Kathryn Morris (born January 28, 1969) is an American actress, perhaps best known for her lead role in the CBS series Cold Case.
Biography
Career
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.
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.
Personal life
Most sources report Morris was born in Cincinnati, Ohio (though CBS News identifies her birthplace as Dallas). She was raised in the Church of Christ in Windsor Locks, Connecticut, and toured the country in the family's singing group, Morris Code. She attended two colleges in the Philadelphia area, including Temple University.
She lives in Los Angeles, California. In 2003, she was briefly engaged to Randy Hamilton, a financial advisor. She is currently dating David Barrett, a director and producer who has worked on Cold Case.
Filmography
Resurrecting the Champ (2007) .... Joyce
Mindhunters (2004) .... Sara Moore
Paycheck (2003) .... Rita Dunne
The Hire: Hostage (2002) .... Linda Delacroix (The Hostage) (one of the BMW films)
Minority Report (2002) .... Lara Anderton
Role of a Lifetime (2001) .... Chelsea
The Last Castle (2001) .... DOD investigator (scenes deleted)
A.I.: Artificial Intelligence (2001) .... Teenage Honey (scenes deleted)[1]
And Never Let Her Go (2001) (TV) .... Anne Marie Fahey
The Contender (2000) .... Special Agent Paige Willomina
Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For (2000) (TV) .... Patricia Williams
Hell Swarm (2000) (TV)
Deterrence (1999) .... Lizzie Woods
Screenplay (1999)
Inherit the Wind (1999) (TV) .... Rachel Brown
Inferno (1998) (TV) .... Ryan Tibbet
The Prophecy II (1998) (V) .... Anxious Mother
Pensacola: Wings of Gold (1997) TV Series .... 1st Lt. Annalisa Lindstrom (1997-1998)
As Good as It Gets (1997) .... Psychiatric Patient
The Prince (1996/I) .... Emily
Sleepstalker (1995) .... Megan
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
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All (1994) (TV) .... Zundro (Sandra)
Rise and Walk: The Dennis Byrd Story (1994) (TV) .... Angela
Double Cross (1992) .... Andy
Cool as Ice (1991) .... Jen
Long Road Home (1991) (TV) .... Billy Jo Robertson
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
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