male-to-female transsexual.It was announced in April 2006 that Baccarin would be playing the adult version of Adria, a recurring villain 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 as Adria 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.Baccarin 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 won acclaim for her performance as the conflicted wife of a former prisoner of war.
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