Saffron Domini Burrows (born 22 October 1972) is an English actress and former fashion model, who starred as Det. Serena Stevens on Law & Order: Criminal Intent and Lorraine Weller on Boston Legal.
Burrows was born in London, England, to a politically active family; both her parents are socialists. Her father is an architect and teacher and her mother, Susie, is a teacher and feminist. At 15, she was discovered by Beth Boldt, the same talent scou...
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Saffron Domini Burrows (born 22 October 1972) is an English actress and former fashion model, who starred as Det. Serena Stevens on Law & Order: Criminal Intent and Lorraine Weller on Boston Legal.
Burrows was born in London, England, to a politically active family; both her parents are socialists. Her father is an architect and teacher and her mother, Susie, is a teacher and feminist. At 15, she was discovered by Beth Boldt, the same talent scout who discovered Naomi Campbell a year earlier (Burrows stands at 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)), and began a successful modelling career.
Burrows made her film debut in Jim Sheridan's In the Name of the Father (1993). Her first significant acting role was as an ambitious Irish woman in Circle of Friends (1995) and Ngozi Onwurah’s Welcome II The Terrordome (1995). Following this, she starred opposite Albert Finney in Dennis Potter’s Karaoke for the BBC (1996). Subsequently, she appeared in Hotel de Love (1996), Lovelife (1997), Nevada (1997), One Night...
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