Heather Elizabeth Morris ( English Heather Elizabeth Morris ) - American actress, singer and dancer. Best known for her role as Brittany S. Pierce, a girl from the support team in the TV series “Glee”.
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| Birth name | Heather Elizabeth Morris |
| Date of Birth | February 1, 1987 (32 years old) |
| Place of Birth | Thousand Oaks , California , USA |
| Citizenship |  USA |
| Profession | actress , singer , dancer |
| Career | 2006 - present |
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Early years
Heather Morris was born on February 1, 1987 in Thousand Oaks, California. However, the future star grew up in Scottsdale, Arizona. She began to dance at the age of 1 year [1] . Heather took part in various dance competitions as a young girl. At the age of 13, she made it to the Star Circle show, but did not even reach the semifinals. Her father died of cancer when she was 14 years old. After graduating from Desert Mountain High School, Heather seriously considered the possibility of entering a local university, but eventually abandoned this idea, explaining this by feeling that she was not at ease. At the age of 19, the future star moved to Los Angeles [2] .
Career
First Steps
His first major performance is Heather’s participation in the second season of the 2006 So You Think You Can Dance? She performed quite successfully, but did not get three votes in order to break into the top twenty, and dropped out of the show [3] .
Without despair, Heather Morris moved to live in Los Angeles and continued to pursue a career. A major success for the girl was the opportunity to perform on the same stage with Beyonce as a dancer during the Beyonce Experience World Tour [4] . After a short break, Heather returned to the Beyoncé team for the “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on it)” mini-tour, which included performances at various events such as the American Music Awards , [5] Saturday Night Live [6] and others. In 2009, Morris played a cameo role in the film “ Light this Summer!” ". It was there that she met the famous choreographer Zack Woodley . Woodley was impressed by Heather's talent and advised her to participate in various projects. Thanks to this, the girl appeared in episodes of the TV series “ Eli Stone ”, “Swingtown”, in the film “Bedtime Stories” and, finally, the series “Chorus.” AI | 29 | 09 | 2013}}
TV series "Chorus"
After the end of the Beyoncé promotion tour, Heather began to take acting classes and was engaged in choreography. One day, Zack Woodley asked her to teach Beyoncé to the actors in the Chorus series from the Single Ladies video. Just at the same time, the creators of the series were looking for a girl for the role of the third cheerleader ( Dianna Agron and Naya Rivera were the first to be approved). Thus, Heather Morris got the role of Brittany Pierce [6] . Of the secondary character, who had virtually no cues, Brittany S. Pierce by the end of the first season grew into almost one of the main characters. She became the central heroine of the second episode of the second Britney / Brittany season, the tribute series Britney Spears. In this series, Heather performed two of Britney's famous hits - I'm a Slave 4 U and Me Against the Music . Critics praised the game and the musical numbers of Morris in the series. Character Brittany Pierce firmly entrenched in the series and began to gain remarkable popularity.
Later in the third season, a love line developed between Brittany and her cheerleader friend Santana, which became almost the most scandalous during the creation of the series. Criticism met this line approvingly. In real life, Heather and Naya are best friends, both of them claim. There were rumors that the actresses were lesbians in life, but the information remained rumors.
In 2011, she took part in the filming of the concert film “ Glee Live! In Concert! "And went with colleagues on the series on a tour of the US and Europe. During the tour, she performed the song “I'm a Slave 4 U”.
The second episode of the fourth season of the series “Chorus” was another Heather benefit, which can be guessed from the name of the series - “Britney 2.0”.
Personal life
Since May 16, 2015, Heather has been married to baseball player Taylor Hubbell [7] , whom she met 6 years before their wedding [8] . The spouses have two sons - Elijah Hubbell (born on September 28, 2013) [9] and Owen Bartlett Hubbell (born on 02/11/2016) [10] .
The magazine "Maxim" included Morris in the Top 100 sexiest women. The actress was in 85th place. And on the AfterEllen website, dedicated to the image of lesbians in the media, Brittany S. Pierce is in the 2nd place in the Top 100 Sexiest Lesbians. On the first is her girlfriend Santana Lopez (played by Naya Rivera ).
In 2010, she became the face of the Estee Lauder cosmetics company [11] .
In 2011, Heather Morris, in an interview with Fitness magazine, admitted that she underwent breast augmentation surgery, but after a few months removed the implants, because, according to her, “her breasts were constantly sore and it was very difficult for her to dance” [12] .
Notes
- ↑ Star from Hit TV Show Visits Good Morning WNY (link not available) . WKBW (December 31, 2009). Date of treatment January 8, 2010. Archived December 11, 2012.
- ↑ Erin Balse and Suzanne Gardner. "Don't Stop Believin ': The Unofficial Guide to Glee." ECW Press. 2010
- ↑ So You Think You Can Dance 2, June 8: Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas (Link not available) . Reality News Online (September 6, 2006). Date of treatment January 8, 2010. Archived June 14, 2010.
- ↑ Glee: La vie des acteurs avant la série (Fr.) , News de stars (May 30, 2011). Archived on September 27, 2013.
- ↑ Beyonce "Single Ladies" American Music Awards . Youtube.com (January 10, 2009). Date of treatment November 9, 2011.
- ↑ 1 2 Young Entertainers Get a Taste of Hollywood (link not available) . My Buffalo (December 31, 2009). Date of treatment January 8, 2010. Archived December 11, 2012.
- ↑ Heather Morris's Wedding with Taylor Hubbell Turns into a Massive Glee Reunion
- ↑ Adams Martinez, Patty All the Right Moves: How Glee's Heather Morris Stays Fit . Fitness (October 1, 2011). Date of treatment April 7, 2013. Archived on June 7, 2013.
- ↑ Heather Morris Gives Birth to Baby Boy Elijah
- ↑ Heather Morris Welcomes Son Owen Bartlett
- ↑ 'Glee's' Heather Morris will FLIRT! with cosmetics line (inaccessible link) . Blog.zap2it.com. Date of treatment November 9, 2011. Archived December 11, 2012.
- ↑ Oops! Heather Morris Suffers an Emmy Nip Slip - Glee . Wetpaint.com (September 19, 2011). Date of treatment November 9, 2011. Archived December 11, 2012.