Fairchild began her career on stage at age 10 in the theatre. This would quickly lead to the leading role of Jennifer Pace, on the CBS daytime soap opera Search for Tomorrow, from 1973 to 1977. In 1978, she appeared on the primetime soap opera Dallas as the first actress to portray Jenna Wade, before taking a lead role on the NBC series Flamingo Road in 1980 (for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama). In 1984, she co-starred on ABC’s short-lived television drama Paper Dolls, and then appeared on Falcon Crest as attorney Jordan Roberts from 1985 to 1986.

She has been a lifelong activist for social causes including AIDS, the pro-choice movement and environmentalism. Fairchild continued to star in regional theater all over the country and played guest roles on television comedies, including Murphy Brown (for which she was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series), Two and a Half Men, Roseanne, Cybill and Friends. In 2018, Morgan was nominated for a Daytime Emmy for Days of Our Lives. She most recently starred in Lifetime’s “Ladies of the ’80s: A Diva Christmas. ” She currently plays Haven DeHavilland on ABC’s “General Hospital” .