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Dr. Allison Cameron
File:Cameron.a.jpg
Jennifer Morrison as Dr. Allison Cameron in House
First appearance"Pilot"
Created byDavid Shore
Portrayed byJennifer Morrison
In-universe information
OccupationPhysician
  • Diagnostic Medicine Fellow (Seasons 1-3)
FamilyUnnamed man (brother)
SpouseUnnamed man (husband; deceased)

Allison Cameron, M.D., is a fictional character on the FOX medical drama House, portrayed by American actress Jennifer Morrison. An immunologist, Cameron was a member of Dr. Gregory House's team of handpicked specialists at Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital's Department of Diagnostic Medicine. She was hired six months prior to the pilot episode.[1] House explicitly informed her that he hired her based on her looks because he believed that a pretty girl who went into medicine shows greater dedication compared to an ordinary-looking student because the former could have easily used her looks to get an easier job.

Characterization

Cameron is known for her honesty, sincerity, idealism and strong ethical center. She is hyperopic and an atheist.[2][3][4]

Cameron objects to House's reliance on deceiving their patients and has gone head-to-head with him several times on the issue.[5][6] She has also been reluctant to deliver bad news to patients or their families.[7] Nonetheless, she is effective at gaining patients' trust and their consent to diagnostic procedures, in contrast to House's strong-arm methods.

In season three, the character became more willing to employ House's own tactics in order to get the job done. At the same time, she justified her changed behavior through good intentions and loyalty to her boss. Her allegiance came to an abrupt end, however, when she and her fellow colleagues resigned in the season three finale.[8]

Biography

Prior to working at PPTH, Cameron was a medical intern at the Mayo Clinic, and was one of the top students in her class in medical school. She hails from the Midwestern United States and has a sibling, an unnamed older brother.[9][10][11] Cameron worked for House under a medical fellowship alongside Drs. Robert Chase and Eric Foreman for three years.[8]

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A 21-year-old Cameron with her late husband and their best man, Joe.

Despite her kind and earnest nature, Cameron has undergone traumatic experiences in her life. Her awkwardness with death was explained when it was revealed that she had once fallen in love and married a dying man when she was 21. The marriage lasted only six months ending with her husband's death due to thyroid cancer that had metastasized to his brain [12].

In season one, Cameron begins a tense game of cat-and-mouse with House, culminating in a date and later in season three, a kiss (although the true nature of the kiss is compromised by Cameron as she uses it as a diversion to take a sample of House's blood). That relationship eventually subsides as she begins a tenuous one with Chase, but it resurfaces occasionally with flirtations and Freudian slips.

In the third season finale, Cameron briefly became the lone fellow of the Department of Diagnostic Medicine after her colleagues, Dr. Chase and Dr. Foreman, were fired and resigned from their posts respectively. She bid farewell separately to the both of them, even giving the latter a framed citation of his published article in reference to their previous conflict the year before.[5] In a move not previously foreseen by House, she tendered her resignation for the second time in the series at the end of the episode as well.[8] She gets another job in the ER at Princeton-Plainsboro, and dyes her hair blonde. Chase and Foreman both notice that, despite having resigned from House's team, she is "remarkably involved with his team". She later confides in Foreman that what she misses about her old job is "people doing whatever it takes to get the job done".[13] She has stated on multiple occasions that she does not want her old job back.[13] [14]

References

  1. ^ The un-aired version of the pilot of House.
  2. ^ "Damned If You Do". House, M.D.. Season 1. Episode 5. 2004-12-14. {{cite episode}}: Unknown parameter |episodelink= ignored (|episode-link= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |serieslink= ignored (|series-link= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ "Role Model". House, M.D.. Season 1. Episode 17. 2004-04-12. {{cite episode}}: Unknown parameter |episodelink= ignored (|episode-link= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |serieslink= ignored (|series-link= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ "Sports Medicine". House, M.D.. Season 1. Episode 12. 2005-02-22. {{cite episode}}: Unknown parameter |episodelink= ignored (|episode-link= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |serieslink= ignored (|series-link= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ a b "Sleeping Dogs Lie". House, M.D.. Season 2. Episode 40. 2006-04-18. {{cite episode}}: Unknown parameter |episodelink= ignored (|episode-link= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |serieslink= ignored (|series-link= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ "Informed Consent". House, M.D.. Season 3. Episode 49. 2006-01-19. {{cite episode}}: Unknown parameter |episodelink= ignored (|episode-link= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |serieslink= ignored (|series-link= suggested) (help)
  7. ^ "Maternity". House, M.D.. Season 1. Episode 4. 2007-12-07. {{cite episode}}: Unknown parameter |episodelink= ignored (|episode-link= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |serieslink= ignored (|series-link= suggested) (help)
  8. ^ a b c "Human Error". House, M.D.. Season 3. Episode 70. 2007-05-29. {{cite episode}}: Unknown parameter |episodelink= ignored (|episode-link= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |serieslink= ignored (|series-link= suggested) (help)
  9. ^ "Que Sera Sera". House, M.D.. Season 2. Episode 52. 2006-11-07. {{cite episode}}: Unknown parameter |episodelink= ignored (|episode-link= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |serieslink= ignored (|series-link= suggested) (help)
  10. ^ "Paternity". House, M.D.. Season 1. Episode 2. 2004-11-23. {{cite episode}}: Unknown parameter |episodelink= ignored (|episode-link= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |serieslink= ignored (|series-link= suggested) (help)
  11. ^ "Fetal Position". House, M.D.. Season 3. Episode 63. 2007-04-03. {{cite episode}}: Unknown parameter |episodelink= ignored (|episode-link= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |serieslink= ignored (|series-link= suggested) (help)
  12. ^ "Fidelity". House, M.D.. Season 1. Episode 07. 2004-12-28. {{cite episode}}: Unknown parameter |episodelink= ignored (|episode-link= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |serieslink= ignored (|series-link= suggested) (help)
  13. ^ a b "Whatever It Takes". House, M.D.. Season 4. Episode 76. 2007-11-13. {{cite episode}}: Unknown parameter |episodelink= ignored (|episode-link= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |serieslink= ignored (|series-link= suggested) (help)
  14. ^ "Guardian Angels". House, M.D.. Season 4. Episode 74. 2007-10-23. {{cite episode}}: Unknown parameter |episodelink= ignored (|episode-link= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |serieslink= ignored (|series-link= suggested) (help)
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