Morena Silva de Vaz Setta Baccarin born June 2, 1979 (age 38), in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She is a Brazilian American actress. She attended the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts before she entered the theater program at the Juilliard School, where she was in the Drama Division’s Group 29 (1996–2000).