Biography
Born in New York City to a pop music arranger, and a jazz vocalist, Meg's interest in the arts was inevitable. She began her career by singing jingles for some of the biggest advertising agencies in New York. By the age of nine, Meg was the very first incarnation of "Mary" in the Lucy Simon musical "The Secret Garden" and was working in session at the Actor"s Studio, playing Helen Keller in the "Miracle Worker," by the time she was ten. Her first dramatic role onstage was playing opposite Estelle Parsons in "Forgiving Typhoid Mary," at The George Street Playhouse. She was eleven at the time. Later that year, Meg moved to Broadway in The Steppenwolf Theatre Company’s production of "The Grapes of Wrath," which included Tony recognized performances of both Lois Smith and Gary Sinese.
Meg then had a recurring role on the Disney Channel's "The Baby Sitters-Club," and eventually relocated for a short time to Hollywood, when she was cast in the television series "Flesh 'N Blood," starring opposite David Keith (An Officer and a Gentleman) and directed by Jim Burrows (Cheers, Frasier, and Will and Grace…). All this happened for Meghan before she turned thirteen.
Meg's teenage years were spent studying music at the High School for Performing Arts, during which she had an appearance on "Law & Order," and a part in the Edie Falco film "Cost of Living." Subsequently, she received her classical theatre training at The Acting Conservatory at SUNY Purchase and The British Academy of Dramatic Art in Oxford, England. After college, Meg lived for a while in Europe, traveled to India, and upon her return to New York began concentrating on her career as an acoustic guitarist and singer songwriter. Her debut CD of original Alternative Pop/Folk Music was completed last year and is titled, "Center of Gravity."
In 2003, Meg was made a lifetime member of the Actors' Studio and in 2006 was nominated for a Lucille Lortell Award for her work Off-Broadway in Horton Foote's "The Trip to Bountiful,"” directed by Harris Yulin and starring Lois Smith and Hallie Foote. Meg's other NY theater credits include the U.S. premier of Sam Adamson’s "Clocks and Whistles," and various roles in regional theatres across the country. Most recently she was cast in the film "Sweet Flame," starring Mira Sorvino, and directed by Amy Hobby (Secretary).