Morena Baccarin born June 2 1979 is a Brazilianborn American actress most widely known for roles in several American science fiction television shows as Inara Serra in the series Firefly as Adria in the series Stargate SG1 and as Anna in the 2009 version of the series V Baccarin was born in Rio de Janeiro Brazil Her mother is Brazilian stage and TV actress Vera Setta and her father is Italian journalist Fernando Baccarin When she was 7 Baccarin moved with her family to Greenwich Village New York as her father was transferred to Globo TVs headquarters in the United States working as editor Baccarin attended Public School 41 and New York City Lab School for Collaborative Studies where she and Claire Danes were classmates She later attended the Fiorello H LaGuardia High School of Music Art and Performing Arts before she entered the theater program at Juilliard Baccarin landed her first movie role in the improvised fashion world comedy Perfume 2001