Gina Torres

Gina Torres
Character	Natalie Walters
Season(s)	4
Date of Birth	April 25, 1969
Birthplace	New York
IMDb profile

Gina Torres (born April 25, 1969 is an American television and movie actress. She has appeared in many television series, including Hercules: The Legendary Journeys as Nebula, Xena: Warrior Princess (as Cleopatra), the short-lived Cleopatra 2525, Alias (as Anna Espinosa), the critically acclaimed series Firefly (as series regular Zoe Washburne), Angel (as Jasmine), 24]] (as Julia Miliken) and The Shield.

She starred in the independent film South of Pico as Carla, and reprised her Firefly role in its feature film sequel Serenity. Currently, she has a main role on the USA Network show Suits as Jessica Pearson. She and real-life husband Laurence Fishburne play a married couple on the NBC television series Hannibal.

Early life

Torres was born at the Flower Fifth Avenue Hospital in Manhattan, the youngest of three children. Her family lived briefly in Washington Heights before moving to The Bronx. Her parents were both of multiracial Cuban descent, and her father worked as a typesetter for La Prensa and The New York Daily News.

Torres, a mezzo-soprano, began singing at an early age and attended Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts in New York City. She also trained in opera and jazz and performed in a gospel choir. Torres applied and was accepted to several colleges but could not afford to attend. She chose instead to pursue her dream of being a performer.

Career

In 2001, she won the ALMA Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Syndicated Drama Series for her role in Cleopatra 2525. In 2004, she was nominated for the International Press Academy's Golden Satellite Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Drama, for her role as Jasmine in Angel. Her film appearances include The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions.

In 2004, Torres appeared in seven episodes of the third season on 24 as Julia Milliken, a woman who has an affair with the White House Chief of Staff and becomes involved in a Presidential scandal. In 2005, she was tapped for the pilot episode of Soccer Moms. Also in 2005, she voiced the character of Vixen in numerous episodes of the animated series Justice League Unlimited and replaced the voice-over of Jada Pinkett Smith's character Niobe in The Matrix Online. She is also known for her role in Fox's short-lived Firefly series, which lasted only one season. She reprised her Firefly role as Zoe in the film Serenity (2005).

In 2006, Torres began her role as Cheryl Carrera in the short-lived drama series Standoff on the FOX network. Her character is the Supervisory Special Agent in Charge for Crisis Negotiation Unit, FBI Los Angeles. Torres appeared in the film I Think I Love My Wife, playing the spouse of Chris Rock's character. She was cast in Washington Field, a 2009 CBS television pilot from executive Producer Edward Allen Bernero, about the National Capital Response Squad, a unit of the FBI made up of elite experts in different areas who travel around the world, responding to events that affect American interests.

She was the voice of Wonder Woman in DC Universe Online MMORPG until mid 2013 when the part was recast, as well as Airachnid in the Transformers Prime cartoon.

In 2013, Torres was reunited with fellow Firefly costar, Nathan Fillion, in an episode of Fillion's television show, Castle.

Personal life

Torres and Laurence Fishburne were engaged in February, 2001, and married on September 22, 2002, at The Cloisters museum in New York City. They have one child, a daughter. They played a married couple on Hannibal.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	M.A.N.T.I.S.	Dr. Amy Ellis	Television movie
1996	Bed of Roses	Francine
1996	Dark Angel	LaMayne	Television movie
1996	The Substance of Fire	Maitre d'
1997	The Underworld	Unknown	Television movie
2003	The Matrix Reloaded	Cas
2003	The Law and Mr. Lee	Vicki Lee	Television movie
2003	The Matrix Revolutions	Cas
2004	Hair Show	Marcella
2004	Gramercy Park	Mrs. Hammond	Television movie
2005	Fair Game	Stacey
2005	Soccer Moms	Jamie Cane	Television movie
2005	Serenity	Zoe Washburne
2006	Jam	Lilac
2006	Five Fingers	Aicha
2007	I Think I Love My Wife	Brenda Cooper
2007	South of Pico	Carla Silva
2009	Don't Let Me Drown	Diana
2009	Applause for Miss E	Maggie	Television movie
2009	Washington Field	SA Jackie Palmer	Television movie
2010	Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths	Superwoman
2013	Mr. Sophistication	Janice Waters

