Morena Baccarin

Early life and education

Baccarin was born on June 2, 1979, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the daughter of Vera Setta, an actress, and Fernando Baccarin, a journalist. Through her father, she is partially of Italian descent, with roots in Veneto. She moved to New York City with her family at the age of 10. Baccarin attended Public School 41 and New York City Lab School for Collaborative Studies, where she and her future Homeland co-star Claire Danes were classmates. Baccarin later entered the theater program at the Juilliard School, where she was in the drama division's Group 29 (1996–2000). She is a naturalized U.S. citizen.

Career

Baccarin landed her first film role in the improvised fashion-world comedy Perfume (2001). This was followed by a lead role in Way Off Broadway (2001).

She served as Natalie Portman's understudy in the Central Park production of The Seagull. The science-fiction drama Firefly (2002) as Inara Serra was Baccarin's first television series, and she reprised her role in the 2005 film Serenity.[[File:Morena Baccarin 2012.jpg|thumb|Baccarin at the [[69th Golden Globe Awards]] in January 2012|left|244x244px]]In February 2005, Baccarin provided the voice for Black Canary in multiple episodes of the animated series Justice League Unlimited. She guest-starred in season two, episode seven of How I Met Your Mother as Chloe, which aired on November 6, 2006. She also guest-starred in three episodes of the television series The O.C. in 2006. Baccarin appeared in the unaired pilot episode of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, playing a transgender woman, Carmen. In April 2006 Baccarin was announced to be playing the adult version of recurring villain Adria in the 10th 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 in the film 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. She 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, producers 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 received praise for her role as the conflicted wife of a former prisoner of war. On July 18, 2013, she was nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series at the 2013 Primetime Emmy awards for her performance.

Baccarin appeared in the 2015 action-comedy Spy as agent Karen Walker. In 2016, Baccarin appeared in the film Deadpool as Vanessa Carlysle. She reprised her role in the 2018 sequel Deadpool 2. In 2015, Baccarin began a leading role as Dr. Leslie Thompkins in the Fox show Gotham. She portrayed the character in all five seasons of the show. She also played a recurring role as Erica Flynn, a woman who murdered her husband, and a romantic interest of Patrick Jane (Simon Baker) from The Mentalist, 2013 to 2015. In 2019, she played a psychologist on the Brazilian TV series Sessão de Terapia (Therapy Session), her first production role in her native country. In 2020, Baccarin co-starred in the apocalyptic thriller Greenland. In 2023, Baccarin starred in the action film Fast Charlie. Since October 2025, she has appeared as lead Sheriff Mickey Fox in the CBS drama Sheriff Country.

Political views and activism

In January 2019, Baccarin wrote an opinion piece in Newsweek magazine describing her experiences working with the International Rescue Committee on behalf of refugees. She was interviewing refugees from Venezuela during a trip to Colombia. She warned of an evolving situation, which could lead to an increase of refugees asking for asylum in the United States. Baccarin became an advocate for women and girls, inspired by her mother's work for women's rights in Brazil.

In 2019, together with other artists, lawyers, advocates, and refugees, she took part in the Flores Exhibits project. She read the sworn testimony of a migrant child held in detention at the U.S.-Mexico border.[https://fast.wistia.net/embed/iframe/tmi11d3zlw https://fast.wistia.net/embed/iframe/tmi11d3zlw https://flores-exhibits.org?wvideo=tmi11d3zlw -- A4T2_Morena Baccarin] video https://fast.wistia.net/embed/iframe/va16shrrix https://fast.wistia.net/embed/iframe/cv1hkj1kq8 https://fast.wistia.net/embed/iframe/hzdlb8yh68 https://fast.wistia.net/embed/iframe/o998ddq3rn https://fast.wistia.net/embed/iframe/50ueq7m4sm https://fast.wistia.net/embed/iframe/tkfl89neu0 https://fast.wistia.net/embed/iframe/8v2nkqo0ti https://fast.wistia.net/embed/iframe/c5tz5vgr8a https://fast.wistia.net/embed/iframe/3tnm30qaxt https://fast.wistia.net/embed/iframe/gzt8kmx9qm https://fast.wistia.net/embed/iframe/nxmv6gmdcj https://fast.wistia.net/embed/iframe/tmi11d3zlw https://fast.wistia.net/embed/iframe/g4mqktzjw9 https://fast.wistia.net/embed/iframe/t0d2iw9vri https://fast.wistia.net/embed/iframe/r5p4r9cuso https://fast.wistia.net/embed/iframe/fm6wqp7gzh https://fast.wistia.net/embed/iframe/7ayt9xq4ky https://fast.wistia.net/embed/iframe/wuy6mqyjlj https://fast.wistia.net/embed/iframe/f26fj1vkfw https://fast.wistia.net/embed/iframe/qav57yff35 https://fast.wistia.net/embed/iframe/26rjpjig4p https://fast.wistia.net/embed/iframe/nvdzap81o9 https://fast.wistia.net/embed/iframe/z5sn0um1r0 https://fast.wistia.net/embed/iframe/5j0ppfwluj https://fast.wistia.net/embed/iframe/vphdaa4dvu https://fast.wistia.net/embed/iframe/hovzenepya https://fast.wistia.net/embed/iframe/4gi4t8ioqj https://fast.wistia.net/embed/iframe/oadmm7jk3e https://fast.wistia.net/embed/iframe/gte11z8axe https://fast.wistia.net/embed/iframe/5m8z2bravx https://fast.wistia.net/embed/iframe/5ghak6wvne https://fast.wistia.net/embed/iframe/ahdt1zlwkz https://fast.wistia.net/embed/iframe/oj655lbc46 https://fast.wistia.net/embed/iframe/yty7gn7uk6 https://fast.wistia.net/embed/iframe/ixluypqqv0 https://fast.wistia.net/embed/iframe/mrmq5kh04n https://fast.wistia.net/embed/iframe/pzxj977a8b https://fast.wistia.net/embed/iframe/7tebro5433 https://fast.wistia.net/embed/iframe/zv8yejopy9 https://fast.wistia.net/embed/iframe/a2iukwkgyo https://fast.wistia.net/embed/iframe/wnuigo29dc https://fast.wistia.net/embed/iframe/yqt0hg6uzv --

Personal life

In November 2011, Baccarin married American film producer and director Austin Chick, and they have a son.

In July 2015, Chick filed for divorce, citing irreconcilable differences. Around that time, Baccarin began dating her Gotham co-star Ben McKenzie, and their daughter was born around the same time that Baccarin's divorce became official. In November 2016, Baccarin and McKenzie announced their engagement, and they were married in Brooklyn, New York, on June 2, 2017, Baccarin's 38th birthday. They also have a son.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video game

Awards and nominations

References

References

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