Morena Baccarin

Born: 02 June 1979

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Years Active: 2001-present

Morena Silva de Vaz Setta Baccarin (born June 2, 1979) is an American actress. Known for her lead role as Mickey Fox in the CBS television series Sheriff Country since 2025, Baccarin has played multiple television and film roles. She portrayed Adria in season 10 of the TV series Stargate SG-1, Inara Serra in the sci-fi television series Firefly (2002–2003) and its follow-up film Serenity (2005), Vanessa in the superhero comedy films Deadpool (2016), Deadpool 2 (2018), and Deadpool & Wolverine (2024), Jessica Brody in the thriller series Homeland (2011–2013), and Leslie Thompkins in the superhero series Gotham (2015–2019). For Homeland, Baccarin was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 2013. Born in Brazil, she immigrated to the United States as a child.

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.