Morris was educated at Lady Eleanor Holles School, an independent school for girls in Hampton in West London, where she recalled the difficulties of being left-handed. She graduated from Hull University in 1986 having studied English and Drama.
At the age of eleven, she moved to a convent when her family settled in Devon. After a spell on British Broadcasting Corporation South West"s Spotlight, Morris went on to join the British Broadcasting Corporation children"s news show, Newsround in 1990. She left the show in 1995 to present British Broadcasting Corporation Breakfast News for three years.
She has since presented the Heaven and Earth Show.
She was also the main presenter for the Here and Now current affairs programme and co-presented the programme 999, alongside Michael Buerk. She is currently presenting the British Broadcasting Corporation show, Uncharted Territory and she was formerly a reporter on Countryfile.
Juliet Morris features as a cameo character in Postcards from God - The Sister Wendy Musical, interviewing Sister Wendy on the subject of fame.
She was also the presenter of British Broadcasting Corporation"s "The House Detectives" (1997–2000) where she and a team of experts, led by Dan Cruickshank, investigated the histories of houses belonging to members of the public.
