Morena Silva de Vaz Setta Baccarin[1] (Portuguese: [moˈɾenɐ bakaˈɾĩ] ⓘ; born June 2, 1979) is an American actress.

[13] The science-fiction drama Firefly (2002) as Inara Serra was Baccarin's first television series,[14] and she reprised her role in the 2005 film Serenity.

[15]In February 2005, Baccarin provided the voice for Black Canary in multiple episodes of the animated series Justice League Unlimited.

[17] In May 2009, Baccarin made her off-Broadway debut in Theresa Rebeck's television satire Our House at Playwrights Horizons in New York City.

That same month, Baccarin joined the cast of the Showtime television drama Homeland,[21] for which she received praise for her role as the conflicted wife of a former prisoner of war.

She also played a recurring role as Erica Flynn, a woman who murdered her husband, and a romantic interest of Patrick Jane (Simon Baker) from The Mentalist, 2013 to 2015.

In 2019, she played a psychologist on the Brazilian TV series Sessão de Terapia (Therapy Session), her first production role in her native country.

[28] In January 2019, Baccarin wrote an opinion piece[29] in Newsweek magazine describing her experiences working with the International Rescue Committee on behalf of refugees.

[34][35][36] In November 2011, Baccarin married American film producer and director Austin Chick,[37] and in October 2013, their son was born.