- Born
- Birth nameHeather Elizabeth Morris
- Nicknames
- HeMo
- H
- Horris
- Height5′ 8″ (1.73 m)
- Heather Elizabeth Morris is an American actress born in Thousand Oaks, CA. Daughter to Jeannie and Stan Morris, Heather grew up in Scottsdale, AZ, and started her love for dancing when she was merely still in diapers. Growing up, 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; 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 began auditioning, landing her first dance job as Beyoncé's back up dancer on 'The Beyonce Experience' World Tour nearly 6 months after making her big decision.
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 after two failed attempts...Heather learned she landed the role of "Brittany S. Pierce" strictly because of her incredible dancing capabilities. Heather has worked on productions like the Blue Sky franchise Ice Age and Harmony Korrine's feature Spring Breakers. She is an Executive Producer for The Bystanders Podcast, starring Jane Lynch, Kristin Chenoweth, Oscar Nunez and Michael Hitchcock.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Agent
- SpouseTaylor Hubbell(May 16, 2015 - present) (2 children)
- ChildrenElijah HubbellOwen Bartlett Hubbell
- ParentsJeannie Schuster-Morris
- Gender / Gender identityFemale
- Pronounsshe/her
- Race / EthnicityWhite
- Piercing blue catlike eyes
- Dancer's physique
- 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.
- (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.
- 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.
- 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!
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