Morgan Elizabeth York is an American writer and former

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best known for her roles as Kim Baker in the film ''

Cheaper by the Dozen ''Cheaper by the Dozen'' is a semi-autobiographical novel written by Frank Bunker Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, published in 1948. The novel recounts the authors' childhood lives growing up in a household of 12 children. The bestsel ...

'', Lulu in ''

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'' (2005), and as Sarah in the '' Hannah Montana'' series.

Career

Her first major film role was in 2003 at age 10 when she was given the part of Kim Baker in the box-office hit ''Cheaper by the Dozen''. For their performance, York and her cast-mates won the

Young Artist Award The Young Artist Award (originally known as the Youth in Film Award) is an accolade presented by the Young Artist Foundation, a nonprofit organization founded in 1978 to honor excellence of youth performers, and to provide scholarships for young ...

for "Best Young Ensemble in a Feature Film". In 2004, she filmed ''

''. Her portrayal of younger daughter Lulu Plummer was well received. In the summer of 2005, York headed back to Toronto to film ''Cheaper by the Dozen 2''. From 2006 to 2010, York appeared in eleven episodes of the Disney series '' Hannah Montana''. York stopped acting in 2010 after ''Hannah Montanas fourth season had finished production. She stated she would not return to acting in the future.

Personal life

York grew up in Los Angeles, California. She chose to stop acting in 2010 at the end of her run in the ''Hannah Montana'' series. On her blog, she stated "the older I got, and the more I felt like writing was my true calling." She graduated with a self-designed degree in "Writing Fiction: Listening, Absorbing, and Creating" at

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in 2015. In 2012, she wrote a blog post saying that she was intending to pursue a career as a young adult novelist. She is the older sister of Wendy York and Thomas York. In July 2019, she married her husband, Danny Haddad.

Filmography

Awards and nominations

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(June 26, 2005) {{DEFAULTSORT:York, Morgan 1993 births 21st-century American actresses Actresses from Burbank, California American child actresses American film actresses American television actresses American women writers Living people University of Redlands alumni Writers from California