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Meredith Eaton

Highest Rated: 14% Unconditional Love (2002)

Lowest Rated: 14% Unconditional Love (2002)

Birthday: Aug 26, 1974

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Birthplace: Long Island, New York, USA

Though standing only 4'2" (4'3" with shoes), Meredith Eaton made a big impression when she beat out 2000 other applicants during a casting call for the made-for-cable movie, "Unconditional Love" (2002), launching her unexpected career as an actress. Born on Aug. 26, 1974 in Long Island, NY, Eaton pursued a career in psychology, attending Adelphi University where she earned a perfect 4.0 grade point average. Eaton later earned her master's and was accepted to her dream Ph.D program, when she heard about the open casting call for "Unconditional Love." The comic murder-mystery featured Kathy Bates as Grace, a middle-aged Midwestern woman who, after losing the two most important men in her life - her husband (Dan Aykroyd) and her favorite pop star (Jonathan Pryce) - travels to England to help the star's secret lover (Rupert Everett) find his killer. Eaton had a superfluous, but exceedingly funny role as Grace's aggressive and anxiety-ridden daughter-in-law who must deal with her husband walking out on her. Writer-director Paul Haggis loved Eaton's performance so much that he wrote the role of ultra-aggressive lawyer Emily Resnick on "Family Law" (CBS, 1999-2002) just for her. After the drama was cancelled, Eaton appeared in episodes of "NYPD Blue" (ABC, 1993-2005), "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" (CBS, 2000-15) and "House" (Fox, 2004-12). She then landed a recurring role on "Boston Legal" (ABC, 2004-08), playing Bethany, a feisty lawyer whose habit for biting people she doesn't like - earning her the nickname "The Badger" - both repulses and attracts Denny Crane (William Shatner), with whom she engages in a politically incorrect romance.

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14% 68% Unconditional Love
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Filmography

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14% 68% Unconditional Love Maudey Beasley (Character) - 2002

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No Score Yet No Score Yet Lopez vs Lopez Medical Alert (Guest Star) 2024
No Score Yet 83% NCIS Carol Wilson (Guest Star) 2009 2011 2013 2022
No Score Yet 71% MacGyver Matty Webber (Character) 2017-2021
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Talk Guest 2018
96% 67% Battle Creek Meredith Oberling (Guest Star) 2015
No Score Yet 64% NCIS: New Orleans Unknown (Guest Star) 2014
86% 90% Boston Legal Bethany Horowitz (Guest Star) 2006-2008
No Score Yet 75% Without a Trace Unknown (Guest Star) 2007
90% 96% House Maddy Ralphean (Guest Star) 2006
No Score Yet 81% CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Melanie Grace (Guest Star) 2002
No Score Yet No Score Yet Family Law Emily Resnick (Character) 2001-2002
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dharma & Greg Unknown (Guest Star) 2001
83% 95% NYPD Blue Stella Kensington (Guest Star) 2001