Television Morris's first television appearance was in 1985, aged 17, as a contestant on the talent show
New Faces. She performed "
Holding Out for a Hero", a
Jim Steinman song made famous by
Bonnie Tyler, and tied for first place. After several years in variety and stand-up, Morris's big break came when she joined the ensemble cast of the hit Australian sketch comedy series
Full Frontal in 1995. This led to hosting roles on
Great Aussie Bloopers and "The Morris Report" on the live variety series
In Melbourne Tonight, as well as regular appearances on
The Midday Show,
Good Morning Australia,
Beauty and the Beast and
Who Dares Wins as well as the action series
Gladiators. Morris relocated to the United Kingdom in 2000. As well as stand-up, she made appearances on the TV quiz
QI, an episode of the sitcom
Not Going Out playing a successful beautician, and in the sixth episode of season three of Kathy Griffin's
My Life on the D-List, offering advice on the British audiences. Morris also had a stint presenting the BBC's
Liquid News show in 2002. Since her return to Australia in 2007, Morris has made appearances on ''
Thank God You're Here, Good News Week, Spicks and Specks, Rove Live, The Singing Office, It Takes Two, Sleuth 101, Studio 10, The Project, The Living Room, Have You Been Paying Attention? and Hughesy, We Have a Problem''. Her winnings were donated to the Emily Tapp Foundation, a charity dedicated to
melanoma awareness and prevention. She has also appeared in a series of commercials for
All-Bran cereal, which also featured fellow actress and comedian
Helen Dallimore. Morris was the winning contestant on the 2011 series of
The Celebrity Apprentice Australia, beating teammate
Jason Coleman, model
Jesinta Campbell and
AFL footballer
Shane Crawford. In 2012, Morris has starred as Gemma Crabb in the
Nine Network's Melbourne-made drama series
House Husbands. The show commenced a second season on 8 April 2013. In April 2013, Morris was announced as the new host of television talent show ''
Australia's Got Talent'', which has switched from the
Seven Network to the
Nine Network. On 1 February 2015, Morris began co-hosting the Australian version of ''
I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!'' with
Chris Brown on
Network 10. In 2018, Morris hosted an updated version of dating show
Blind Date on
Network 10. On 24 February 2019, she also began co-hosting ''
Chris & Julia's Sunday Night Takeaway'' with
Chris Brown on
Network 10. At the
61st TV Week Logie Awards in 2019, Morris was nominated for the
Gold Logie for the two aforementioned shows as well as ''
I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here''!. She was again nominated for the Gold Logie in 2022 and then again in 2023. She has been nominated for a Gold Logie in
2025. In 2020, Morris appeared as "Kitten" on the
second season of
The Masked Singer Australia and was eliminated in the semi-final, placing 5th overall. In early 2023, Morris appeared as a celebrity contestant on the Australian adaption of the British comedy panel game show
Taskmaster, titled
Taskmaster Australia. She competed alongside fellow entertainers
Jimmy Rees,
Danielle Walker,
Luke McGregor and
Nina Oyama. In July 2023, Morris began narrating a brand new show on
Network 10 called
Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly Australia. Live performance Morris tours international comedy festivals, appearing at the
Edinburgh Festival Fringe, South Africa's
Vodacom Funny Festival, Montreal's
Just For Laughs and the
Melbourne International Comedy Festival. She won a Herald Angel Award at the
2001 Edinburgh Festival Fringe and
Time Out magazine's Comedy Performer of the Year Award in 2004. She is a former manager of Sydney's
Comedy Store venue. In 1999, Morris toured in the critically acclaimed Australian production of the
Off-Broadway musical ''
I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change''. == Personal life ==