Mira Furlan died at 65, actress Rousseau from Lost Babylon 5

Mira Furlan, the actress best known for her work on Lost and Babylon 5, died at the age of 65. The news was announced on social media via Furlan’s Twitter page and a message from Babylon 5 director J. Michael Straczynski. The cause of death is unknown to the public, but in his post, Straczynski wrote that the cast and crew of Babylon 5 had “known for some time now that Mira’s health was deteriorating.” “Mira was a good and kind woman, an incredibly talented performer and a friend to all of the cast and crew of ‘Babylon 5’, and we are all devastated by the news,” Straczynski’s post continued. “The cast members she’s been particularly close to since the show’s end will need room to deal with this moment, so be nice if they don’t respond for a while. We have walked this route too many times and it only gets more difficult.

Born in the former Yugoslavia, Furlan was a member of the Croatian National Theater before emigrating to the United States in 1991. In 1993, she landed the role of Delenn in the television series Space Opera. Babylon 5 in which she would play for all of her 5 seasons. In 2004, she landed the role of Danielle Rousseau – a scientist who was shipwrecked on the show’s island 16 years before the Oceanic Flight 815 crash – in the hit ABC series. Lost. She would continue to spawn throughout the series in her upcoming seasons. Furlan has also appeared in movies. Beauty of vice, Three for happiness, In the jaws of life, and Oscar nominated for Emir Kusturica When my father was away on business. She is survived by her husband the director Goran Gajić and their son, Marko Lav Gajić.