Morena Baccarin, to actress Vera Setta and journalist Fernando Baccarin. She is of Italian ancestry. Baccarin moved to New York at the age of 10, when her father was transferred there. She attended the LaGuardia High School of Music and Performing Arts and then the Juilliard School.
Staying in New York she, worked in the theater - notably in the Central Park production of Anton Chekhov's "The Seagull" where she was also Natalie Portman's understudy - and appeared in several movies.
After making Cosa de hombres (2002) she moved to Los Angeles where she came to the attention of Joss Whedon who cast her in his short-lived cult sci-fi show Firefly (2002). Since then she has rarely been off our TV screens.
- IMDb Mini Biography By: Anonymous
Staying in New York she, worked in the theater - notably in the Central Park production of Anton Chekhov's "The Seagull" where she was also Natalie Portman's understudy - and appeared in several movies.
After making Cosa de hombres (2002) she moved to Los Angeles where she came to the attention of Joss Whedon who cast her in his short-lived cult sci-fi show Firefly (2002). Since then she has rarely been off our TV screens.
- IMDb Mini Biography By: Anonymous
Spouse
| Austin Chick | (26 November 2011 - present) (1 child) |
Trivia
Daughter of Vera Setta.
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
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 (1976) in 1976, three years before her daughter "Morena" was born.
Niece of Ivan Setta.
Daughter of journalist Fernando Baccarin.
Speaks Brazilian Portuguese.
Her first name - Morena - means "brunette" in her native Portuguese.
She appeared in a pilot video for the show that became Colgados en Filadelfia
(2005) 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 transexual 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 Julius Chick on October 22, 2013. Child's father is her husband, Austin Chick.
Personal Quotes
I would love to be a Bond girl. That is on my bucket list, definitely.
I love a good road trip. And I have been known to sing cheesy '80s
songs at the top of my lungs on a windy road when no one can hear.
I do think it is possible to be in love with two people at the same time.
They have a joy for life in Brazil unlike any country I've ever seen.
I've had long hair, I've had short hair, and I've had in between hair... and its all good.
We're all interested in life outside of Earth. We all have a
fascination with what's out there because we don't really know.
Humans have a sense of spontaneity and emotion. We have a dichotomy between grief and happiness.
When I'm not working, I'm definitely a no-makeup girl. The most I
ever do is a little tinted moisturizer and a little mascara and blush.
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.
If you watch the news, you see politicians use human vulnerabilities to get in and earn people's trust.
I'm an avid cook. Brazilian, some Italian, a little French. And I often throw dinner parties.
I love 'Modern Family;' I don't exactly watch it when it's on, but
I try to catch up on it when I can; it's one of my favorite shows.
I get nervous for any competition. I also get really competitive.
Women work as much as men now, if not more. There's a resurgence of dads in the home and moms working.
There are many people who live with terrorism every day.
The sky above us is something we have very little control of, and
the space beyond is something we don't completely understand.
My whole family is very artistic - my uncles are all actors and theatre directors.
I've love to do more movies. Just because I'm interested in the
medium very much. I've done a lot of theatre at this point, and I've
done a lot of TV. I've done a few independent films, but a lot of them
have not seen the light of day. It'd be really nice to be in a film that
gets out there.
I'm not always up to date on everything that's going on, but I am
somewhat informed. I listen to NPR. And I actually watch Fox News,
because I believe, if you just listen to the things that agree with you,
you're not really seeing anything else.
I can't complain. I'm making a living out of what I do, which is
really rare for a lot of actors. The hard part is staying confident and
staying with it.
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