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  Gina Torres
Gina Torres (born in 1969 in Manhattan, NY) is an American television and movie actress.
Torres is best known for her roles in science-fiction and fantasy.
Torres and Fishburne were engaged in February 2001 and married in September 2002 at The Cloisters museum in New York.
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 Gina Torres Biography at Hollywood.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Though her heart was in musical theater, Torres shifted her talents to the small screen where she found starring roles in “Cleopatra 2525” (2000-2001), Joss Whedon’s short-lived sci-fi series “Firefly” (FOX, 2002) and appeared in recurring roles on “Alias” (ABC, 2001-06) and “24” (FOX, 2001-).
Torres went on to land a recurring role on the ABC hit “Alias” (2001-06) and was cast in the lead role of Zoë Washburne on the Joss Whedon sci-fi western series “Firefly” (FOX, 2002).
Prior to filming “Five Fingers,” Torres landed a regular role in “Standoff” (Fox, 2006-) as the boss of an FBI hostage negotiation team who is loathe to discover that two of her agents (Ron Livingston and Rosemarie DeWitt) are romantically involved.
www.hollywood.com /celebritydetail/Gina_Torres/1567366   (1377 words)

  
  Gina Torres - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Torres was born at Flower Fifth Avnue Hopital in Manhattan, NY, the youngest of three children in a Afro-Cuban-American family.
Torres also trained in opera and jazz, and she performed in a gospel choir.
Torres and Fishburne were engaged in February 2001 and married in September 2002 at The Cloisters museum in New York City.
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 Classic TV & Movie Hits - Gina Torres   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Biography: Gina Torres (born in 1969 in Manhattan, NY) is an American television and movie actress.
Torres is best known for her roles in science-fiction and fantasy.
Torres and Fishburne were engaged in February 2001 and married in September 2002 at The Cloisters museum in New York.
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 FOX Broadcasting Company: Standoff   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The youngest of three children in 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.
Featured in People Espanol's "50 Most Beautiful" (2004) and "25 Most Beautiful" (2003), Torres stars in the upcoming independent films "Jam" and "South of Pico," and in the political thriller "Five Fingers," playing opposite her husband Laurence Fishburne.
Torres maintains homes in New York and Los Angeles, which she shares with Fishburne and their two dogs.
www.fox.com /standoff/bios/3.htm   (133 words)

  
 Gina Torres Biography (Actor) — FactMonster.com
Actress Gina Torres is a New Yorker of Afro-Cuban heritage whose beauty-and-brawn combo earned her roles in a string of sci-fi and fantasy projects, including the TV series
Torres began her career on stage in the early 1990s, then started working in television.
Torres announced on her website in January 2007 that she and Fishburne were expecting a child, to be born in summer 2007.
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 Gina Torres
She is a gifted mezzo soprano and was trained in opera and jazz and also sang in a gospel choir.
Gina is 5' 10" tall, and has worked extensively in television, guest starring in shows such as Law & Order, NYPD and Profiler.
Gina first worked with Renaisasance Pictures on MANTIS before playing Cleopatra in the XENA episode "King of Assassins" and creating the memorable character Nebula in HERCULES 4th and 5th season.
www.xenaville.com /cast/torres.html   (232 words)

  
 Gina Torres - AOL Television
A statuesque beauty whose first love as an actor was the stage, Gina Torres immersed herself in her craft by connecting with a live audience; the...
Gina Torres (born April 25, 1969) is an American television and movie actress.
Torres is known for her roles in science fiction and fantasy.
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 IGN: Gina Torres on Serenity
In an interview with Blackfilm.com, Torres assured the show's many fans that the entire beloved crew was returning in Joss Whedon's feature film.
Torres had words of appreciation for director Joss Whedon (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Alien IV) and her fellow cast members, particularly veteran Ron Glass.
Torres also mentioned that she has agreed to a sequel if Serenity is successful enough to warrant one.
movies.ign.com /articles/638/638800p1.html   (348 words)

  
 Gina Torres - The TV IV
Gina Torres (born April 25, 1969 in New York City, New York) is a television and film actress.
She is best known for her starring roles in Firefly and Cleopatra 2525 and her numorous recurring roles in Angel, 24 and Alias.
Gina Torres is the youngest child of three, she graduated from New York City's High School of Music and Art.
tviv.org /Gina_Torres   (142 words)

  
 Article - Xena Magazine #16: Gina Torres
Torres had had a little training in stunt work from her days in theatre, but not quite enough for what her roles with Pacific Renaissance required.
Torres clearly feels that working on Cleopatra 2525 is much tougher, although it's obvious from the way she talks that it's very enjoyable too.
Torres' general acting philosophy seems to fit in nicely with where it has brought her to now.
www.xenaville.com /articles/titan_torres.html   (2122 words)

  
 FireflyWiki.org | Firefly / Gina Torres
Born in 1969 in New York City, the incredibly cool Gina Torres studied at the now-La Guardia High School of Music and Art.
The youngest of three children in a Cuban-American family, Gina got her start on and off-Broadway, starring in plays and musicals (she sings mezzo-soprano opera and jazz).
Gina has had recurring roles on the television series' "Alias" and "Any Day Now"; she has also made guest appearances on "NYPD Blue", "Angel", "Xena", "Law and Order", "Profiler", and "La Femme Nikita", among others.
www.fireflywiki.org /Firefly/GinaTorres   (199 words)

