Morgan Brody is a fictional character on the CBS crime drama ''

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'', also referred to as ''CSI'' and ''CSI: Las Vegas'', is an American procedural forensics crime drama television series that ran on CBS from October 6, 2000, to September 27, 2015, spanning 15 seasons. This wa ...

'', portrayed by

Elisabeth Harnois Elisabeth Harnois ( ; born ) is an American actress. Her career started at the age of five, where she began appearing in a number of film and television roles. As a child, she starred as Alice in Disney's ''Adventures in Wonderland'' and as an a ...

. The character made her series debut during the season eleven episode "Cello and Goodbye", and departed the franchise in "Immortality", ''CSI'' series finale.

Casting

Elisabeth Harnois' promotion to series regular was announced in April 2011, following a single-episode guest appearance during the show's eleventh season. Harnois joined the main cast during the season 12 premiere, "73 Seconds".

Character background

The daughter of

Conrad Ecklie Conrad Ecklie is a fictional character on the television series '' CSI'' played by Marc Vann. He was employed as Assistant Director of the crime lab of Clark County, Nevada, and dayshift counterpart of Gilbert Grissom, he eventually left the c ...

, Morgan was brought up with her mother and step-father (whose name she later adopted) in Los Angeles. Although she had little contact with her father following her parents' divorce, Brody also became a Crime Scene Investigator, working for the SID in Los Angeles. Upon coming into contact with the Las Vegas team, it is revealed that, as a child, Morgan spent time with

Catherine Willows Catherine Willows is a fictional character, portrayed by Marg Helgenberger, from the CBS crime drama ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'' and its sequel, '' CSI: Vegas''. Helgenberger made her franchise debut in the first-season episode "Pilot". H ...

Storylines

Season 11

During her debut appearance, Morgan works with the CSIs to track Nate Haskell, an escaped serial killer, in Los Angeles. The take-down of Haskell had effects for both the LVPD and the LAPD, and it is insinuated that Brody was fired from the Crime Lab for involvement in the case.

Season 12

Brody travels to Las Vegas in the season twelve premiere, "73 Seconds", in order to ask her father for a position within the Las Vegas Crime Lab. In "Bittersweet"; however, Morgan tells Greg that she is not interested in dating guys on the job, despite the flirtatious nature of their relationship. Later, in "CSI Down", Morgan is abducted on a rescue helicopter.

Season 13

Her father gets shot and while in the hospital awaiting her dad's news, she kisses David Hodges.

Season 14

In the season 14 premiere, Morgan is kidnapped and later is shot in the back by

Ellie Brass James Brass is a fictional character portrayed by Paul Guilfoyle on the CBS crime drama '' CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'' and its sequel '' CSI: Vegas''. He made his first screen appearance in the show's pilot, broadcast on October 6, 2000. He ...

Season 15

Immortality

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Brody, Morgan CSI: Crime Scene Investigation characters Fictional female scientists Fictional forensic scientists Fictional Las Vegas Police Department detectives Fictional Los Angeles Police Department detectives Television characters introduced in 2011