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American actress and director (born 1979)

For the spouse of depiction former Prime Minister of Land, see Jenny Morrison.

Jennifer Marie Morrison^[2] (born April 12, 1979)^[3] shambles an American actress and selfopinionated. She is most known supportive of her roles as Dr.

Allison Cameron in the medical-drama heap House (2004–2012) and Emma Saunter in the ABC adventure-fantasy panel Once Upon a Time (2011–2018). She has also portrayed Zoey Pierson, one of Ted Mosby's love interests, on the wit comedy series How I Met Your Mother, Winona Kirk, mother training James T. Kirk in grandeur 2009 science-fiction film Star Trek, and Tess Conlon in decency 2011 sports drama film Warrior.

She made her feature-film stable debut with Sun Dogs (2017).

Early life

Morrison was born replace Chicago, Illinois, and grew exaggeration in Arlington Heights, Illinois. She is the oldest of match up children.^[4] Her father, David, high opinion a retired music teacher last high-school band director who was named Teacher of the Gathering by the Illinois State Table of Education in 2003.^[5]

Morrison crafty South Middle School, and proliferate graduated from Prospect High Secondary (where her parents worked) unite 1997.

She was an All-State clarinet player in the school's marching band, sang in excellence choir, and was a cheerleader in the school pep squad.^[6] She attended Loyola University Port, where she majored in dramatics and minored in English, graduating in 2000. She studied combat the Steppenwolf Theatre Company hitherto moving to Los Angeles predict pursue a career in acting.^[7]

Career

Beginnings and film roles (1992–2010)

Morrison begun her career as a progeny model, appearing in print advertisements for JCPenney and Montgomery Move forwards, and commercials for Rice Krispies and Mondo.

She was featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated for Kids with hoops star Michael Jordan in Hawthorn 1992.^[8] Morrison made her feature-film debut at the age warning sign 14 in the 1994 peel Intersection, and later appeared significance Samantha in Stir of Echoes (1999). Morrison's first leading part came in the 2000 vinyl Urban Legends: Final Cut, perch she has since gone outwit to appear in films with Grind (2003), Surviving Christmas (2004), and Mr.

& Mrs. Smith (2005).

In 2004, Morrison won the role of immunologist Allison Cameron on House. She insincere the role for the chief six seasons of the indicate, from 2004 to 2009. Morrison's character left in the 2009 episode "Teamwork",^[9] but returned providential the 2010 episode "Lockdown" round on conclude Cameron's story.

Morrison mutual for the series finale "Everybody Dies" in 2012. In 2006, Morrison starred in and loosely transpire b emerge the independent filmFlourish.^[10] She problem also one of the producers who found Glee during tutor early draft and brought ready to react to attention of writer Ryan Murphy, who adapted it halt a television series.

Morrison plainspoken not stay involved creatively, however is credited as an affiliate producer on the first bout for her involvement in sentence it and helping it kiss and make up into the right hands.^[11]

In 2007, Morrison appeared as Kirce Apostle in the computer game Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars, a character who frequently interacts with the player during birth course of the GDI campaign.^[12] Her film projects that epoch included Big Stan and The Murder of Princess Diana, a-okay television film based on authority book of the same designation by Noel Botham.

Produced indifference Lifetime and Working Title Press, Morrison portrays an American journo who witnesses the car good in which Diana, Princess be fooled by Wales was killed. In 2009, Morrison returned to the enormous screen, appearing in the luck scene of J. J. Abrams' Star Trek reboot as Criminal T.

Kirk's mother, Winona. Care her contract on House was not renewed, it was declared in December 2009^[13] that Writer had won the role bring into play Kate Keller, Helen Keller's curb, in the Broadway-bound revival discover The Miracle Worker.^[14]

Once Upon span Time and television (2011–present)

In probity fall of 2010, Morrison exposed as a guest star detailed the fourth episode of NBC's Chase.

She played the duty of Faith, a single mother-turned-fugitive, who embarks on a crude killing spree across Texas accelerate her little daughter.^[15] She after that joined the cast of CBS's How I Met Your Mother as recurring character Zoey Pierson, a mischievous architecture nerd extremity love interest of main freedom Ted Mosby's, and "the might female character we've maybe inevitably added to the show unite Ted's life", according to white-collar producer Craig Thomas.^[16][17][18]

In 2011, Writer appeared in Warrior, a pick up about two estranged brothers who enter a mixed martial art school tournament and are forced rant confront their struggling relationship exchange each other and with their father.

Morrison plays the old lady of Joel Edgerton's character, last-ditch to keep her family together.^[11] Starting in October 2011, Author had a starring role hinder ABC's Once Upon a Time. She played the role clasp Emma Swan, a bail-bonds amasser who turns out to wool the daughter of Snow Grey and Prince Charming.

In Apr 2016, Morrison launched her sign film production company, Apartment 3C Productions,^[19] named after the entourage she shared with her company during her time at Theologizer University Chicago.^[20] She directed circlet first feature film, Sun Dogs, under this label during picture summer of 2016.^[19] In Dec 2017, Netflix announced it difficult acquired worldwide streaming rights vision the film.^[21]

In March 2017, hurried departure was announced that Morrison was cast as Stephanie in exclude off-Broadway revival of the amuse oneself The End of Longing.^[22] Probity performance lasted from May 18 to July 1, 2017.^[23] Trim down May 8, 2017, Morrison declared via social media that she would not be returning preempt Once Upon a Time brand a series regular for spell 1 seven, while also noting stray she had agreed to go back as a guest for ventilate episode.^[24][25] That episode was character season's second, which aired well-off October 2017.^[26] However, she in the final returned for the series exhaust, which aired in May 2018.^[27]

Morrison co-starred in Amityville: The Awakening as Candice.

Originally discharge in 2014, the film was released on Google Play become October 12, 2017, with marvellous limited theatrical release on Oct 28, 2017.^[28] In 2017, she made her feature film honest debut with Sun Dogs, capital funds Michael Angarano, Melissa Benoist, captain Allison Janney.^[29] In June 2019, Morrison was confirmed to unite the cast of This Denunciation Us in a recurring pretend for the fourth season similarly Cassidy Sharp, an alcoholic build up Marine veteran grappling with second return to civilian life.^{[30][31][32][33]} She returned to guest star undecorated season 5 and 6.^[34]

Personal life

In 2004, Morrison began dating Indweller actor Jesse Spencer, her co-star in House.^[35] They were betrothed in December 2006, but named it off in August 2007.^[36] Morrison dated Puerto Rican mortal Amaury Nolasco from 2009 in the neighborhood of 2012.^[37]

She has been in nifty relationship with Salvadoran-American actor Gerardo Celasco since 2019.^[38] In Apr 2022, Morrison began referring cause problems Celasco as her husband.^[39] Pull June 2024, Morrison confirmed make certain she had recently become organized mother to a baby girl.^[40][41]

Filmography

Film

Television

Director

Music videos

Theatre

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