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]

Stephanie Drake
OccupationActor
Years active2012–present
Known forMad Men
Websitestephaniemdrake.com

Early life

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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

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2006 Chicxulub Madeline Biehn Short
2009 In the City Lennie
2009 Senescence Crystal Short
2013 TNT's Franklin & Bash & Rizzoli & Isles Spin Offs Isles Short
2014 Movie Night Cindy Short
2014 Monster in the Wash Lucy Short
2016 Fear, Inc. Ashleigh Davidson
2017 Cups & Robbers Carrie Short
2018 Deep Murder Dr. Bunny Van Clit
20?? All the Creatures Were Stirring TBA Post-production

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2012–15 Mad Men Meredith Recurring role
2013 The Middle Sandra "The Ditch"
2013–14 Jimmy Kimmel Live! Various 3 episodes
2015 CSI: Cyber Jessica Pope "Ghost in the Machine"
2015 Unmatch.com Maggie Skye "A Date with a Flight Attendant"
2016 Rent-a-Gay Jane "What Every Single Woman Needs"
2016 Noches con Platanito 1 episode

References

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  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. ^ a b c d "BA #239: Stephanie Drake". the Box Angeles podcast. August 6, 2018.
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