Maggie Lawson

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Maggie Lawson
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Lawson at the San Diego Comic-Con in 2013
Born
Margaret Cassidy Lawson

(1980-08-12) August 12, 1980 (age 43)
OccupationActress
Years active1996–present
Spouse
(m. 2015;div. 2017)
[1] [2]
Partner James Roday Rodriguez (2006–2014)

Margaret Cassidy Lawson (born August 12, 1980) is an American actress who is best known for her role as Detective Juliet "Jules" O'Hara in the TV show Psych . From 2018 to 2019, she held the recurring role of Natalie Flynn on Fox's Lethal Weapon 's third and final season.

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Early life, family and education

Lawson was born and raised in Louisville , Kentucky. She began performing onstage at age eight.

Career

Lawson started her career in community and dinner theater productions. She became a youth TV host on WDRB Fox 41 Kid's Club in Louisville. She relocated to Los Angeles for her first television pilot at 15. [3]

Lawson performed in various sitcoms like Cybill, Boy Meets World and Home Improvement throughout her early career in both guest starring and supporting roles. She also made guest appearances on television series such as Smallville and Fear Itself, and co-starred in It's All Relative and Crumbs .

For The Wonderful World of Disney , Lawson starred in a double role in Model Behavior featuring Justin Timberlake. She portrayed Nancy Drew in the 2002 film Nancy Drew . Other film credits include Pleasantville , Nice Guys Sleep Alone and Cleaner.

From 2006 to 2014, Lawson co-starred in the USA Network original series Psych , as Detective Juliet O'Hara. She reprised her role in 2017 in Psych: The Movie , in Psych 2: Lassie Come Home in 2020 and Psych 3: This Is Gus , in 2021. [4]

In 2011, Lawson briefly returned to her roots in theater to star in the play Greedy, directed by her then-partner and Psych co-star James Roday. It ran for a few weekends in Los Angeles.

Following Psych, she scored leading roles in ABC's 2013 sitcom Back in the Game , CBS's 2014 sitcom pilot Save the Date and CBS's 2016 fantasy sitcom Angel from Hell . She also had short arcs on Two and a Half Men, The Great Indoors, and Netflix's The Ranch. Also for Netflix, Lawson starred in the recurring role of Christa on the second and third seasons of horror-comedy series Santa Clarita Diet as well as the movie Spivak in 2018.

For Hallmark Channel, Lawson has starred in My Favorite Wedding and Christmas Encore in 2017, The Story of Us and Christmas in Evergreen: Tidings of Joy in 2019.

Lawson starred in a recurring role as Dr. Natalie Flynn on the third season of Lethal Weapon and was featured in Treehouse, the sixth episode of Hulu's monthly horror movie anthology Into The Dark.

In 2020, she played Kay, the female lead opposite Jason Biggs, in the FOX comedy series Outmatched , "about a blue-collar couple [...] in South Jersey trying to get by and raise four kids, three of whom just happen to be certified geniuses." [5]

Personal life

Throughout the series run of Psych (2006–2014), Lawson was in a relationship with series lead James Roday Rodriguez. [6] [7]

On November 14, 2014, Lawson became engaged to Back in the Game co-star Ben Koldyke [8] and married him on August 8, 2015, on his family's ranch in New Mexico. In early 2017, Lawson filed for divorce from Koldyke. [9]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1996–1997 Unhappily Ever After Madelyn4 episodes
1996 Hang Time Kim1 episode
1997 Step by Step Alana Mills1 episode
Boy Meets World Debbie1 episode
Meego Brooke1 episode
Cybill Jennifer12 episodes
1998 Home Improvement Samantha Hayes1 episode
Kelly Kelly Ally1 episode
Pleasantville Lisa AnneTheatrical film
I've Been Waiting for You Debbie MurdockTelevision film
1999 Party of Five AlexaRecurring role
Nice Guys Sleep Alone Meghan
ER Shannon Mitchell1 episode
Family Rules Hope Harrison6 episodes
Working Julie1 episode
Felicity Rebecca1 episode
2000 Model Behavior Alex Burroughs/Janine AdamsTelevision film
2001The Third DegreeJolieTelevision film
2001–2002 Inside Schwartz EveMain
2002 Nancy Drew Nancy Drew Television film
Cheats Julie MerkelTelevision film
Heart of a StrangerAmanda MaddoxTelevision film
Smallville Chrissy/Missy Parker1 episode
2003 Winter Break Michelle Casper
2003–2004 It's All Relative Liz Stoddard-BanksMain cast
2004SpellboundA mortal womanTelevision film
Love Rules! KellyTelevision film
Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman RachelTelevision film
2005 Tru Calling Megan Roberts1 episode
2006 Crumbs Andrea MaloneSeries regular
2006–2014 Psych Juliet O'Hara Main cast
2007 Cleaner Cherie
Rules of Engagement Jesse1 episode
2008 Fear Itself Samantha1 episode
2009 Still Waiting... AllisonDirect to DVD
Killer Hair Lacey SmithsonianTelevision film
Hostile Makeover Lacey SmithsonianTelevision film
Gamer Female News Host #1
2010A Date with DianaDianaShortfilm
2012 Justified Layla1 episode
2013–2014 Back in the Game Terry Gannon Jr.Series lead
2014Save the DateKateTelevision pilot
2014–2015 Two and a Half Men Ms. McMartin12 episodes
2016 Angel from Hell AllisonSeries lead
2017 The Great Indoors Rachel4 episodes
My Favorite WeddingTess HarperTelevision film
Psych: The Movie Juliet O'Hara TV movie
Christmas EncoreCharlotte LacyTelevision film
2017–2018 The Ranch Jen7 episodes
2018SpivakJeanine MulhollandNetflix film
Santa Clarita Diet Christa4 episodes
2018–2019 Lethal Weapon Natalie FlynnRecurring
2019The Story of UsJamieTelevision film
Into the Dark Rebecca WheelerEpisode: "Treehouse"
Christmas in Evergreen: Tidings of JoyKatie ConnellTelevision film
2020 Outmatched KaySeries lead
Psych 2: Lassie Come Home Juliet O'Hara TV film
2021 Psych 3: This Is Gus Juliet O'Hara
A Lot Like ChristmasJessica RobertsTV film

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