Morena Baccarin was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to actress Vera Setta and journalist Fernando Baccarin. Her uncle was actor Ivan Setta. She is of Italian as well as Lebanese and Portuguese/Brazilian descent. She 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 also appeared in several movies. After making Roger Dodger (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.

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Gerard Butler, Morena Baccarin, and Roman Griffin Davis in Greenland 2: Migration (2026)

Trond Fausa, Gerard Butler, Morena Baccarin, Amber Rose Revah, and Roman Griffin Davis in Greenland 2: Migration (2026)

Edward Burns and Morena Baccarin in Millers in Marriage (2024)

Morena Baccarin in Millers in Marriage (2024)

Ryan Reynolds and Morena Baccarin in Deadpool (2016)

Morena Baccarin and Anthony Mackie in Elevation (2024)

Ryan Reynolds and Morena Baccarin in Deadpool & Wolverine (2024)

Nathan Fillion and Summer Glau in Serenity (2005)

Josh Brolin, Ryan Reynolds, Terry Crews, Bill Skarsgård, Leslie Uggams, Morena Baccarin, Lewis Tan, Stefan Kapicic, Rob Delaney, Shioli Kutsuna, Zazie Beetz, and Brianna Hildebrand in Deadpool 2 (2018)

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