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Margaret Cassidy "Maggie" Lawson (born August 12, 1980 in Louisville , Kentucky ) is an American actress .
life and career
Lawson performed in amateur theater as a child and worked as a children's news anchor for a local television station. As a teenager, she moved to Los Angeles , where she appeared on various television series, mostly sitcoms . She graduated from high school by distance learning .
In the television comedy Help, I'm a Supermodel! (2000) starred Lawson; Justin Timberlake played one of the supporting roles . In the mystery television film Nancy Drew - In Search of Truth (2002) she played the lead role of the student Nancy Drew. In 2003 and 2004, she starred in the sitcom Absolutely Relative to Liz Stoddard-Banks, an engaged student. In 2004 followed a leading role in the television film Love Rules! , in which she and Joey Lawrence play a pre-wedding couple.
From 2006 to 2014 she played the role of Juliet O'Hara in the crime series Psych , which she retaken in 2017 in Psych: The Movie . She was in a relationship with leading actor James Roday while filming the series. In the fall of 2013 she was in the short-lived ABC - Comedy Series Trouble with the Curve as Terry Gannon, a single mother and former softball player to see. Here she met Ben Koldyke, whom she married in August 2015. In 2017 the couple divorced.
Lawson has had guest roles on several sitcoms including Two and a Half Men , The Great Indoors, and The Ranch since 2014 . In 2017 she also starred in two Hallmark Channel films, My Favorite Wedding and Christmas Encore . In addition to acting, Lawson is committed to animal welfare and, together with Jude McVay, founded the non-profit animal rescue organization The Tiger Frances Foundation in 2014 .
Filmography (selection)
Movie
- 1998: The Murderer Is Waiting ( I've Been Waiting for You , TV movie)
- 1998: Pleasantville - Too good to be true (Pleasantville)
- 1999: Nice Guys Sleep Alone
- 2000: Help, I'm a supermodel! ( Model Behavior , TV movie)
- 2002: The High School Tricksters (Cheats)
- 2002: Heart of a Stranger (TV movie)
- 2002: Nancy Drew - In Search of Truth ( Nancy Drew , Movie made for TV)
- 2003: Snow Job - All hell breaks loose on the slopes (Winter Break)
- 2004: Love Rules - In love, engaged, quarreled ( "Love Rules!, TV movie)
- 2004: My New Life ( Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman , TV movie)
- 2007: Cleaner
- 2009: Gamer
- 2009: Wild Chicks
- 2017: My Favorite Wedding (TV movie)
- 2017: Christmas Encore (TV movie)
- 2017: Psych: The Movie (TV movie)
- 2018: Spivak
- 2019: The Story of Us (TV movie)
- 2019: Christmas in Evergreen - Tidings of Joy (Movie made for TV)
TV Shows
- 1996–1997: For worse and forever ( Unhappily Ever After , 4 episodes)
- 1997: A strong family ( Step by Step , episode 6x12)
- 1997: Cybill (episode 4x05)
- 1997: Meego - an alien as a nanny ( Meego , episode 1x05)
- 1997: Life and Me ( Boy Meets World , episode 5x07)
- 1998: Listen who's hammering ( Home Improvement , episode 7x13)
- 1999: Felicity (episode 1x14)
- 1999: Emergency Room - The emergency room ( ER , episode 5x21)
- 1999: Party of Five (7 episodes)
- 2002: Smallville (episode 2x06)
- 2003-2004: Absolut relativ ( It's All Relative , 20 episodes)
- 2005: Tru Calling - Schicksal reloaded! ( Tru Calling , episode 2x04)
- 2006: Crumbs
- 2006-2014: Psych (116 episodes)
- 2007: Rules of Engagement (episode 1x07)
- 2008: Fear Itself (episode 1x04)
- 2012: Justified (episode 3x05)
- 2013–2014: Back in the Game (13 episodes)
- 2014–2015: Two and a Half Men (10 episodes)
- 2016: Angel from Hell (13 episodes)
- 2017: The Great Indoors (4 episodes)
- 2017: The Ranch (6 episodes)
- 2018-2019: Lethal Weapon (9 episodes)
- 2018-2019: Santa Clarita Diet (5 episodes)
- 2020: Outmatched
Web links
- Maggie Lawson in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Maggie Lawson at filmreference.com
- Maggie Lawson in the German dubbing file
Individual evidence
- ↑ Entry at familytreelegends.com
- ^ Biography in the IMDb , accessed November 30, 2007
- ↑ Brooke Tarnoff: 'Psych' Star James Roday Is a Big, Fat Liar . In: PopEater.com . February 9, 2010. Retrieved May 18, 2013.
- ↑ Andrea Reiher: 'Psych' Season 8: Maggie Lawson to continue even with 'Back in the Game' pick-up . In: Zap2it.com . May 15, 2013. Archived from the original on June 7, 2013. Retrieved on May 18, 2013.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lawson, Maggie |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lawson, Margaret (maiden name); Lawson, Margaret Cassidy (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-american actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 12, 1980 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Louisville , Kentucky , United States |