Kathryn Morris

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Kathryn Morris
Born January 28, 1969 (1969-01-28) (age 39)
Cincinnati, Ohio

Kathryn Morris (born January 28, 1969) is an American actress, perhaps best known for her lead role in the CBS series Cold Case.

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[edit] Biography

[edit] Career

Morris as Najara in the television series Xena: Warrior Princess.
Morris as Najara in the television series Xena: Warrior Princess.

Morris' first role was a minor one in the 1991 telemovie Long Road Home. Several other small parts followed, including a bit part as a psychiatric patient in the Oscar-winning As Good as It Gets. Her breakthrough role came as Lt. Annalisa "Stinger" Lindstrom in the television series Pensacola: Wings of Gold in 1997. She played it for two seasons. Morris continued to work in films (notably ones directed by Rod Lurie) and had a brief stint on the Xena series in 1999.

Steven Spielberg cast her in two successive films, but her scenes as a rock star in A.I.: Artificial Intelligence which required her to take singing and guitar lessons were cut by the director while his Minority Report was filming. In the latter, she portrayed the tormented wife of Tom Cruise's character.[1][2]

In 2003, Morris won the lead role of detective Lilly Rush in the CBS dramatic series Cold Case in which she plays a passionately concerned but relationship-shy detective assigned to solving murders that frequently are decades old. The actress also appeared in the 2004 films Mindhunters and Paycheck.

[edit] Personal life

Most sources report Morris was born in Cincinnati, Ohio[2] (though CBS News identifies her birthplace as Dallas[3]). She was raised in the Churches of Christ religion[4] in Windsor Locks, Connecticut, and toured the country in the family's gospel band, Morris Code.[5] She attended two colleges in the Philadelphia area, including Temple University.[2]

She lives in Los Angeles, California.[2][6] In 2003, she was briefly engaged to Randy Hamilton, a financial advisor.

[edit] Filmography

  • The Hire: Hostage (2002) .... Linda Delacroix (The Hostage) (one of the BMW films)
  • Role of a Lifetime (2001) .... Chelsea
  • The Last Castle (2001) .... DOD investigator (scenes deleted)
  • And Never Let Her Go (2001) (TV) .... Anne Marie Fahey
  • Hell Swarm (2000) (TV)
  • Deterrence (1999) .... Lizzie Woods
  • Screenplay (1999)
  • Inferno (1998) (TV) .... Ryan Tibbet
  • Pensacola: Wings of Gold (1997) TV Series .... 1st Lt. Annalisa Lindstrom (1997-1998)
  • The Prince (1996/I) .... Emily
  • Family Values (1995) (TV) .... Borgyork Grumm
  • W.E.I.R.D. World (1995) (TV) .... Lucy, Monochian's Assistant
  • A Friend to Die For (1994) (TV) .... Monica
  • Sweet Justice (1994) TV Series .... Remy
  • Rise and Walk: The Dennis Byrd Story (1994) (TV) .... Angela
  • Double Cross (1992) .... Andy
  • Long Road Home (1991) (TV) .... Billy Jo Robertson

[edit] Notable television appearances

  • Cold Case (2003-present) TV Series .... Lilly Rush
  • The Wright Stuff (2000) playing "Herself" 3 December 2002
  • The Mind of the Married Man (2001) playing "Sandy" in two episodes:
    • "Just Thinking of You" (episode # 1.7) 4 November 2001
    • "When We Were Nice" (episode # 1.8) 11 November 2001
  • Providence (1999) playing "Molly" in episode: "The Third Thing" (episode # 2.1) 24 September 1999
  • Xena: Warrior Princess (1995) playing "Najara" in two episodes:
    • "Crusader" (episode # 4.8) 16 November 1998
    • "The Convert" (episode # 4.18) 19 April 1999
  • The Magnificent Seven (1998) playing "Charlotte Richmond" in two episodes:
    • "Wagon Train: Part 1" (episode # 2.5) 12 February 1999
    • "Wagon Train: Part 2" (episode # 2.6) 19 February 1999
  • Poltergeist: The Legacy (1996) playing "Laura Davis" in episode: "Silent Partner" (episode # 2.15) 20 June 1997
  • Ink (1996) playing "Woman" in episode: "Above the Fold" (episode # 1.1) 21 October 1996
  • Silk Stalkings (1991) playing "Judith Millay" in episode: "Compulsion" (episode # 6.2) 22 September 1996

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Spielberg: Don't Hate Me, from the June 24, 2002 column by Marc S. Malkin in New York
  2. ^ a b c d In Step With...Kathryn Morris, a May 2004 article from Parade magazine
  3. ^ Morris: Cold Case Is Red Hot (2004-10-28). Retrieved on 2007-06-11.
  4. ^ The religion of Kathryn Morris, TV actress
  5. ^ TV Guide biography
  6. ^ Biography of Morris from the CBS website for Cold Case

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