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Heather Elizabeth Morris

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Born
February 1, 1987 · Thousand Oaks, California, USA
Birth name
Heather Elizabeth Morris
Nicknames
- HeMo
- H
- Horris
Height
5′ 8″ (1.73 m)

Biography

Heather Elizabeth Morris is an American actress, dancer and producer born in Thousand Oaks, CA. Daughter to Jeannie and Stan Morris, Heather grew up in Arizona, and began dancing when she was only one years old. Growing up in the arts, she spent her days dreaming of becoming a star, recording herself on her parents' old tape recorder and performing Britney Spears at her middle school talent show. As they say it, she was never not performing. In 2003, Heather booked it to Los Angeles and competed with her dance group on the Arsenio Hall Variety Show, Star Search, and in 2006, Heather's talent landed her in the top 40 on FOX's So You Think You Can Dance. After spending only two semesters at Arizona State University, in 2006 Heather officially moved out to Los Angeles and landed her first dance job as Beyoncé's back up dancer on 'The Beyonce Experience' World Tour. Then in 2009, Heather danced alongside Beyonce for her iconic 'Single Ladies' Tour. She has performed in countless film and TV productions like Ravens Home, GLOW, Swingtown, Bedtime Stories, and Fired Up. In 2009, Heather began studying at the Meisner school for Acting "Playhouse West" in Los Angeles. She was given the opportunity by choreographer Zach Woodlee to audition for Ryan Murphy in the upcoming Fox comedy Glee, and soon after learned she landed the role of "Brittany S. Pierce" strictly because of her incredible dancing capabilities. Heather and her cast won the SAG Award for Ensemble Comedy in 2010. Morris co-wrote and appeared in a January 2011 video for the comedy website Funny or Die, "Nuthin' But A Glee Thang" a parody of "Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang" by Dr. Dre featuring Snoop Dogg. She is famous for productions like the Blue Sky franchise Ice Age and Harmony Korrine's feature Spring Breakers. She is an Executive Producer for The Bystanders Podcast, produced by Black Label Media starring Jane Lynch, Kristin Chenoweth, Oscar Nunez and Michael Hitchcock. She plays Judy Maxon on CBS hit comedy So Help Me Todd alongside Skyler Astin and Marcia Gay Harden.
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Gender / Gender identity
Female
Pronouns
she/her
Race / Ethnicity
White

Trademarks

Piercing blue catlike eyes
Dancer's physique

Trivia

Landed the role of "Brittany S. Pierce" on Glee (2009) after being called in to teach the cast the "Single Ladies" dance routine. At the time, they were looking for a third "Cheerio" and they loved her.
Heather was a back-up dancer for Beyoncé for a year-and-a-half, between 2007-2008, then came back to perform live with her for "Single Ladies".
Her real-life best friend is Glee (2009) co-star, Naya Rivera, who happens to play her best friend in the show, as well.
Morris' first significant appearance was in 2006 on So You Think You Can Dance (2005), Season 2, where she made the "green mile" but failed to make the final 20 by a vote of 3-2.
(May 16, 2015) Married her boyfriend of 6 years and father of her 19-month-old son Elijah, Taylor Hubbell, in an outdoor ceremony in California following a 9-month-long engagement.

Quotes

Dancing was my sport when I was younger. So I chose that over everything. And then, I just had to keep going because it became a competitive thing. But I'm not trying to impress anyone anymore. Dancing is more like my art, now.
Beyonce was just always full-out. She's like a beast. So you learn that no matter how you feel, just do it. Just like Nike: 'Just Do It.'
The simplest way to do something cool is the cross-turn. Like in the '80s - Michael Jackson did it. You jump and cross your legs together at the same time, and then spin out of it. That's it.
I've wanted to perform my entire life. I found a paper I wrote in kindergarten class about what I wanted to be when I grew up - and I wrote 'a famous singer!'
There were ten dancers - four guys and six girls - including me, on the Beyonce tour. Sometimes we would go out with her, to events. She was really normal - just like everybody else!