Sarah Jane Morris (actress)

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Sarah Jane Morris
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Morris in 2014
Born (1977-04-12) April 12, 1977 (age 47)
Other namesSarah Morris
Years active2000–present
Spouse
(m. 2005)
Children2

Sarah Jane Morris (born April 12, 1977) is an American actress. She is best known for her portrayal of Julia Walker on the ABC television drama Brothers & Sisters from 2006 to 2009.

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Life and career

Morris was born to Walker (a commercial airline pilot) and Janie Morris, a social worker, the youngest of four siblings, and graduated from the private all-girls' Hutchison School in Memphis. [1] She attended Southern Methodist University (SMU) in Dallas, where she was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma. [2] It was there that she met her future husband, Ned Brower, whom she married on February 19, 2005. They have a son, Emmett Andrew Brower (born January 24, 2010) and a daughter Beau Katherine (born February 1, 2014). [3]

Morris moved to Los Angeles after college to pursue an acting career and immediately found work on such network television series as Boston Public, Undeclared and Ed. She had a recurring role as Zoe Webb on Felicity from 2001-2002. [1] She later appeared in short-lived drama series Windfall and co-starred in films such as Look and Seven Pounds .

In 2006, Morris was cast as Julia Walker, wife of Tommy Walker (played by Balthazar Getty) in the ABC drama series Brothers & Sisters. She was a regular on the show for the first three seasons and left along with Getty in 2009. [4] [5] In 2011 she was cast as Special Agent Erica Jane Barrett on CBS' NCIS . [6] She also guest-starred in ABC dramas Castle in 2012, and Body of Proof in 2013. [7] [8] In 2013, Morris was cast in A&E drama pilot Occult. [9]

Filmography

Film

YearFilmRoleNotes
2000 Coyote Ugly Girl at the Surprise Party
2005 Underclassman Jamie
2007 Look Courtney
2008 Seven Pounds Susan
2009SeedsVivianShort film
20116 Month RuleBeth
2012EdenSarah WhitakerShort film
2018 Gosnell: The Trial of America's Biggest Serial Killer Alexis “Lexy” McGuire
2022Cloudy with a chance of Christmas [10] Tatum Tilson

Television

YearFilmRoleNotes
2001 Undressed PaulaTV series
2001 Boston Public Sally Barnes"Chapter 15", "Chapter 19"
2001 Murder in Small Town X Abigail "Abby" FlintTV series
2001 Dark Angel X6 / Ralph"Bag 'Em"
2001 Undeclared Jana"Rush and Pledge", "Hellweek"
2001–2002 Felicity Zoe WebbRecurring role
2002 First Monday Brittany Kant"Age of Consent"
2003 Ed Stacie"The Decision"
2004 Curb your Enthuasiam Kim"Ben's Birthday Party"
2005 Cold Case Amy Lind (1999)"Start-Up"
2006 Windfall Zoe ReidaRecurring role
2006–2009 Brothers & Sisters Julia Walker Main role
2008 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Marla Reynolds"Please Note We Are No Longer Accepting Letters of Recommendation from Henry Kissinger"
2009 Ghost Whisperer Caroline Mayhew"Head Over Heels"
2010The OddsJenny LaSalleyTV film
2011–2012 NCIS NCIS Special Agent Erica Jane "EJ" Barrett Recurring role
2012 Castle Leslie Morgan"Once Upon a Crime"
2012Willed to KillKaryn MitchellTV film
2013 Body of Proof Pamela Jacks"Dark City"
2013OccultRebekah DeanUnsold TV pilot
2013 Criminal Minds Yvonne Carpenter"In the Blood"
2015 Hawaii Five-0 Christine Dupont"Poina 'ole"
2015–2017 The Night Shift AnnieRecurring role, 9 episodes
2015 Mad Men Laura Baur"Lost Horizon"
2015 Murder in the First Mary McCormack"The McCormack Mulligan", "State of the Union"
2016 Grey's Anatomy Captain Vaughn"All Eyez on Me"
2017Love Struck CafeMegan QuinnTelevision film (Hallmark)

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