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Lindsey Morgan at the 2016 WonderCon.
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Born |
Lindsey Marie Morgan February 27, 1990 Georgia |
Alma mater | University of Texas at Austin |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 2010–present |
Notable work |
General Hospital The 100 |
Home town | Houston, Texas |
Lindsey Marie Morgan (born February 27, 1990) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Kristina Davis on General Hospital and as mechanic Raven Reyes on The 100.
Lindsey Marie Morgan was born in Georgia to George Morgan and Alice Burciaga, and raised in Houston, Texas. She is half Mexican and half Irish.
Morgan began her career in college at the University of Texas at Austin, then left for Los Angeles to chase her acting dream. Within her first year of college, Morgan stayed busy by continually booking commercials and print ads. She was cast as an extra on the critically acclaimed series Friday Night Lights. Morgan made the crucial decision to move to Los Angeles to continue her work as an actress. Her first real role was in the movie Detention starring Josh Hutcherson where she played a mean cheerleader named Alexis. In 2011, she landed the leading role in the MTV film, DisCONNECTED, as social media obsessed Maria. In 2014, she had a supporting role in the indie movie Chastity Bites.
On April 17, 2012, TVLine reported that Morgan has been cast as the contract role of Kristina Davis on the American ABC Daytime soap opera General Hospital and would make her debut on May 25, 2012. For this role Morgan was nominated for Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series in 2013. Of learning about her Emmy nomination, she said, "I was worried that I've gotten the call time wrong for my appearance on Franklin & Bash before I saw that it said "Congratulations!, I'm stunned, I'm still so shocked. I'm so honored. On March 26, 2013, It announced that she would be departing her role as Kristina, last airing on March 4, 2013.