Morena Baccarin
Baccarin in 2013, photo by Prphotos
Birth Name: Morena Silva de Vaz Setta Baccarin
Place of Birth: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Date of Birth: June 2, 1979
Ethnicity: Brazilian [Italian, possibly other]
Morena Baccarin is a Brazilian-born actress. She is the daughter of Fernando Baccarin, a journalist, and Vera Setta (Vera Lúcia Setta), an actress. Her uncle was actor Ivan Setta. She moved with her family to New York during her childhood, because of her father’s career.
Morena has stated that her family comes from North Italy on both sides.
Morena is married to actor Ben McKenzie. She has a son with her former husband, producer and director Austin Chick; and a daughter with Ben.
looks italian, there’s a secret in my family
That my great grandmother’s great-grandmother is Italian
For those who do not know, there were notorious Italian immigrants in Brazil
Her full name is Morena Silva de Vaz Setta Baccarin. Only Baccarin is surely a northern Italian surname. Setta is a southern Italian surname from Abruzzo. De Vaz is surely a Portuguese surname, not Italian. And Silva can be either a Portuguese/Spanish or North Italian surname.
She looks Mediterranid, pass in Southern Europe.