Born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Morena Baccarin was raised in New York and attended the prestigious Juilliard School. Her role as the Companion, Inara, in the short-lived cult science fiction show ‘Firefly’ and its big-screen follow-up ‘Serenity’ has made her recognisable to sci-fi fans around the world. She is now appearing in the tenth season of ‘Stargate SG1’ as Adria, daughter of intergalactic maverick Vala Mal Doran (Claudia Black).

When Morena was 10, she moved with her family to Greenwich Village, New York. She later attended the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts (the Fame high school) before she entered the theater program at Juilliard, where Wes Bentley was a classmate. Morena landed her first movie role in the improvised fashion world comedy Perfume (2001). This was followed by a lead role in