# Jenny Morrison > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jenny_Morrison > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jenny_Morrison.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenny_Morrison > Source revision: 1344907462 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|Wife of former Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison}} {{for|the American actress|Jennifer Morrison}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Jenny Morrison | honorific_suffix = | image_size = | caption = Morrison in 2019 | office = [Spouse of the Prime Minister of Australia](/source/Spouse_of_the_Prime_Minister_of_Australia) | image = 1 Jenny Morrison (48775152218) (cropped).jpg | term_label = In role | term_start = 24 August 2018 | term_end = 23 May 2022 | predecessor = [Lucy Turnbull](/source/Lucy_Turnbull) | successor = [Jodie Haydon](/source/Jodie_Haydon) | birth_name = Jennifer Warren | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|1|8|df=y}} | birth_place = [Canterbury](/source/Canterbury%2C_New_South_Wales), [New South Wales](/source/New_South_Wales), Australia[http://dl.aph.gov.au/citizenship/MorrisonS_CTZ45P.pdf Members' statements in relation to citizenship: Scott Morrison], Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 7 February 2018. | citizenship = Australian | occupation = Nurse, homemaker | spouse = {{marriage|[Scott Morrison](/source/Scott_Morrison)|14 January 1990}} | children = 2 | party = [Liberal](/source/Liberal_Party_of_Australia){{cite web |title=The private interests of Scott Morrison MP |url=https://openpolitics.au/member/scott-morrison |website=Open Politics |access-date=1 May 2023}} }} '''Jennifer Morrison''' (née '''Warren''';{{cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com.au/scott-morrison-prime-minister-candidate-2018-8|title=Everything you need to know about Scott Morrison, Australia's new prime minister|first=Daniella|last=Brandy|date=23 August 2018|website=Business Insider Australia|access-date=12 March 2019|archive-date=7 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190107063759/https://www.businessinsider.com.au/scott-morrison-prime-minister-candidate-2018-8|url-status=dead}} born 8 January 1968) is an Australian former registered nurse and the wife of [Scott Morrison](/source/Scott_Morrison), who was the 30th [prime minister of Australia](/source/prime_minister_of_Australia) from 2018 to 2022. ==Early life and career== Morrison was born in Sydney on 8 January 1968.{{Cite news|url=http://primeministers.naa.gov.au/primeministers/morrison/spouse.aspx|title=Jenny Morrison|work=Australia's Prime Ministers|publisher=National Archives of Australia|access-date=18 April 2020|archive-date=16 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191016073556/http://primeministers.naa.gov.au/primeministers/morrison/spouse.aspx|url-status=dead}} She grew up in [Peakhurst](/source/Peakhurst%2C_New_South_Wales), in Sydney's southern suburbs.{{cite news|url=https://honey.nine.com.au/2018/08/24/16/39/jenny-morrison|title=Jenny Morrison: meet the wife of Scott Morrison, and our new first lady|publisher=Nine News|date=24 August 2018|access-date=24 August 2018}} She was accepted into a university course in costume and theatre design, but deferred and chose to study nursing instead,{{cite news|url=https://www.smh.com.au/federal-election-2019/meet-jenny-morrison-the-unrecognisable-woman-behind-the-pm-20190509-p51lui.html|title=Meet Jenny Morrison, the 'unrecognisable' woman behind the PM|newspaper=[The Sydney Morning Herald](/source/The_Sydney_Morning_Herald)|date=12 May 2019|access-date=18 April 2020|first=Jordan|last=Baker}} becoming a [registered nurse](/source/registered_nurse).{{cite news|url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/opinion/scott-morrison-talks-faith-politics-and-creating-lara-bingle/news-story/428933c80092e88d4afdc1899ed8456f|title=Scott Morrison talks faith, politics and creating Lara Bingle|first=Samantha|last=Maiden|author-link=Samantha Maiden|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=2 August 2013|access-date=7 February 2018}} She later managed a childcare centre and worked in retail. ==Marriage and children== Morrison met her future husband when they were both 12 years old, on a church youth group outing. They began a relationship in senior high school, although they attended different schools, and married in 1990 at the age of 21. She has spoken publicly about their difficulties in conceiving a child. She underwent multiple rounds of [IVF](/source/IVF) and surgery to treat severe [endometriosis](/source/endometriosis). They eventually had two daughters, the first of whom was born when she was 39. ==Public life== Morrison has stated she was as "shocked as anyone" when her husband became prime minister [in August 2018](/source/2018_Liberal_Party_of_Australia_leadership_spills).{{cite news|url=https://www.whimn.com.au/talk/people/who-is-australias-first-lady-jenny-morrison/news-story/b9f4078a34f1c8a466a0ca6085a24302|title=Who Is Australia's First Lady Jenny Morrison?|publisher=Whimn|date=18 February 2019|access-date=18 April 2020|first=Jessica|last=Leahy|archive-date=21 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321195610/https://www.whimn.com.au/talk/people/who-is-australias-first-lady-jenny-morrison/news-story/b9f4078a34f1c8a466a0ca6085a24302|url-status=dead}} They chose [Kirribilli House](/source/Kirribilli_House) in Sydney as their primary residence, although she continued to drive her daughters to their school in the [Sutherland Shire](/source/Sutherland_Shire). In a May 2019 interview with ''[The Sydney Morning Herald](/source/The_Sydney_Morning_Herald)'', she stated that she would "probably be less political than maybe the spouses that have gone before me", and that she would model herself on [Zara Holt](/source/Zara_Holt). Morrison has worn Australian designers in her public appearances and was described by [Carla Zampatti](/source/Carla_Zampatti) as "a wonderful Australian fashion ambassador".{{cite news|url=https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/fashion/she-s-natural-and-authentic-jenny-morrison-the-unlikely-fashion-influencer-20191127-p53ene.html|title='She's natural and authentic': Jenny Morrison, the unlikely fashion influencer|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=1 December 2019|access-date=18 April 2020|first=Annie|last=Brown}} ==References== {{Reflist}} {{s-start}} {{s-hon}} {{s-bef|before=[Lucy Turnbull](/source/Lucy_Turnbull)}} {{s-ttl|title=[Spouse of the Prime Minister of Australia](/source/Spouse_of_the_Prime_Minister_of_Australia)|years=2018–2022}} {{s-aft|after=[Jodie Haydon](/source/Jodie_Haydon)}} {{s-end}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Morrison, Jenny}} Category:1968 births Category:Australian nurses Category:Living people Category:People from Sydney Category:Scott Morrison Category:Spouses of prime ministers of Australia --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Jenny Morrison](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenny_Morrison) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenny_Morrison?action=history)). 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