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Jennifer Marie Morrison (born April 12, 1979) is an American actress, model and film producer. She is known for her role as Dr. Allison Cameron on the Fox drama, House. As the sympathetic and conflicted immunologist Dr. Allison Cameron on the hit TV medical drama, “House, M.D.” (Fox, 2004- ), Jennifer Morrison brought a touch of humanity – not to mention pulchritude – to the grave and occasionally morbid series. Up until that time, it was perhaps the most successful and widely-seen role in her film and television career, but the Midwestern-born actress has sought and landed diverse and interesting roles since she made her film debut in 1995. 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. 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. Audiences first glimpsed her talents when the 15-year-old Morrison appeared in the 1994 film “Intersection” as the daughter of leads Richard Gere and Sharon Stone. Her expressive face was put to excellent use in the underrated thriller “Stir of Echoes” (1999), in which she played a missing young girl who haunts Kevin Bacon in a string of psychic visions. Her first lead came only a year later in “Urban Legends: Final Cut” (2000), the glum semi-sequel to “Urban Legends” (1998). As a student filmmaker investigating a string of serial murders, like many young, attractive actresses, Morrison acquitted herself well to the stalk-and-slash genre. 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. For the next few years, Morrison changed gears, working steadily in television and independent film; among her more notable turns was a string of appearances as Joshua Jackson’s girlfriend on “Dawson’s Creek” (WB, 1998-2003) in 2001. She also endeared herself to teenage boys everywhere as an attractive girl with flawless skating chops in the inane teen comedy “Grind,” (2003). The following year, Morrison turned up as herself on her friend Ashlee Simpson’s reality series, “The Ashlee Simpson Show,” (MTV, 2004) before finally graduating to mature parts in major features – first, as the stuffy girlfriend of wayward businessman Ben Affleck in the misbegotten comedy, “Surviving Christmas” (2004); followed more successfully as one of Angelina Jolie’s efficient henchwomen in the notorious thriller, “Mr. and Mrs. Smith” (2005). That same year, she unknowingly signed on to a quirky medical drama, which would thrust her fully into the public eye, changing her life. 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 was romantically linked to "House" co-star Spencer since their show's inception, but was reluctant to discuss the relationship in the press, especially when tabloid paparazzi began staking out the couple while at lunch or running errands. Obviously not spending enough time together on set or at home, the pair also appeared together in an independent feature, “Flourish” (2006), which Morrison co-produced and starred in as a troubled young woman in a psychiatric ward who recounts the disappearance of a girl she was baby-sitting. The busy actress was also featured in the cast of “Big Stan” (2007), a comedy which marked comedian Rob Schneider’s directorial debut. 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. In January 2007, People magazine reported that Morrison had become engaged to Jesse Spencer in Paris over the holidays. 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. |
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