Morena Silva de Vaz Setta Baccarin is a Brazilian actress. She is known for playing Vanessa, the love interest of Ryan Reynolds’ character, Deadpool, in the movie of the same name.
Where did Morena Baccarin go to college and high school? Did Morena Baccarin go to film school?
Morena Baccarin was born into a family active in the entertainment industry. She was born on June 2, 1979, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to Vera Setta and Fernando Baccarin.
Her father is a journalist and her mother, like her, is an actress. Her uncle from her father’s side is actor Ivan Setta. She is of Italian, Portuguese, and Lebanese descent.
Baccarin made her acting debut when she was only six years old, for a TV special directed by her grand-uncle, who is a theatre director in Brazil.
She attended Public School 41 and New York City Lab School for Collaborative Studies. There she was classmates with her future Homeland co-star Claire Danes. After, she attended the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts.
Later, she entered the theater program at the Juilliard School, where she was in the Drama Division’s Group 29.
