Kathryn Morris

Morris in 2003, at the L.A. premiere of Paycheck.

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

Her first role was a minor part in the 1991 telemovie Long Road Home. Over the next few years, several minor roles followed, including a bit part as a psychiatric patient in the Oscar-winning As Good as It Gets.

Her breakthrough role came when she won the role of Lt. Annalisa "Stinger" Lindstrom in the series Pensacola: Wings of Gold in 1997. She played the role for two seasons. She continued to appear regularly in films, and gained some attention with a brief stint on the Xena series in 1999.

Steven Spielberg cast her in two successive films: 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 Minority Report was filming, a film in which she portrayed the tormented wife of Tom Cruise's character.Spielberg: Don't Hate Me, from the June 24, 2002 column by Marc S. Malkin in New YorkIn Step With...Kathryn Morris, a May 2004 article from Parade magazine

In 2003, Morris won the lead role of detective Lilly Rush in the CBS series Cold Case, in which she plays a passionately concerned but relationship-shy detective assigned to solving murders that are frequently decades old. This brought her some international attention, with the series being picked up in numerous countries.

While starring in Cold Case Morris has also taken on roles in the 2004 films Mindhunters and Paycheck.

Kathryn Morris (right) as "Lara Clarke Anderton" in Minority Report, with Tom Cruise.

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)
* 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
* Cool as Ice (1991) .... Jen
* Long Road Home (1991) (TV) .... Billy Jo Robertson

Morris with the rest of the cast of Cold Case.

Notable television appearances

* Cold Case (2003) 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

Personal life

Most sources report Morris was born in Cincinnati, Ohio (though CBS News identifies her birthplace as DallasMorris: Cold Case Is Red Hot, an October 2004 article from the CBS News website). She was raised in Windsor Locks, Connecticut, and attended two colleges in the Philadephia area, including Temple University.

As of 2004 she lives in Los Angeles, California.Biography of Morris from the CBS website for Cold Case

Trivia

Morris appeared in a 1998 television commercial for NationsBank.

References