Morena Baccarin is currently starring as criminal mastermind Elena Federova in the hit show The Endgame, which kicked off at the end of February.MORE: Michael Strahan shares new update during time away from GMAThe actress has received rave reviews for her performance so far, but in real life she has a far calmer existence!Ahead of the premiere of the show, Morena enjoyed a well-deserved beach break, and shared plenty of snapshots from her vacation.VIDEO: Watch Morena Baccarin in The EndgameThese included many of her posing on the beach, complete with a clear blue sea and white sand.MORE: Morena Baccarin and Ben McKenzie's exciting family newsREAD: Savannah Guthrie announces surprise career move that leaves her co-stars baffledThe Endgame sees Elena star alongside Ryan Michelle Bathe, who plays Val Turner, a once formidable FBI agent who's been trying to get back into the good books of the bureau following her husband's jail sentence.A post shared by Morena Baccarin (@morenabaccarin)Morena Baccarin looks fabulous as she posed on the beach ahead of the start of The EndgameElena has been sharing teasers of the latest episode on social media, alongside snapshots into her life away from the spotlight.MORE: Hoda Kotb left frustrated over missed opportunity with co-star live on airThe star is married to actor Ben McKenzie, and the pair are doting parents to children Frances and Arthur. The actress plays Elena Federova in the hit showThe actress is also mom to seven-year-old Julius from her previous marriage to director Austin Chick.
‘The Endgame’ Stars Morena Baccarin, Ryan Michelle Bathé on Elena and Val’s Dark Pasts and Isaac Bigby Bond
01.03.2022 - 07:09 / variety.com
Jennifer Maas TV Business WriterSPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not watched “Fairytale Wedding,” the Feb. 28 episode of NBC’s “The Endgame.”NBC’s new high-octane crime drama “The Endgame” aired its second episode Monday, revealing many more compelling details about its leading ladies — Morena Baccarin’s international arms dealer/crime boss Elena Federova and Ryan Michelle Bathé’s FBI agent Val Turner — than it did in its week-ago series premiere.In the episode, “Fairytale Wedding,” we saw the titular nuptials go up in flames when the church where Elena and her now-husband Sergey Vodianov (Costa Ronin) were to be wed was blown up with everyone they loved inside.
This was our first peek into Elena’s life with Sergey, who is currently presumed dead by Val and the rest of the world — but is actually in an upstate New York prison with Val’s husband, Owen (Kamal Bolden). “What the wedding represents to Elena and to Sergey is this idea that, no matter how strong their love is for each other, they will never truly be safe in this world,” “The Endgame” executive producer Julie Plec told Variety.
“They have too many enemies, good and bad, who are not ever going to let them have peace. So really, Elena’s endgame is about needing to find a way for them to be able to kind of get all of the pressure off of them and get everyone off their backs so that the happily ever after that they found with each other, amidst really terrible circumstances in their childhood, can be attainable for them.”The premiere revealed that, as a child, Elena’s father was killed, and she then had to kill the young girl who had done it in self-defense.
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Caroline Framke Chief TV CriticSay this for “The Endgame”: It knows what it has in Morena Bacarrin, an actor so immediately telegenic that making sure she has everyone’s attention is as simple as her walking into a room. As notorious mastermind Elena Federova, Baccarin commands her every scene in NBC’s newest drama with a sly grin and slightly raised eyebrow that usually spells disaster for those trying to test her.
Ryan Michelle Bathe' jumps into spotlight with 'The Endgame'
NEW YORK -- We’ve seen her on the legal drama “All Rise'' originally on CBS and “First Wives Club” for BET+, but Ryan Michelle Bathe' has jumped to the top of the marquee as a star of “ The Endgame ” on NBC, debuting Monday.The series co-stars Morena Baccarin (“Homeland,” "Deadpool,” “Gotham”) as Elena Federova, an international arms dealer who in the pilot has just been captured. Federova is always at least one step ahead of everyone else, so even in custody she's got the upper hand.