Jennifer Morrison's Real Name: Jennifer Marie Morrison

Quick answer: Jennifer Morrison's real name is Jennifer Marie Morrison. She is an American actress, born April 12, 1979, in Chicago, Illinois, later of House and Once Upon a Time.

Real name and early life

She is known professionally as Jennifer Morrison. Because Encyclopedia.com and TV Guide independently record the fuller form Jennifer Marie Morrison, that form is used in the title. Encyclopedia.com dates the birth to April 12, 1979, in Chicago, Illinois. TV Guide does not give a full date; it independently gives the birthplace as Chicago, Illinois. Encyclopedia.com says her parents, David and Judy Morrison, were teachers, and that her father was also a high school band director. It says she earned a B.A. in theater, with an English minor, from Loyola University in 2000, and studied acting at the Steppenwolf Theatre Company. TV Guide independently says she studied theater and English at Loyola University and started out acting with Steppenwolf. Encyclopedia.com says she worked as a child model, including print ads for department stores and commercials. TV Guide independently says she was featured on the cover of an issue of Sports Illustrated for Kids with Michael Jordan in 1992.

Career highlights

Encyclopedia.com lists a film debut as Jenny Morrison, playing Meaghan Eastman in Intersection (1994), and later credits including Miracle on 34th Street (1994), Stir of Echoes (1999), Grind (2003), Surviving Christmas (2004), and Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005). It lists her television series role as Dr. Allison Cameron on House M.D. (Fox, beginning in 2004). TV Guide does not mention House in the profile used here; it says she is best known for her role in the series Once Upon a Time, made her Broadway debut in 2010 as Kate Keller in The Miracle Worker, and won a 2012 PRISM Award for best performance in a TV movie or miniseries for Bringing Ashley Home. It also says she helped raise money in 2009 in support of Hollywood for Habitat for Humanity. Encyclopedia.com's earlier entry does not list Once Upon a Time. Encyclopedia.com also lists Jenny Morrison among name forms used in early credits. TV Guide independently uses the professional name Jennifer Morrison throughout its profile.

Name notes for searchers

People looking up Jennifer Morrison, Jennifer Marie Morrison, or Jenny Morrison are looking for the same American actress. Independent sources support the fuller form used in the title.