  
 Mahogany Cafe
Torres is best known for her collaborations with Joss Whedon on "Angel" and "Firefly," as well as the feature "Serenity." The actress has also been seen in the second and third films in the "Matrix" trilogy.
Gina Torres, seen in the two most recent "Matrix" movies, next will be seen in Joss Whedon's "Serenity." She is repped by the Metropolitan Talent Agency.
After the cancellation of "Firefly" last season, Whedon wrote Torres (who played Zoe on the sci-fi Western) the part of unstable, god-like Jasmine on "Angel." On the big screen, Torres has been seen this year in the second and third films in the "Matrix" series.
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 Zap2it - TV news - Gina Torres Assumes a Former 'Alias'
In real life, Torres went on to do "Firefly," followed by stints on Whedon's "Angel" on The WB, along with FOX's "24." She also appeared in "Matrix Reloaded" and "Matrix Revolutions," which starred her husband, Laurence Fishburne.
Torres' episodes are "Echoes," airing Wednesday, Feb. 23, and "A Man of His Word," airing Wednesday, March 2 (9 p.m.
Since Whedon moved Torres from "Firefly" to "Angel," one wonders whether "Alias" creator J.J. Abrams might shift her to his other show, the plane-crash drama "Lost," which airs right before "Alias" on ABC.
tv.zap2it.com /tveditorial/tve_main/1,1002,271|93707|1|,00.html   (549 words)

  
 Gina Torres Trivia - Gina Torres Facts - Gina Torres Notes
Gina and her husband, Lawrence Fishburne are expecting a baby.
After highschool Gina also worked at the Saloon, across from Lincoln Center as a waitress in addition to her job answering phones at the Lincoln Center.
Gina Torres was cast for the Broadway show The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public, but the show was not able to run.
www.tv.com /gina-torres/person/11192/trivia.html   (486 words)

  
 Looking Closer Interview with Nathan Fillion, Gina Torres, and Morena Baccarin
Gina: But we had seven months of just learning each other, and falling in love, and falling into these people and getting to know each other.
Gina: I think unlike The Matrix and the Star Wars series where you have a very heightened reality, and fl and white is very clear, and the lines are definitively drawn.
Gina: I think what Malcolm and Nathan have in common is that ultimately they do want to do the right thing, no matter what they put you through on the way to the right thing… and you kinda have to love them for it.
lookingcloser.org /serenity-interviews-mal-zoe-inara.htm   (1595 words)

  
 Serenity
GINA TORRES (Zoe) 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.
Torres’ won an ALMA for her part in Cleopatra 2525 and starred in Alias.
www.serenitymovie.com /nonflash_site/bio_ca_2.html   (176 words)

  
 Gina Torres Photos - Gina Torres News - Gina Torres Information
Gina Torres Was born at Flower Fifth Hospital in Manhattan, New York in 1969.
Gina Torres: What's wonderful about the fans I've encountered is their acceptance of who I am and how I do what I do.
Gina torres shine in every role she takes, i enjoy whatching her.
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 Whedonesque : Comments on 12186 : Gina Torres expecting a baby.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Maybe director Robert Duncan McNeill (that's "Tom Paris" to you Star Trek: Voyager fans) was just being artistic, but tonight's episode, "Peer Group,"--whose guest cast was excellent as the troubled teens, by the way--planted Gina Torres sideways behind w-i-d-e-screen LCD computer monitors and kept her in either tight closeup or distant shadowed reaction shots.
The filming of Diane Farr in Numb3rs has been really odd.....and I figured she was pregnant but sort of managed to forget about it, until she walks into the office in yesterday's episode holding a giant paper bag in front of her stomache.....
Gina and Laurence have been fairly prolific thus far and I suspect their offspring would be the same.
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 Gina Torres Biography @ Filmbug UK
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.
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.
www.filmbug.co.uk /db/819-9   (278 words)

  
 Gina Torres News
News about Gina Torres continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.
Gina Torres has acted in a lot of movies and TV shows, but the part that has brought her the most recognition and fame was Zoe on Firefly/Serenity.
Stars of various Joss Whedon shows are lending their voices to upcoming episodes of the "Justice League Unlimited" animated series: Gina Torres as Vixen Amy Acker as Huntress Morena Baccarin as Black Canary...
www.topix.net /who/gina-torres   (678 words)

  
 Blockbuster Online - Person Detail Information Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
A statuesque beauty whose first love as an actor was the stage, Gina Torres immersed herself in her craft by connecting with a live audience; the symbiotic energy that it created fueled her passion for acting and encouraged her to pursue a career in film and television in addition to her multiple Broadway roles.
Gina Torres makes her first series appearance as pirate queen Nebula -- or at least she's a pirate queen in this episode.
Also in the cast were Gina Torres as Emily and Matt's boss Cheryl Carrera, who favored direct action over negotiation; Michael Cudlitz as gonzo sniper-force leader Frank Perry; Raquel Alessi as intelligence analyst Lia Mathers; and Jose Pablo Cantillo) as FBI agent Duff Gonzalez.
www.blockbuster.com /catalog/personDetails/204488   (1138 words)

  
 Gina Torres @ Filmbug
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.
Tell us what you think of Gina Torres in the Filmbug forum...
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 Boldly Go: Gina Torres will be in a new Fox series: Standoff
Gina Torres will be in a new Fox series: Standoff
I kept thinking Gina Torres was in the commercial.
Their relationship also gets them into major trouble with their boss CHERYL CARRERA (Gina Torres, "Alias," "Firefly," "24"), head of the Los Angeles CNU, and raises eyebrows among their CNU colleagues, including intelligence officer LIA MATHERS (Raquel Alessi, "Ghost Rider").
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