Gina Torres: Summary

Recent Role:: Bree on The Vampire Diaries

Gender:: Female

Birthday:: 4-25-1969

Birthplace:: New York City, New York, USA

Gina Torres Was born at Flower Fifth Hospital in Manhattan, New York in 1969. Her parents were native Cubans, and Gina grew up in a Latino neighborhood. Her family lived in Washington Heights for a brief while, and then they moved to the Bronx. She is the youngest of 3 siblings.

In high school, Fiorello LaGuardia School of Arts, she majored in vocal, and she is a gifted mezzo-soprano, as well as a jazz and gospel singer. She applied for several colleges, but didn't attend to any of them because she couldn't afford them. She started out working at the Lincoln Center Theater Company answering phones. She also worked in the saloon across the street from her first mentioned work place. Gina then got her own agent and started her professional acting career in musicals and theater plays.

Gina started her small screen appearances in the daytime soap opera One Life to Live. Since then she's been in many tv productions; Xena: Warrior Princess, Cleopatra 2525, Alias and Firefly are only some of the series she's appeared in over the years. Her big screen appearances includes movies such as The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix: Revolutions, Hair Show, Fair Game and Serenity.

Torres married her Matrix co-star Laurence Fishburne in September, 2002. Gina Torres Was born at Flower Fifth Hospital in Manhattan, New York in 1969. Her parents were native Cubans, and Gina grew up in a Latino neighborhood. Her family lived in Washington Heights for a brief while, and then they moved to the Bronx. She is the youngest of 3 siblings.

In high school, Fiorello LaGuardia School of Arts, she majored in vocal,...

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Fwirrel
member since: Mar 15, 2007
great actress... ...Continue »
Gina Torres is an amazing actress and I don't know why she doesn't have bigger roles. I've seen her in Firefly, 24, and Standoff and she did a great job in each of the shows. My favorite role she plays was Zoe off of Firefly. She played the strong, kick-butt lady well and I'm sad the show got cancelled after one season...oh well. She does well in Standoff also as the leader person of the FBI negotiation group. Anyways, she is a great actress and I want to see her in a leading role sometime. She's one of my favorite female actresses and she should have a bigger role.
08/09/07 07:09pm | report abuse
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Inapendents
member since: Nov 2, 2006
Selective Breeding- the daughter of Raquel Welch and Jim Brown. ...Continue »
Whaa Bammm. Explosive looks oohsing sexiness, style, beauty, braun, and brains. Unforgettable in the cult series Firefly as first mate Zoe Alleyne. Loyal vet of Captain Malcom Reynolds made a great show to enjoy. She is so beloved by the fans that no man is good enough for her. Well except myself of course. The best of what American women are about. Definitely a James Bond girl. I just see her playing the Bond's CIA conterpart. I would like to see her in westerns like Silverado to that would be good. She would make a good Apache too. This kitten needs action pictures a sleek panther longing to be in motion.
01/02/07 12:22am | report abuse
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eepalmer
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Way Cool ...Continue »
Gina Torres is very tallented. I saw her in Firefly and was amazed at how she could play such a strong "warrior women", then be so touching and intimate with Wash (her husband). Then I saw her in 24, wow! I couldn't believe that it was the same person. In 24, she played a meek housewife too afraid of her own shadow, much different than a combat hardened vetran as in Firefly.

What you should watch for in Firefly is how "honest" her relationship with Wash is. They don't act like a TV couple, but live a real married couple. They have both intimate times and fighting times.

She is excellent.
08/10/06 11:05pm | report abuse
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JOE5B
member since: Feb 21, 2006
Gina torres shine in every role she takes, i enjoy whatching her. Whether it be a drama,action drama, or a comedy, i would love to see her get her own show. i mean really that is a face i want to see on a nerwork line up. I love her. ...Continue »
Wow, i seam to be using that word alot but really, Gina has a presence, from hercules, Xena, i have never seen some on who has it what ever it is that she has. As Ana Espinosa i mean yes, she had me on the edge of my seat every time i loved the accent. i loved every second of screen time she had.i have to say it agin i would really love to see her on the networks weekly line up. her presence will definately be felt. I love Gina Torres. Wow i mean really i cann't wait to see what she does next.
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Artemis-4-3
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She IS a goddess ...Continue »
I fell in love with her on Firefly and have made a point to try and see her in other roles. I saw her on Angel as Jasmine and some other shows where she was a one time or recurring but not starring character and I was still in love or at least lust. She is soo talented and soo beautiful that all I can say is her husband is a lucky man.
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