Gina Torres
Acting
Biography
Gina Torres (born April 25, 1969) is an American television and movie actress. She is known for her roles in science fiction and fantasy. She has appeared in many television series, including Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (as Nebula), Xena: Warrior Princess (as Cleopatra), the short-lived Cleopatra 2525, as well as Alias (as Anna Espinosa), Firefly (as series regular Zoe Washburne), Angel (as Jasmine), The Matrix sequels in a supporting role, and The Shield. She also starred in the award-winning independent film South of Pico as the fragile waitress, Carla.
Born: April 25, 1969
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
Known For
Riverdale
Set in the present, the series offers a bold, subversive take on Archie, Betty, Veronica and their friends, exploring the surreality of small-town life, the darkness and weirdness bubbling beneath Riverdale’s wholesome facade.
Firefly
In the year 2517, after the arrival of humans in a new star system, follow the adventures of the renegade crew of Serenity, a "Firefly-class" spaceship.
Criminal Minds
An elite team of FBI profilers analyze the country's most twisted criminal minds, anticipating their next moves before they strike again. The Behavioral Analysis Unit's most experienced agent is David Rossi, a founding member of the BAU who returns to help the team solve new cases.
Justice League Unlimited
The galaxy's most powerful superheroes return to battle the allied villains and criminal plots that endanger the universe.
Hannibal
Both a gift and a curse, Graham has the extraordinary ability to think like his prey—he sees what they see, feels what they feel. But while Graham is pursuing an especially troubling, cannibalistic murderer, Special Agent Jack Crawford teams him with a highly respected psychiatrist – a man with a taste for the criminal minded – Dr. Hannibal Lecter.
Suits
While running from a drug deal gone bad, Mike Ross, a brilliant young college-dropout, slips into a job interview with one of New York City's best legal closers, Harvey Specter. Tired of cookie-cutter law school grads, Harvey takes a gamble by hiring Mike on the spot after he recognizes his raw talent and photographic memory.
Bones
Dr. Temperance Brennan and her colleagues at the Jeffersonian's Medico-Legal Lab assist Special Agent Seeley Booth with murder investigations when the remains are so badly decomposed, burned or destroyed that the standard identification methods are useless.
The Boondocks
When Robert “Granddad” Freeman becomes legal guardian to his two grandsons, he moves from the tough south side of Chicago to the upscale neighborhood of Woodcrest (a.k.a. "The Boondocks") so he can enjoy his golden years in safety and comfort. But with Huey, a 10-year-old leftist revolutionary, and his eight-year-old misfit brother, Riley, suburbia is about to be shaken up.
The Legend of Vox Machina
They're rowdy, they're ragtag, they're misfits turned mercenaries for hire. Vox Machina is more interested in easy money and cheap ale than actually protecting the realm. But when the kingdom is threatened by evil, this boisterous crew realizes that they are the only ones capable of restoring justice.
Gossip Girl
An exclusive group of privileged teens from a posh prep school on Manhattan's Upper East Side whose lives revolve around the blog of the all-knowing albeit ultra-secretive Gossip Girl.
Filmography
as Gail
as Darcy
as Violeta Gonzalez
as Self
as Keeper Yennen (voice)
as Janice Waters
as Tommy Vega
as Self
as Cautionary Dress Shopper
as CIA Supervisor
as Jessica Pearson
as Celeste Skygoode
as Maybelle Summers
as Ketsu Onyo (voice)
as Mrs. Burble
as Lauren / Bernard's Wife
as Agent Justine Diaz
as Gillian Kayhill
as Grace
as Ketsu Onyo (voice)
as Bella Crawford
as Natalie Waters
as Jessica Pearson
as Airachnid (voice)
as Dorothy Rand
as Superwoman (voice)
as Felicia Wedeck
as Diana Hall
as Diana
as Penelope Foster
as Attorney Miller
as Carla Silva
as Lila Robinson
as Gabriela Abrams
as Brenda Cooper
as Cheryl Carrera
as Aicha
as Lilac
as Ebony Brown
as Zoë Alleyne Washburne
as Detective Thea Salinas
as Dr. Toni Ezralow
as Stacey
as Marcella
as A.D.A. Mary Franklin
as Vixen (voice)
as Cas
as Cas
as Tyra Hughes
as Zoë Washburne
as Sadie Kavanaugh
as Julia Milliken
as Anna Espinosa
as Dacia Banga
as Sadie Harper
as Warden Hutton
as Helen 'Hel' Carter
as Jasmine
as Michelle Brubaker
as Maitre d'
as LaMayne
as Francine
as Cleopatra
as Beth Hymson
as Nebula
as Dr. Amy Ellis
as Laura Elkin
as Charlene