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Name: Morena Baccarin
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Date of Birth:
January 02, 1979
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Place of Birth:
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Mini-bio:
Morena Baccarin is an Italo-Brazilian actress, best known for her
role as Inara Serra in the short-lived sci-fi television series
Firefly and the follow-up movie Serenity. Her mother is Brazilia...( read more)n stage and TV 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 featured in the movie Fame) before she entered the theater
program at Juilliard.
Baccarin landed her first movie role in the improvised fashion world
comedy Perfume (2001). Which followed a lead role in Way Off Broadway (2001). Shortly before moving to Los
Angeles, Baccarin appeared with Natalie Portman in The Seagull.
Firefly was Baccarin's first television show, and she reprised her
role 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 two episodes of the television series The
O.C. in 2006.
In April 2006, it was announced that Morena would be playing the
adult version of Adria, a recurring villain in the tenth season of
Stargate SG-1. She first appeared in an episode of
"Counterstrike" as adult Adria (the younger character of Adria was
previously played by other actresses). She has also appeared on the TV show How I Met Your Mother.