Morena Baccarin

American actress (born 1979)

Morena Silva de Vaz Setta Baccarin[2] (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.

Morena Baccarin
Morena Baccarin in 2016
Born (1979-06-02) June 2, 1979 (age 46)[1]
Notable workInara in Firefly and Serenity, Adria in Stargate SG-1
Height171 cm (5 ft 7 in)

Early life and education

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Baccarin was born on June 2, 1979[3] 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.[4] 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.[5]


Filmography

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Year Title Role Notes
2001 Perfume Monica
Way Off Broadway Rebecca
2002 Roger Dodger Girl in Bar
2005 Serenity Inara Serra
2007 Sands of Oblivion Prof. Alice Carter
2008 Death in Love Beautiful Woman
Stargate: The Ark of Truth Adria
2009 Stolen Rose Montgomery
2011 Look Again Allison
2014 Back in the Day Lori
Son of Batman Talia al Ghul Voice, direct-to-video[6]
2015 Spy Karen Walker
2016 Batman: Bad Blood Talia al Ghul Voice, direct-to-video[6]
Deadpool Vanessa Carlysle
2018 Deadpool 2 Vanessa Carlysle
2019 Framing John DeLorean Cristina Ferrare
Ode to Joy Francesca [7]
2020 Greenland Allison Garrity
To Your Last Death Gamemaster Voice
2021 The Good House Rebecca McAllister [8]
2022 Last Looks Lorena Nascimento [9]
2023 Fast Charlie Marcie Kramer
2024 Deadpool & Wolverine Vanessa Carlysle [10]
Millers in Marriage Tina [11]
Elevation Nina Also executive producer[12][13]
2026 Masters of the Universe The Sorceress of Castle Grayskull Filming
TBA Greenland: Migration Allison Garrity Post-production[14]
The Wrecking Crew TBA Filming[15]

Television

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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)[16]
2005–2006 Justice League Unlimited Dinah Lance / Black Canary Voice, recurring role[6]
2006 The O.C. 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)
2007 Las Vegas Sara Samari Episode: "The Burning Bedouin"
Heartland Nurse Jessica Kivala Guest role (season 1)
Sands of Oblivion Alice Carter Television film
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 The Deep End Beth Bancroft Unaired TV pilot
2011 Batman: The Brave and the Bold Cheetah Voice, episode: "Triumvirate of Terror!"[6]
Look Again Allison Television film
2011–2013 Homeland Jessica Brody Main role (seasons 1–3)
2011–2014 The Mentalist Erica Flynn Guest role (seasons 3–4, 7)
2012–2013 The Good Wife Isobel Swift 2 episodes
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)
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
2022 Beat Bobby Flay Herself Guest host; episode: "Morena and the Marcona"
The Endgame Elena Federova Main role[17]
2024 Fire Country Mickey Fox Guest role (season 2)

Video game

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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

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Year Nominated work Association Category Result Ref.
2010 V Saturn Award Best Supporting Actress on Television Nominated
Scream Awards Breakout Performance – Female Nominated
NewNowNext Awards Brink of Fame: Actor Nominated [18]
2011 V Saturn Award Best Supporting Actress on Television Nominated
2013 Homeland Primetime Emmy Award Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Nominated
Screen Actors Guild Award Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Nominated
2016 Deadpool MTV Movie Awards Best Female Performance Nominated [19]
Best Kiss (with Ryan Reynolds) Nominated [19]
Teen Choice Awards Choice Movie Actress: Action Nominated [20]
Imagen Awards Best Actress – Feature Film Nominated [21]

References

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  1. Morena Baccarin on IMDb
  2. M., C. (January 9, 2018). "Quanto conosci Morena Baccarin, l'attrice brasiliana dal sangue italiano e dallo sguardo magnetico". Elle (in Italian). Milan: Hearst Magazine Italia. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
  3. Rodriguez, Karla (September 20, 2017). "Ben McKenzie: Why Morena and I Married on Her Birthday". Us Weekly. Retrieved May 27, 2018. [Morena and Ben McKenzie] got married on June 2, which also happens to be the Deadpool star's birthday. 'I just got hitched,' the actor revealed, showing off his wedding ring. 'We wanted to get married at the Botanic Gardens in Brooklyn.... When we wanted to book it, which was over a year in advance in our defense, the only date available was my wife's birthday.'
  4. Baccarin, Morena (November 8, 2024). "Three Great Things". Talkhouse. Retrieved March 2, 2025.
  5. Soloski, Alexis (March 5, 2022). "Actress Morena Baccarin Cooks a Brazilian Stew". The New York Times. Retrieved March 2, 2025.
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 "Morena Baccarin (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved October 9, 2023. 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.
  7. Nolfi, Joey (July 9, 2019). "Martin Freeman suffers bizarre romantic mishaps in exclusive Ode to Joy trailer". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved November 18, 2024.
  8. D'Alessandro, Anthony (2019-10-08). "Morena Baccarin, Rob Delaney, Beverly D'Angelo & More Move Into Amblin Partners' The Good House". Deadline. Retrieved 2024-11-18.
  9. N'Duka, Amanda (2019-06-20). "Waldo: Morena Baccarin Joins Mel Gibson & Charlie Hunnam In Action Thriller". Deadline. Retrieved 2024-11-18.
  10. Kroll, Justin (2023-04-12). "Morena Baccarin And Stefan Kapicic To Return For Deadpool 3 As Vanessa And Colossus". Deadline. Retrieved 2024-11-18.
  11. Grobar, Matt (2024-05-30). "Republic Pictures Acquires Edward Burns' Millers In Marriage Starring Julianna Margulies, Gretchen Mol, Minnie Driver & Morena Baccarin". Deadline. Retrieved 2024-11-18.
  12. Harvey, Dennis (2024-11-07). "'Elevation' Review: Humanity Is Prey in Brisk Sci-Fi Monster Movie". Variety. Retrieved 2025-02-11.
  13. Kroll, Justin (2022-10-13). "Anthony Mackie, Morena Baccarin And Maddie Hasson To Star In George Nolfi's Elevation From Lyrical Media And Producer Brad Fuller". Deadline. Retrieved 2024-11-18.
  14. Wiseman, Andreas (2024-02-15). "Greenland Sequel Migration Confirmed To Start Filming In April With Gerard Butler & Morena Baccarin". Deadline. Retrieved 2024-11-18.
  15. Kit, Borys (2024-09-04). "Morena Baccarin Joins Dave Bautista, Jason Momoa in Amazon Action Comedy The Wrecking Crew (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2024-11-18.
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  17. Turchiano, Danielle (September 21, 2021). "NBC Orders The Endgame Starring Morena Baccarin and Ryan Michelle Bathé to Series". Variety. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
  18. "Your Complete Guide To This Year's NewNowNext Awards 'Brink of Fame: Actor' Nominees". NewNowNext.com (Logo TV). Archived from the original on December 31, 2017. Retrieved October 30, 2016.
  19. 19.0 19.1 Lovett, Jamie (March 8, 2016). "Deadpool, Avengers, And Star Wars Nominated For MTV Movie Awards". ComicBook.com. Retrieved March 21, 2016.
  20. "Teen Choice Awards: Complete List of Nominees". The Hollywood Reporter. July 29, 2016. Retrieved September 27, 2019.
  21. "2016 Imagen Awards Winners & Nominees". Imagen Foundation. Archived from the original on February 3, 2021. Retrieved May 17, 2021.

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