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4	[[caption-width-right:280:''[[Series/OnceUponATime There are no heroes and villains, just real people with real problems.]]'']]
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8	->''"I love acting because you don't have to do the same thing over and over again, every day, and that's what attracted me to wanting to do this for a living. So to be given an opportunity to create something completely different and live that out is the dream. It's incredibly rewarding."''
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11	Jennifer Marie Morrison (born April 12, 1979 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American actress, model and film producer.
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13	She is known for her role as [[Characters/OnceUponATimeEmmaSwan Emma Swan]] in the Creator/{{ABC}} adventure fantasy television series ''Series/OnceUponATime'', and Dr. Allison Cameron in ''Series/{{House}}''.
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15	!She appeared in
16	* ''Film/MiracleOnThirtyFourthStreet''
17	* ''Film/StirOfEchoes''
18	* ''Film/UrbanLegendsFinalCut''
19	* ''Series/TheChronicle''
20	* ''Series/TouchedByAnAngel''
21	* ''Series/DawsonsCreek''
22	* ''Film/BigShotConfessionsOfACampusBookie''
23	* ''Series/{{House}}''
24	* ''Film/MrAndMrsSmith2005''
25	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperHeroSquadShow''
26	* ''Film/StarTrek2009''
27	* ''Series/ChaseNBC''
28	* ''Series/HowIMetYourMother''
29	* ''Film/{{Warrior}}''
30	* ''Series/OnceUponATime''
31	* ''Film/StarTrekIntoDarkness''
32	* ''Film/{{Superfly}}''
33	* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanHush''
34	* ''Series/ThisIsUs''
35	* ''Film/Bombshell2019''
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38	!!Tropes:
39	* ActingInTheDark:[[invoked]] For ''Film/StarTrek2009'' she and many others were only given the scripts for their scenes to keep plot details secret.
40	* ActorShipping: [[invoked]] She gets shipped quite a bit with her ''Series/OnceUponATime'' co-stars, most notably Creator/ColinODonoghue and Creator/LanaParrilla. The flirty banter (on and off-screen) between Jennifer and Colin O'Donoghue (who plays her love interest Hook) leads a lot of Captain Swan shippers to ship Colifer. There is a large section of Swan Queen shippers who ship Jennifer with Lana Parrilla (Morrilla) to this day, due to the pair's on-screen chemistry, as evidenced by the large amount of fanfiction still being written about them.
41	* TheCastShowOff:[[invoked]] Jennifer actually has a background in musical theatre, and has shown off her singing in the ''Albion'' movie, as well as ''Once Upon A Time'''s MusicalEpisode.
42	* CelebrityResemblance: To Creator/GinniferGoodwin. Both had long dark hair around the same time they got famous, so they would often be mistaken for each other. And sometimes they would even sign autographs and give interviews as each other. So [[SeparatedAtBirthCasting naturally they play mother and daughter]] in ''Series/OnceUponATime''.
43	* DawsonCasting: Plays both adult and 18-year-old Emma in ''Series/OnceUponATime''.
44	* DyeHard: She's naturally blonde but was known as a brunette for a while. She dyed her blonde hair brown and auditioned for ''Series/{{House}}''. Bryan Singer later saw tapes of her with blonde hair and went "this girl's great, we should test her against Jennifer".
45	* DyeingForYourArt:[[invoked]]
46	** She had been dyeing her hair brown for ''{{Series/House}}'' and - fed up at spending so much time getting it done by the studio department - went blonde for ''Series/OnceUponATime''.
47	** She also dyed her hair red for ''Some Girl(s)''.
48	* FakeGuestStar: In ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' she appeared in half the episodes of the season she guest starred in. She's the only guest star on the show to do that.
49	* ImportantHaircut: She was required to keep her hair long in ''Once Upon A Time''. As the sixth season was coming to an end, she cut it to shoulder length and just wore hair pieces for the remaining episodes.
50	* PlayingAgainstType:[[invoked]] Jennifer is often smart, strong women but not always...
51	** She has a small role as a drunk GenkiGirl in ''Knife Fight''.
52	** She was also a ditzy trophy wife in ''Big Stan''.
53	** ''Back Roads'' has her as a small town housewife who has an affair with a younger man.
54	* PlayingWithCharacterType:[[invoked]] Zoey in ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' is a lot more antagonistic than Jennifer's usual strong, grounded characters. She's an outright SoapboxSadie in parts.
55	* RomanceOnTheSet:[[invoked]]
56	** With Jessie Spencer, who she starred alongside on ''House''.
57	** And Creator/SebastianStan, who appeared in a few ''Once Upon A Time'' episodes.
58	* SeparatedAtBirthCasting: As has been widely publicised, she and Creator/GinniferGoodwin have frequently been mistaken for each other so many times. So they were a perfect fit to play mother and daughter in ''Series/OnceUponATime''. Abby Ross, who plays Emma as a teen, and Creator/MckennaGrace, who plays Emma as a child, also both have a strong resemblance to Jennifer Morrison too.
59	* SerendipityWritesThePlot:[[invoked]] She was written out of ''House'' because David Shore wanted to show that not every character around House was going to end up corrupt.
60	* SheAlsoDid: Jennifer is credited as an Associate Producer for the first season of ''{{Series/Glee}}'' - as she was the one who found the early draft and brought it to Creator/RyanMurphy's attention.
61	* ThoseTwoActors: She, Creator/GinniferGoodwin and Creator/JoshDallas all appeared in the TV movie ''Five'' as well as ''Series/OnceUponATime''.
62	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:[[invoked]]
63	** She replaced Creator/MelanieLynskey as the ditzy trophy wife Mindy in ''Big Stan''.
64	** She was offered the chance to return for ''Once Upon A Time'''s seventh season, but opted to leave the series. She did however return for one more episode and came BackForTheFinale.
65	* WhyFandomCantHaveNiceThings: She slowly withdrew from conventions and social media after being caught in a nasty shipping war and harassed online by ''Once Upon a Time'' fans, particularly "Swan Queen" shippers, which lead to her to also stop interacting with Creator/LanaParrilla (Regina).

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