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992	Unnatural Pursuits	Silken	Episode: "I Don't Do Cuddles"
1992	Law & Order	Laura Elkin	Episode: "Skin Deep"
1995	Law & Order	Charlene	Episode: "Purple Heart"
1995	NYPD Blue	Dominican Woman	Episode: "E.R."
1995	One Life to Live	Magdalena	12 episodes
1996	One Life to Live	Nell	5 episodes
1997	Profiler	Michelle Brubaker	Episode: "FTX: Field Training Exercise"
1997	The Gregory Hines Show	Jeanette	Episode: "Flirting with Disaster"
1997	Xena: Warrior Princess	Cleopatra	Episode: "The King of Assassins"
1997–1999	Hercules: The Legendary Journeys	Nebula	8 episodes
1998	Hercules: The Legendary Journeys	Beth Hymson	Episode: "Yes, Virginia, There is a Hercules"
1998	La Femme Nikita	Jenna Vogler	Episode: "Open Heart"
1998	Encore! Encore!	Opera Patron #3	Episode: "Pilot"
2000–2001	Cleopatra 2525	Helen 'Hel' Carter	28 episodes ALMA Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
2001–2002	Any Day Now	Stacy Trenton	3 episodes
2001–2006	Alias	Anna Espinosa	6 episodes
2002–2003	Firefly	Zoe Washburne	14 episodes
2003	The Agency	Dacia Banga	Episode: "Absolute Bastard"
2003	Angel	Jasmine	5 episodes Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film
2003	The Guardian	Sadie Harper	2 episodes
2004	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Warden Hutton	Episode: "XX"
2004	24	Julia Milliken	7 episodes
2004–2006	Justice League Unlimited	Vixen/Mari McCabe (voice)	5 episodes
2006	The Shield	Sadie Kavanaugh	2 episodes
2006	Without a Trace	Tyra Hughes	Episode: "More Than This"
2006–2007	Standoff	Cheryl Carrera	18 episodes
2007	Dirty Sexy Money	Princess Ama	Episode: "The Nutcracker"
2008	Boston Legal	A.D.A. Mary Franklin	Episode: "The Gods Must Be Crazy"
2008	Bones	Dr. Toni Ezralow	Episode: "The Bone That Blew"
2008	Criminal Minds	Det. Thea Salinas	Episode: "Normal"
2008–2009	Eli Stone	Attorney Miller	2 episodes
2009	Dirty Sexy Money	Princess Ama	Episode: "The Facts"
2009	Pushing Daisies	Lila Robinson	Episode: "Water & Power"
2009	The Unit	Sgt. Natasha Andrews	Episode: "Best Laid Plans"
2009	Drop Dead Diva	Diana Hall	Episode: "Make Me a Match"
2009	FlashForward	Felicia Wedeck	2 episodes
2009	Gossip Girl	Gabriela Abrams	2 episodes
2010	The Vampire Diaries	Bree	Episode: "Bloodlines"
2010	The Boondocks	Ebony Brown (voice)	Episode: "Lovely Ebony Brown"
2010	Huge	Dr. Dorothy Rand	10 episodes
2011–2013	Transformers: Prime	Airachnid (voice)	12 episodes
2011–present	Suits	Jessica Pearson	48 episodes Nominated—ALMA Award for Favorite Supporting Actress on Television
2013	Castle	Penelope Foster	Episode: "Reality Star Struck"
2013–present	Hannibal	Phyllis "Bella" Crawford	4 episodes Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Guest Starring Role on Television
2015–present	Revenge	Natalie Watlers	Recurring

Video games

Year	Title	Role
2005	The Matrix Online	Niobe (voice)
2011	DC Universe Online	Wonder Woman (voice)
2012	Transformers: Prime – The Game	Airachnid (voice)
2014	Destiny	Ikora Rey

Theatre

Year	Title	Role
1993	Face Value	Marci Williams
1994	The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public	Terri Clark

Official Account

• Gina Torres on Facebook
• Gina Torres on Instagram
• Gina Torres on Insstar.com
• Gina Torres on Instagweb.com
• Gina Torres on Buzzcent.com
• Gina Torres on Insstars.com
• Gina Torres on Photostags.com