Stephanie Drake

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Stephanie Drake
OccupationActor
Years active2012–present
Known for Mad Men
Website stephaniemdrake.com

Stephanie Drake is an American actress best known for portraying Meredith in the television series Mad Men [1] [2] during its fifth, sixth, and seventh seasons. [3] [4]

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Early life

Drake moved around a lot in her youth, but lived for a time in Augusta, Georgia, and grew up mainly in Baltimore. [5] She attended Carver Center for Arts where she studied acting. [5]

After high school, she moved to Los Angeles to attend USC, where she earned a BA in Theatre. [5] She worked at Nordstrom and J. Crew before finding success as an actor. [5]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2006ChicxulubMadeline BiehnShort
2009In the CityLennie
2009SenescenceCrystalShort
2013TNT's Franklin & Bash & Rizzoli & Isles Spin OffsIslesShort
2014Movie NightCindyShort
2014Monster in the WashLucyShort
2016 Fear, Inc. Ashleigh Davidson
2017Cups & RobbersCarrieShort
2018 Deep Murder Dr. Bunny Van Clit
20??All the Creatures Were StirringTBAPost-production

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2012–15 Mad Men Meredith Recurring role
2013 The Middle Sandra"The Ditch"
2013–14 Jimmy Kimmel Live! Various3 episodes
2015 CSI: Cyber Jessica Pope"Ghost in the Machine"
2015Unmatch.comMaggie Skye"A Date with a Flight Attendant"
2016Rent-a-GayJane"What Every Single Woman Needs"
2016Noches con Platanito1 episode

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References

  1. "'Mad Men' Actress Stephanie Drake on the Good Fortune of Being Turned Down by Don Draper". hollywoodreporter.com. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
  2. "Stephanie Drake on Stealing Scenes in 'Mad Men' Final Season". variety.com. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
  3. "Mad Men's Meredith Explains Why She's Don Draper's Best Secretary Ever". time.com. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
  4. "Stephanie Drake on being Mad Men's most memorable minor character". .boston.com. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "BA #239: Stephanie Drake". the Box Angeles podcast. August 6, 2018.