In 1989, Morgan won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (which she shares with Santa Barbara actress Nancy Lee Grahn). Angie and her love interest, Jesse Hubbard ( Darnell Williams), became the first African-American ' supercouple' on the daytime serials. Her portrayal of Angie struck a chord with many Black viewers across America. Her most famous role was Angie Baxter Hubbard on the soap opera All My Children, a role she originally played from January 1982 to July 1990.

In 1979, she received critical acclaim for her portrayal of Alex Haley's great-aunt Elizabeth Harvey on the 1979 miniseries Roots: The Next Generations, and her guest-starring role as Curtis Jackson's ex-girlfriend turned prostitute on The White Shadow. Morgan's earliest recurring role was on What's Happening!! from 1976 to 1977 as Diane Harris, and also appeared on Good Times. Morgan's earliest film role was in the movie Monkey Hustle in 1976.

Morgan graduated from Aquinas High School. While he never physically harmed his daughters, Morgan recalled her mother running from her father often.

In a 1997 interview with People, Morgan revealed that her father was an abusive alcoholic. The family relocated to The Bronx, New York when Morgan was still a child. Morgan was born in Dunn, North Carolina, the daughter of Lora, a teacher, and George Morgan, Jr., a butcher.

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