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Heather Elizabeth Morris is an American actress, dancer and producer born in Thousand Oaks, CA. Daughter to Jeannie and Stan Morris, Heather grew up in Arizona, and began dancing when she was only one years old. Growing up in the arts, 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. As they say it, 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 landed her first dance job as Beyoncé's back up dancer on 'The Beyonce Experience' World Tour. Then in 2009, Heather danced alongside Beyonce for her iconic 'Single Ladies' Tour. She has performed in countless film and TV productions like Ravens Home, GLOW, Swingtown, Bedtime Stories, and Fired Up. 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 soon after learned she landed the role of "Brittany S. Pierce" strictly because of her incredible dancing capabilities. Heather and her cast won the SAG Award for Ensemble Comedy in 2010. 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. She is famous for productions like the Blue Sky franchise Ice Age and Harmony Korrine's feature Spring Breakers. She is an Executive Producer for The Bystanders Podcast, produced by Black Label Media starring Jane Lynch, Kristin Chenoweth, Oscar Nunez and Michael Hitchcock. She plays Judy Maxon on CBS hit comedy So Help Me Todd alongside Skyler Astin and Marcia Gay Harden.

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