Gina Torres

Torres says of the pulpy sci-fi series, in which she played hel, whose mission was to fight the machines that had taken over earth in the 26th century. Reuniting with "firefly's" nathan fillion on his abc procedural also gave torres an opportunity to have some fun lampooning "the real housewives" franchise via her character, penelope foster. Working with one's spouse — like torres did when she took on the role of bella, the terminally ill wife of jack crawford (played by torres' real-life husband laurence fishburne) — "is not an.

Turns out, the character was originally written as a born-and-bred russian, but a suggestion from torres — as well as the fact that she can do a russian accent — turned anna into a cuban. Sitcoms online message boards - forums > 1990s sitcoms > martin > was it messed up that cole wasn't at martin and gina's wedding?