Jillian Morgese (born September 25, ) is an actress notable for her performance in the role of Hero in Joss Whedon’s film adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing.[1]
Life and career
Raised in Fair Lawn, New Jersey, Morgese graduated from Fair Lawn High School in , where she was more interested in athletics than acting.[2]
Morgese, an alumna of the Fashion Institute of Technology who had determined to pursue an acting career, was singled out by Whedon as she was performing as an extra, a waitress reacting in fear and horror, then fleeing the scene, in The Avengers.[3] Whedon refers to Morgese as having 'a quality which is undeniable'.[4]