She is known for her portrayal of Julia Walker on the ABC television drama Brothers & Sisters from 2006 to 2009.

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.

[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.

[1] She later appeared in short-lived drama series Windfall and co-starred in films such as Look and Seven Pounds.

[4][5] In 2011 she was cast as Special Agent Erica Jane Barrett on CBS' NCIS.