Morena Baccarin (, born June 2, 1979 ) is a Brazilian American film and television actress best known for roles in several American science fiction television series: as Inara Serra in the series Firefly and the follow-up film Serenity ; as Adria in the series Stargate SG-1 and the follow-up film Stargate: The Ark of Truth ; and as Anna in the 2009 version of the series V. She currently co-stars as Jessica Brody in the Showtime series Homeland.

Trpcic altered her own wedding dress to create the ballgown worn by Morena Baccarin ( as Inara Serra ) in the Firefly episode " Shindig ".

Released in mid-August 2008, the album features collaborations with Buffett, Dave Matthews, Emmylou Harris, Bob Seger, Béla Fleck, Brooks and Dunn, Chris Robinson ( Black Crowes ), Vince Gill, Mike Gordon ( Phish ), and Inara George.

The song " Of Missing Persons " was written for Inara George, the daughter of Lowell George ( formerly of the band Little Feat ), a songwriting collaborator and longtime friend of Jackson Browne's who died a year prior to the release of Hold Out.

* Merrick ( band ), the former band featuring Inara George, before she became a solo artist.

Simon uses this moment alone with the engineer to attempt to get closer to her, but when he mentions that the other women he knows are either married ( Zoe ), professional ( Inara ), or related to him ( River ), Kaylee leaves in a huff.

Inara is a beautiful Companion, a licensed and well-respected courtesan, and Kaylee is the ship's mechanic.

Inara appears, and the working-class townspeople, who have never seen a Companion before, make a big fuss over her.

Inara plays up her respectable status as a Companion, claiming that Mal is her runaway " indentured man " who persuaded Zoe to leave her husband and escape with him.

Inara responds by informing him that he is now persona non grata in the Companion registry, implicitly ruining him.

" Higgins reveals a penchant for dominating his son's life by attempting to rush the ceremony, but Inara intends to give Fess a proper Companion union and politely but forcefully shoos the father out of her shuttle.

The episode opens as Serenity heads to Ariel, a central world of the Union of Allied Planets as Inara is due for her annual Companion physical exam and license renewal.

The next recruit is Inara Serra, who uses her status as a Companion ( and the legitimacy it confers ) to bargain for a 25 % discount on the rent.

Aboard the space vessel Serenity, Companion Inara Serra receives a distress call from Nandi, who it is revealed is a good friend of hers.

Nandi and Reynolds also spend time together, during which Nandi inquires about Reynolds ' relationship with Inara, and relates her own past, which includes the Companion training she shared with Inara on the latter's home world, Sihnon.

* Inara Serra is a 26th century Alliance companion in Joss Whedon's TV series Firefly.

Parks has worked with such notable performers as Phil Ochs, Grace Kelly, Delaney Bramlett, The Byrds, Loudon Wainwright III, Rufus Wainwright, Harry Nilsson, Silverchair, Ry Cooder, Joanna Newsom, Inara George, Keith Moon, Frank Zappa, and Ringo Starr.

Parks worked with Inara George on a record released in 2008, An Invitation, and they performed two songs together on 8 January 2008 at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, as part of the program Concrete Frequency: Songs of the City.

The science-fiction drama Firefly was Baccarin's first television series, and she reprised her role of Inara Serra in the 2005 film Serenity.

Inara Verzemnieks was nominated for the Pulitzer for Feature Writing for " her witty and perceptive portfolio of features on an array of everyday topics ", according to the Pulitzer judges.

The leaving politicians included MEPs Siiri Oviir and Vilja Savisaar-Toomast, MPs Inara Luigas, Lembit Kaljuvee, Deniss Boroditš and Rainer Vakra, and also Ain Seppik, Toomas Varek.

The song was dedicated to George's daughter, Inara George who is in the musical duo The Bird and the Bee.

Souther, Bonnie Raitt, Eddie Money, Randy Newman, Keisuke Kuwata, and Inara George.

Some of the prominent musicians and bands to play and record the music of Little Feat include Phish, The Black Crowes, The Byrds, The Bridge, Garth Brooks, Jackson Browne, Bob Dylan, Steve Earle, Emmylou Harris, Taylor Hicks, Ron Holloway, Keisuke Kuwata, Nicolette Larson, Nazareth, Robert Palmer, The Radiators, Bonnie Raitt, Linda Ronstadt, John Sebastian, Richard Shindell, Carly Simon, Mick Taylor, Van Halen, Joe Walsh, Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Sam Bush, Coco Montoya, Vince Herman, Inara George, Stephen Bruton, Widespread Panic and Jimmy Buffett.

* February 1, 1955-The villages of Nishiyada, Ebise, Ōgano, and Inara merged to form the town of Itakura.

" The crew joins up with Inara and picks up passengers to provide some supplemental income.

Torn between the threat of capture and Kaylee's safety, Mal reluctantly agrees ( after being prodded by Inara to do so ) and flees from the Alliance ship.

Mal orders Inara, Simon, and River to Inara's shuttle, preparing them to escape in the shuttle if the ship is boarded by the Reavers.

Also, at the time they were shooting this, Rebecca Gayheart was playing the role of Inara Serra, but Whedon knew that it was not going to work out and so shot scenes with her interacting with the crew in singles, so that the only part that would have to be reshot would be the shots of Inara.

In " Serenity ", Malcolm Reynolds ( Serenity < nowiki >'</ nowiki > s captain ) said " I'd like to be king of all Londinium " and many of Inara Serra's customers are Lords.

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Standing over the kneeling captain, Atherton turns at a plea from Inara, who offers to stay with him if he will only spare Mal's life.

The as-yet-unbegun escape plan plotted by the Serenity crew is aborted by the return of Inara and Mal, who chases a pleased Badger off his ship.

* Edward Atterton as Atherton Wing, a young nobleman who attends the ball with Inara and offers her a different life.

After eating, Mal escapes an offer to have his feet washed and visits Inara, who also shows contempt for Mal's treatment of the situation.

The officious slaveowner has hired Inara to bed his timid son Fess, who is 26 and is not yet " a man.

* Gregory Itzin as Magistrate Higgins, the senior law man of Canton who hires Inara and sets Stitch loose on Jayne.

Rod Jones meanwhile worked on an album with Inara George called George Is Jones

Inara is involved with the Puruli spring festival.

He provides Mal with tickets to the very ball that Inara will be attending.

Just then, Atherton Wing, with Inara in tow, interrupts their conversation.

Mal expresses concern about Atherton's insincerity, to which Inara responds with the possibility of her staying on Persephone with him.

Inara plays along with her to try to get her to her shuttle, but the alarm goes off and Inara remarks how skillful Saffron is at lying.

Inara thinks Mal knows about the kiss and agrees to " not play " with him, but Mal thinks that she's admitting to kissing Saffron.

" Inara departs for an overnight meeting with a client.

While an alarmed Jayne fails to break his compatriots away from their admiration of the statue, Inara is meeting with the local magistrate, Higgins — the man Jayne crossed years ago.

In Serenity, Inara tricks The Operative with a flashbang disguised as incense.

To her surprise, Inara emerges above her to taunt her with the weapon.