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Biography #2 (for Serenity)
Gina Torres recently appeared in The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions, as well as the independent film Fair Game and the comedy Hair Show. In Hair Show, Torres plays Marcella, a Beverly Hills salon owner, who is at odds with a rival sister team of hairstylists played by Mo'Nique and Kellita Smith. Magic Johnson is an executive producer of the film.The youngest of three children born to Cuban immigrant parents in the Bronx, New York, Torres was chosen as one of People Espanol's 25 Most Beautiful last year and People Espanol's 50 Most Beautiful in 2004. She began her career as a singer and made her professional debut in the musical Dreamgirls. She later starred on Broadway in The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public and Face Value. She also appeared in prestigious New York productions of Antigone, Blood Wedding, A Raisin in the Sun and Ma Rainey's Black Bottom.
Torres' won an ALMA for her part in Cleopatra 2525 and starred in Alias. She also starred in Joss Whedon's series Angel and Firefly.
Torres is married to actor-director Laurence Fishburne.
Bio courtesy Universal Pictures for "Serenity" (08-Nov-2005)
Biography #3 (for Firefly)
Standing just shy of six feet, Gina Torres is familiar to television audiences for her role as Jennifer Garner's arch nemesis, Russian-accented Anna Espinosa, on Alias. Torres recently completed work on the sequels to The Matrix (The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions), slated for release in 2003.The youngest of three children from a Cuban family living in the Bronx, and a graduate of the Fiorello LaGuardia School of Arts, Torres is a gifted mezzo-soprano, as well as a jazz and gospel singer. Following her high school graduation, she made her professional debut as the lead in Dreamgirls in a Connecticut production.
Over the next several years, the ingenue amassed an impressive list of versatile stage credits, including two lead roles on Broadway in The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public and Face Value. Working with such acclaimed directors as Dan Sullivan, Tommy Tune and Jerry Zaks, she starred in Antigone, Blood Wedding, A Raisin in the Sun and Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, among other productions.
It was a recurring character she played on the daytime drama One Life to Live that brought Torres to the attention of producers Rob Tapert and Sam Raimi. After casting her in guest starring roles in M.A.N.T.I.S., Hercules: The Legendary Journey and Xena: Warrior Princess, Raimi and Tapert cast her in the ALMA Award-winning role of Hel in the futuristic adventure series Cleopatra 2525.
Torres and actor Laurence Fishburne will wed in New York this fall.
Bio courtesy Fox for "Firefly" (06-Jan-2003)
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