Morris was born July 29, 1984[1] in Cincinnati, Ohio, and was raised in the neighboring state of Kentucky, first in Lexington, and later in London.

She was cast in the role of ten-year-old True Danziger in the science fiction television series Earth 2.

[2] Her last roles, filmed when she was 13 years old and both released in early 1998, were the television movies The Warlord: Battle for the Galaxy and Safety Patrol.

[3] After finishing at South Laurel High School, she attended the University of the Cumberlands in Williamsburg, Kentucky, where she studied English and earned her teaching credentials.

[1] She had been hired to start teaching English, that September, at George Rogers Clark High School in Winchester, Kentucky.