Jennifer Morrison - Once Upon a Time Season 1 Promos & Set

Date of Birth
12 April 1979, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Birth Name
Jennifer Marie Morrison

Nickname
Jen

Height
5' 5¼" (1.66 m)

Mini Biography

Jennifer Marie Morrison is the oldest child of teachers David and Judy Morrison. She was raised in Arlington Heights, Illinois 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 widescale public attention in 2004 for her role as Dr. Allison Cameron in the television series "House M.D." (2004), for which she was nominated for a prestigious Screen Actors Guide 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).