Heather Elizabeth Morris was born on February 1,1987 and is an American actress, dancer, singer, and model.
27 Facts About Heather Morris
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Heather Morris played the role of Brittany S Pierce in the Fox musical comedy-drama series Glee.
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Heather Morris competed at a young age in a variety of styles including jazz, tap, and contemporary.
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Heather Morris's father died of cancer when she was 14 years old.
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Heather Morris was one of Beyonce's backup dancers on The Beyonce Experience world tour and, following that, worked again with Beyonce on a mini "Single Ladies " promotional tour that included 2008 performances on the American Music Awards, Saturday Night Live, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Today, and MTV's Total Request Live finale.
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Heather Morris danced backup for Beyonce and Tina Turner at the 50th Annual Grammy Awards in 2008.
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Heather Morris later appeared in a small role in the movie Fired Up, where she met choreographer Zach Woodlee.
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In 2010, Heather Morris made the Maxim Hot 100 list, coming in at number 85.
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In 2011, Heather Morris starred in a back-to-school commercial for Staples Canada that featured her dancing.
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Heather Morris was taking acting classes and actively pursuing an acting career when she was asked by Woodlee to teach the choreography for Beyonce's "Single Ladies" dance to the Glee actors.
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Jarrett Wieselman of the New York Post opined that Heather Morris had "emerged as one of the funniest second bananas on TV right now" and a LA Times writer mentioned having a "comedy crush on Heather Morris, who plays the galactically dim Glee Club cheerleader Brittany".
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Heather Morris' role became more prominent during the final nine episodes of season one and, due to the overwhelmingly positive response to her character, was promoted to official series regular status during season two.
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Heather Morris later got many other singing and dancing solos.
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The second half of season two saw Heather Morris' character engage in a lesbian storyline with Rivera's character.
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The arc and Rivera's and Heather Morris' performances were met with critical acclaim.
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Heather Morris had a dance spotlight with castmate Harry Shum Jr.
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Heather 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.
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However, Heather Morris reprised her role for the show's hundredth episode and the final episode of the show's fifth season.
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Heather Morris appeared in five episodes in the show's sixth and final season, including the series finale.
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On March 1,2017, Heather Morris was revealed as one of the contestants who would compete on season 24 of Dancing with the Stars.
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The producers defended their decision to cast Heather Morris by saying that she doesn't have ballroom or partnering experience.
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Heather Morris was paired with professional dancer Maksim Chmerkovskiy, though she danced with troupe member Alan Bersten starting on the second until the fifth week of the competition due to Chmerkovskiy suffering a calf muscle injury.
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On October 22,2022, Heather Morris was revealed to be the winner of the second season of The Masked Dancer.
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Heather Morris participated in the show under the character of "Scissors".
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Heather Morris is married to Taylor Hubbell, whom she began dating when he was a college baseball player.
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Heather Morris gave birth to their first child, a son, on September 28,2013, and he was named after Taylor Hubbell's older cousin.
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Heather Morris gave birth to their second son on February 11,2016.