Morena Baccarin was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to actress 'Vera Setta' . Since then she has rarely been off our TV screens.
Daughter of Vera Setta and journalist Fernando Baccarin.
She attended PS 41 and the New York City Lab School for Collaborative Studies, where she and Claire Danes were classmates. She later attended the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts where after graduating, she entered the theater program at the Julliard School for the Performing Arts. While at Julliard, she was one of the subjects of the PBS series American Masters which focused on the school and the students.
Raised in New York City
One of four actors from "Firefly" who voiced superheroes on "Justice League" . She voiced "Black Canary" while Adam Baldwin voiced "Hal Jordan, the Silver Age Green Lantern", Nathan Fillion voiced "The Vigilante" and Gina Torres voiced "Vixen".
Was Maid of Honor at her Firefly/Serenity co-star Jewel Staite s wedding in Maui in 2003.
Her mother, Vera Setta , played a character named "Morena" in the movie O Vampiro de Copacabana in 1976, three years before her daughter "Morena" was born.
Niece of Ivan Setta.
Speaks Brazilian Portuguese.
Her actress mother was first to introduce the theatrical show "Os Monlogos da Vagina" (The Vagina Monologues) to Brazil.
Her first name - Morena - means "brunette" in her native Portuguese.
She appeared in a pilot video for the show that became "Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia" with the 3 show-runners and leading cast members when they were all young, struggling actors in Los Angeles. Her scene consisted of her playing a very attractive, pre-operation transsexual who is propositioned by Rob McElhenney s character. That plot and character, as played by Brittany Daniel , was later re-used in the FX series.
Gave birth to her 1st child at age 34, a son named Julius Chick on October 22, 2013. Childs father is her first husband, Austin Chick.
Has 2 children - a son Julius Chick (b. October 22, 2013) with her ex-husband Austin Chick and a daughter Frances Laiz Setta Schenkkan (b. March 2, 2016) with her husband Ben McKenzie. "Setta" and "Schenkkan" come from Baccarin and McKenzies original surnames, respectively.
(June 2015) Her husband of 3 years Austin Chick filed for divorce from her.
(June 2, 2017) Married her boyfriend of 2 years Ben McKenzie at the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens in Brooklyn, New York on her 38th birthday. They have a 15-month-old daughter Frances together.
I would love to be a Bond girl. That is on my bucket list, definitely.
I do think it is possible to be in love with two people at the same,time.
and its all good.
I feel that I have grown so much, as an actor, by being on,"Homeland" (2011) .
Humans have a sense of spontaneity and emotion. We have a dichotomy,between grief and happiness.
My mother put me on birth control as soon as I told her I wanted to go,on it. I was 16. I was very young.
My mom was incredibly supportive when she found out that I wanted to be,an actress, and that certainly made things easier and more fun.
I get nervous for any competition. I also get really competitive.
Brazil has a lot of issues that are similar to a lot of countries in,Latin America, but the dominant issue Brazil is dealing with is poverty,and political corruption.
There are many people who live with terrorism every day.
My whole family is very artistic - my uncles are all actors and theatre,directors.
[on "Homeland" (2011) ] I was shocked and a little appalled,because I realized Obama has seen my boobs.
