Morena Silva de Vaz Setta Baccarin is also known as Morena Baccarin, and it is her Portuguese name and she is a Brazilian-American. Baccarin is a renowned actress and is popularly known for her acting skills in the sci-fi series titled Firefly where she was seen as Inara Serra. Baccarin was also seen in many follow-up films where she appeared in the character of Vanessa, it was a superhero comedy franchise titled Deadpool. She also made an appearance as Jessica Brody in the Showtime series titled Homeland.
Next, she was seen in the character of Dr Leslie “Lee” Thompkins in Gotham, it was a Fox series. In the year 2013, Baccarin received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination in the category of Outstanding Supporting Actress for her performance in a Drama Series titled Homeland.
Morena Baccarin Wiki/Biography
Born on 02nd June 1979, Morena Baccarin is 42 years old as of 2022. Baccarin was born and raised in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. Baccarin belongs to a mixed descent – she belongs to Italian, Portuguese, and Lebanese descent. She belongs to a Catholic family and thus, follows Roman Catholicism as her religion. And, her nationality belongs to Brazilian and American. Morena has a mixed ratio – Latino and white.
When Morena Baccarin was 6 years old, she made her debut as an actress for a TV special directed by her grand uncle, and at that time he was a theatre director in Brazil. When Baccarin turned seven, she moved to Greenwich Village, New York, along with her family. Her father’s job got transferred to Globo TV’s headquarters and he joined there as an editor.
Morena Baccarin got enrolled in Public School 41, which was a Greenwich village school which was a public elementary school. She was also enrolled at the New York City Lab School for Collaborative Studies. Baccarin used to study together with Claire Danes, who was her classmate, and later they became co-stars in a television series titled Homeland.
Morena Baccarin also attended the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts. Before this, Baccarin was also part of the theatre program at the Juilliard School. Here she was in the Drama Division’s Group 29 from the year 1996 to 2000.
