Saffron Burrows is an English actress who was born on October 22, 1972 in London, England. She appears as one of the members of the cast in the ABC network's legal drama television series Boston Legal. Burrows was brought up in a politically active family, by parents who were Socialist activists, with her father an architect and her mother a feminist teacher. When she was 15 years old, she was discovered by a modeling talent scout who was impressed with her nearly six-foot height, and who introduced her to the world of modeling. Burrows has also revealed in a previous interview that she is bisexual.
Lorraine Weller is portrayed by Saffron Burrows in the ABC network's television show Boston Legal. She is introduced during the fourth season of the show as the opposing counsel in a case that Alan Shore is working on. As one of his old love interests, Shore still remains smitten with her and highly attracted, and subsequently cannot bring himself to do much against her in court confrontations and cases.
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