Morena Silva de Vaz Setta Baccarin (Portuguese: [mo'rena baka'riborn on June 2, 1979) is a Brazilian and American actress best known for her portrayal of Inara Serra on the sci-fi series Firefly and its follow-up film Serenity, Vanessa in the popular superhero comedy series Deadpool, Jessica Brody in the Showtime series Homeland, Dr. Leslie "Lee" Thompkins in the Fox series Gotham and Elena Federova in the NBC series The Endgame. For Homeland, she received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting actress in the Drama Series in 2013.Baccarin has attended Public School 41 and New York City Lab School for Collaborative Studies which is where she and her upcoming Homeland co-star Claire Danes were classmates. She then attended the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts prior to entering the theater program at the Juilliard School, where she was in the Drama Division's group 29 (1996~2000).Baccarin landed her first film part in the improvised fashion world comedy Perfume (2001). The Perfume (2001) was her next film role.
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