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Jennifer Morrison
Born	Jennifer Marie Morrison April 12, 1979 (1979-04-12) (age 29) Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
Other name(s)	Jenny Morrison
Occupation	actress, model, film producer
Years active	1994—present

Jennifer Marie Morrison (born April 12, 1979) is an American actress, model and film producer, best known for her role as Dr. Allison Cameron on the medical drama House.

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Early life and education 1.2 Career 1.3 Personal life 2 Filmography 2.1 Film 2.2 Television 2.3 Games 2.4 Self 3 References 4 External links

Biography

Early life and education

Morrison was born in Chicago, Illinois and raised in Arlington Heights, Illinois. Her father, David L. Morrison, is a music teacher who was named Teacher of the Year by the Illinois State Board of Education in 2003.¹ Morrison's mother, Judy Morrison, was also a teacher. Both have since retired. She graduated from Prospect High School in 1997 where her parents also worked. During her time there, she played clarinet in the school’s marching band, sang in the choir and did cheerleading with the school’s pep squad. Morrison also has two younger siblings, Julia Morrison and Daniel Morrison.

After high school, she attended Loyola University Chicago where she majored in Theatre and minored in English before graduating in 2000. She studied with the Steppenwolf Theatre Company before moving to Los Angeles to pursue a career in film and television.

Career

Morrison started her career as a child model, appearing in print advertisements for JCPenney and Montgomery Ward and commercials for Rice Krispies and Mondos. At the age of ten, she was featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated for Kids with basketball star Michael Jordan.

She made her film debut at the age of fifteen as the daughter of Richard Gere and Sharon Stone in the 1994 film, Intersection, and later appeared as Samantha in Stir of Echoes with Kevin Bacon in 1999. Her first leading role came in the 2000 film Urban Legends: Final Cut, and she has since gone on to appear in films including Grind with Adam Brody, Surviving Christmas with Ben Affleck and James Gandolfini and Mr. and Mrs. Smith with Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie in 2003, 2004 and 2005, respectively.

On television, she has worked on several hit shows including Touched by an Angel and Dawson's Creek before landing the role of immunologist Dr. Allison Cameron on House in 2004 co-starring alongside Hugh Laurie. In 2006, she starred in and produced the independent film Flourish.

In 2007, Morrison appeared as Kirce James in the video game Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars, a character which frequently interacts with the player during the course of the GDI campaign. She was also selected by TV Guide for its Top 10 of TV's Sexiest Stars for its 2007 Sexy Issue. Her House co-star, Omar Epps, wrote a testimonial for her which said, "She exudes a lightness and has a beautiful soul... Whenever she laughs, everyone laughs."

Her film projects in 2007 include Big Stan alongside Rob Schneider and The Murder of Princess Diana, a television movie based on the book of the same name by Noel Botham. Produced by Lifetime and Working Title Television, Morrison portrays an American journalist, Rachel, who witnesses the car crash which took the life of Diana, Princess of Wales.

Morrison has also appeared in music videos for Nick Lachey ("Shut Up"), The Donnas ("Too Bad About Your Girl") and Jack's Mannequin ("Dark Blue"). She has also appeared on two TV Guide covers with her House co-stars, and has been featured in photoshoots with In Style, Stuff, Entertainment Weekly and Premiere among others. She is currently represented by Abrams Artists Agency.²

Personal life

In January 2007, People magazine reported that Morrison had become engaged to Jesse Spencer in Paris over the holidays.³ In a post-Golden Globes interview with E!, Morrison revealed that Spencer proposed on December 23, 2006, at the Eiffel Tower. According to an interview with Spencer and Morrison in In Style Weddings in July 2007, the couple met for the first time at Vancouver International Airport in March 2004 when they were on their way to shoot the first episode of House before they started dating in July 2004.

In August 2007, however, the couple announced that they were calling off their engagement.⁴

Morrison has been spotted with Prison Break actor Amaury Nolasco, who split with Marc Anthony's ex-wife Dayanara Torres in March after a year of dating⁵.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	Intersection	Meaghan Eastman	(as Jenny Morrison)
	Miracle on 34th Street	Denice	(as Jenny Morrison)
1999	Stir of Echoes	Samantha Kozac	(as Jenny Morrison)
2000	Urban Legends: Final Cut	Amy Mayfield
2001	The Zeroes	Joyce
2002	Big Shot: Confessions of a Campus Bookie	Callie
	Nantucket	Alicia
	Girl Fever (100 Women - Australian release)	Annie
2003	Design	Sonya Mallow
	Grind	Jamie
2004	Surviving Christmas	Missy Vanglider
	The Sure Hand of God	Lily Bowser
	Mall Cop	Chris
	Lift (short film)	Sarah
2005	Mr & Mrs Smith	Jade
2006	Flourish	Gabrielle Winters	Producer / Vocals
2007	Big Stan	Mindy
	The Murder of Princess Diana	Rachel
2009	Star Trek	Winona Kirk	Movieweb link
	Table for Three	Leslie

Television

Year	Show	Role	Episode
2001	The Chronicle	Gwen	"Let Sleeping Dogs Fry"
	Touched by an Angel	Melissa Dunnigan	"Most Likely to Succeed"
	Dawson's Creek	Melanie Shea Thompson	"The Lost Weekend"
2002	Any Day Now	Mandy Singer	"In Too Deep"
	Dawson's Creek	Melanie Shea Thompson	"Sleeping Arrangements"
	The Random Years	Megan	"Pilot"
2004 - present	House	Dr. Allison Cameron

Games

Year	Game	Role	Info
2006 - 2007	Command and Conquer 3	Lt. Kirce James	GDI Recruitment Video

Self

Year	Show	Episode	Other Notes
2003	Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica	"The Video Shoot"
2004	The Ashlee Simpson Show	"Valentine's Bummer"
	The Ashlee Simpson Show	"Ashlee Moves Onward and Upward"
	The Ashlee Simpson Show	"Ashlee Verses Her Label"
2005	Jimmy Kimmel Live!	2005-05-02	Guest
2006	House Unplugged (produced by Cuatro TV)
2006	The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson		Guest

References

External links

• Jennifer Morrison at the Internet Movie Database
• Jennifer Morrison at TV.com
• Jennifer Morrison article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki

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