Jennifer Morrison(II)
- Actress
- Producer
- Director
Jennifer Marie Morrison was born in Chicago, Illinois, the oldest child of teachers David and Judy
Morrison. She was raised in Arlington Heights, IL, with a younger
sister and brother. She attended the same school her parents taught at,
Prospect High School. As a child, she did some work as a model. After
graduating from high school, she attended Loyola University in Chicago,
where she studied Theater and English. She then moved on to study at
the Steppenwolf Theater Company, before relocating to Los Angeles,
California to pursue her acting career. Morrison's movie debut came in
1994, playing the daughter of Richard Gere
and Sharon Stone in
Intersection (1994). Success
followed with various film and television roles, including the lead in
Urban Legends: Final Cut (2000).
She came to wide scale public attention in 2004 for her role as Dr.
Allison Cameron in the television series
House (2004), for which she
was nominated for a prestigious Screen Actors Guild Award. Since
leaving "House M.D.", her career has continued to progress with roles
in Star Trek (2009),
How I Met Your Mother (2005)
and Warrior (2011).
