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Gina Torres
Birth at
25 April 1969
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Gina Torres is an American actress. She was born on April 25, 1969 in New York City, where she spent her childhood. The girl’s father was a typewriter in the newspaper, and her mother was a housewife. From an early age, Gina dreamed of performing on stage, and successfully entered the New York High School of Music and Arts, where the future actress was engaged in vocals. During her studies, the girl participated in school productions and sang in the church choir. After graduation, she got a job
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Gina Torres is an American actress. She was born on April 25, 1969 in New York City, where she spent her childhood. The girl’s father was a typewriter in the newspaper, and her mother was a housewife. From an early age, Gina dreamed of performing on stage, and successfully entered the New York High School of Music and Arts, where the future actress was engaged in vocals. During her studies, the girl participated in school productions and sang in the church choir.
After graduation, she got a job at the Lincoln Center Theatre Recipe and even took part in several musical productions such as The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public and Dreamgirls.
Gina's debut on the big screens took place in 1992 in the popular television series Law and Order, after which the young actress was showered with offers of roles. For several years, the girl played secondary roles in such popular television series as “Unnatural Search”, “One Life to Live”, “New York Police”, “Profiler”, and also starred in the TV movie “Bed of Roses” with Christian Slater and Mary Stewart Masterson in the lead roles.
The first popularity in 1997, Torres brought the role of Cleopatra in the famous television series “Xena – Queen of Warriors”. After that, the girl received roles in such television series as “Her Name was Nikita” and “The Amazing Journeys of Hercules”, and in 2000 the young actress brilliantly played Helen Carter in the series “Cleopatra 2525”.
The most striking role of the actress is the role of Zoe Washborne in the popular television series.
"Firefly" It was released on screens in 2002. Together with Gina in the series starred Naton Fillion, Morena Baccarin, Alan Tudick and Jewel State. The plot was based on the story of the crew of the Serenity spacecraft and its captain Malcolm Reynolds. The series was closed after the first season, but in 2005 the continuation of the story was released - the full-length film Mission Serenity.
In total, in the filmography of the talented actress, more than sixty roles in such popular films and television series as “Think Like a Criminal”, “The Vampire Diaries”, “To Death Is Beautiful”, “Gossip Girl”, “The Matrix: Revolution”, “Without a Trace”, “Shield” and “Bones”, and in early 2013 Gina brilliantly played Penelope Foster in one of the episodes of the fifth season of the television series Castle. The main roles in the television series are played
Film festival nominations and awards (1)