Kathryn Morris Bio, everything you need to know about Johnny Messners partner

May 2024 · 4 minute read

Hollywood is adorned with an abundance of looks and talent. Stars with both are a double pleasure. They are entertaining to watch thanks to their beauty and ability to bring their characters to life. Kathryn Morris, known as Detective Lilly Rush, is one of those stars. Her starring role on the CBS series Cold Case thrust her into the limelight, introducing her to new fans and re-establishing herself as an acting force with old fans.

Kathryn Morris Bio

Kathryn Morris is from Cincinnati, Ohio. Born January 28, 1969. However, she grew up with her parents and siblings in Windsor Locks, Connecticut. She is the youngest of six children in the family. Her mother, Joyce, was an insurance salesman and her father, Stanley, was a Bible scholar. The family stayed together until she was six years old. By this time her parents were getting divorced. Kathryn’s early life was a bit nomadic, as she and her family traveled the southern United States from the ages of six to seventeen. An area most commonly referred to as the Bible Belt. They traveled together as The Morris Code, a gospel group made up of her father and three of her siblings. They sang at church events and weddings.

During his school days, Kathryn was involved in several plays. She studied drama in high school and got her acting debut in a Japanese music video based on the 1971 musical Grease . On her way to the set, she was involved in a movie hit-and-run accident. She still made it to the set in one play, and it was at that point that she realized she was going to be an actress. For her higher education she studied at two colleges in Philadelphia; Northeastern Christian College and Temple University.

career

Kathryn Morris opened her door into the acting world with her debut role in 1991’s television Long Walk Home . She played the role of Billy Jo Robertson, and while it was a minor role, it was the start of her career. In 1994, she appeared in three more TV movies; Rise and Go: The Dennis Byrd Story , Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All , and A Friend to Die For . Her film debut was in the 1991 film Cool as Ice , which she followed up on Sleepstalker in 1995. Kathryn continued to land small parts in series and films, including the role of a psychiatric patient in the 1997 Oscar-winning filmAs good as it gets.

She got her big break when she starred in Lt. Annalisa ‘Stinger’ Lindstrom was cast in the syndicated series Pensacola: Wings of Gold in 1997 for the entire first season. Her brief role as villain Najara in the series Xena: Warrior Princess won the hearts of several viewers nationwide. Her acting caught the attention of popular director and producer Steven Spielberg, who cast her in the films AI: Artificial Intelligence and Minority Report as the wife of Tom Cruise’s character.

Her second major break in acting came in 2003 when she landed the lead role of Detective Lily Rush on the CBS police procedural series Cold Case . In this role, she starred as a detective who picks up cold cases when new evidence arises, usually several years after the cases were first investigated. The series ran from 2003 to 2010, starring Kathryn Morris in 156 episodes. She became a permanent fixture in the NBC sci-fi series Reverie in 2018 before it was canceled later that same year.

Kathryn has explained that her reason for acting was due to the 1982 film Sophie’s choice; A drama that follows a Holocaust survivor who finds a reason to live again thanks to her American-Jewish husband Nathan. She also has a production company called Hot Plate Productions.

In a relationship with Johnny Messner

Kathryn was first involved with American actor Randy Hamilton. The two began dating when they met in 2001 and got engaged in 2002. They remained engaged but did not tie the knot and went their separate ways two years later in 2004.

She has been in a relationship with American producer and actor Johnny Messner since 2010 in Tears of the Sun, Scared , and Anacondas; The Hunt for the Blood Orchid . The couple are not married but have remained partners. On the 8th of April 2013, Kathryn Morris announced that she and her partner are expecting twins and on the 21st of August 2013, she gave birth to their two baby boys; Jameson and Rocco.

Wealth (income and earnings)

Kathryn Morris has been successful with her roles in series and films in Hollywood. Her career has allowed her to reach a comfortable net worth of an estimated $4 million.

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