Diana Morgan (born September 21, 1951 in

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) is an actress and former television news anchor for WAVY-TV

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. She was the first African-American to anchor a Hampton Roads newscast.
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film,

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Television news

Morgan began her career on television stints in

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and

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before her arrival at Portsmouth, Virginia's

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in January, 1981 as weeknight evening co-anchor. Morgan was first paired with co-anchor Bob Grip until 1984 when Terry Zahn replaced Bob Grip as weeknight co-anchor to Morgan. She has anchored the primetime evening newscasts on Channel 10 with newscaster Terry Zahn for 5 1/2 years and the duo was the most-watched 11 p.m. newscast team, according to the Arbitron ratings. Prior to a September 29, 1988 newscast, Morgan walked out of the station following a dispute about an edit on a report she had filed. Morgan left

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in December 1989 for

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in Miami, where she served as weekend news anchor, later becoming the weekday evening anchor until she left

in 1994.

Acting

After taking theatre and acting lessons, Morgan did local theatre for a time in Chicago. She later moved to Hollywood where she has been mostly cast as a news reporter or anchor in movie and television roles. Morgan has appeared on '' JAG'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. She has also done roles on television programs such as ''

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''. In ''Babylon 5'', she played the recurring role of Alison Higgins, the anchor for ISN News. Diana has portrayed newscasters in

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and most notably, James Cameron's

, her news anchor voice over, prominent in the opening credits.

Selected Credits

*''

'' (1996) *'' Murder One'' (TV series) (1996) *''

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'' (TV series) (1997) *''

'' (TV series) (1996-1997) *''

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'' (TV series) (1997) *''

'' (1997) *'' JAG'' (TV series) (1998) *'' The Last Man on Planet Earth'' (TV movie) (1999) *''

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'' (TV movie) (2000) *''

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'' (TV series) (2002) *''

'' (TV series) (1999-2002) *'' The Agency'' (TV series) (2002) *''Monster Man'' (TV series) (2003) *'' Saving Grace'' (TV series) (2008) *''

'' (TV series) (2004-2011) *''

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'' (TV series) (2010-2011)

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