Meeghan Holaway

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Meeghan Holaway
Born
Seattle, Washington
Other namesBeth Holaway
Education Pomona College (B.A.)
OccupationActress
Website www.meeghan.com

Meeghan Holaway is an American actress/singer working in theatre, film and television. [1] [2] She originated the role of Florence Greenberg in the Broadway musical Baby It's You! [3] [4] . Her first television appearance was on Everybody Loves Raymond . [5] She is best known for guest and recurring roles on a number of notable TV series.

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Early life

Holaway was born in Seattle. She has a B.A. from Pomona College in Claremont, California, where she graduated with honors and became a Rhodes Scholarship finalist and a member of Phi Beta Kappa.[ citation needed ]

Career

After graduation, Holaway worked in New England and New York doing regional theatre, including the Oldcastle Theatre Company in Bennington, Vermont, in plays like Baby Its You [3] [4] and Les Miserables. [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] She also sang with a 1950s cover band and various cabaret groups. She played Beth in the first run of the Pulitzer Prize winning play, Dinner With Friends Off-Broadway.

She moved to Los Angeles and began working in TV and film. She has starred in movies like Inspector Mom, Beverly H, [12] and Holidate. [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] She has played guest and recurring roles on a number of series, including NCIS [19] , Cold Case, Criminal Minds [20] [21] , Law & Order, Two and a Half Men [22] , Without a Trace [23] [24] , Switched at Birth , [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] Bones, [30] [31] Desperate Housewives, [32] Heroes, [33] and Grey's Anatomy . [34] [35]

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