- Born
- Birth nameMorena Silva de Vaz Setta Baccarin
- Height5′ 7½″ (1.71 m)
- 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.- IMDb mini biography by: Anonymous
- SpousesBen McKenzie(June 2, 2017 - present) (2 children)Austin Chick(November 18, 2011 - March 18, 2016) (divorced, 1 child)
- ChildrenJulius ChickFrances Laiz Setta SchenkkanArthur Schenkkan
- ParentsFernando Baccarin
- RelativesIvan Setta(Aunt or Uncle)Vitoria Setta(Cousin)
- Was maid of honor at her Firefly/Serenity co-star Jewel Staite's wedding in Maui.
- Married her boyfriend of two years Ben McKenzie at the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens in Brooklyn, New York, on her 38th birthday. They have a 15-month-old daughter Frances together.
- Her first name - Morena - means "brunette" in her native Portuguese.
- Speaks Portuguese.
- Her father is of half-Italian (from Veneto and Marche) and half-Lebanese descent. Her mother is of half-Italian (from Basilicata) and half-Portuguese/Brazilian ancestry.
- 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.
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