Meredith Eaton
Meredith Eaton was born in Long Island, New York, United States on August 26th, 1974 and is the TV Actress. At the age of 49, Meredith Eaton biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Meredith Hope Eaton (also known as Meredith Eaton-Gilden; born August 26, 1974) is an American actress.
She is 4 foot (1.2 m) tall and says she is regarded as a "short-stature actress" and describes herself as a "short-stature actress."
She is best known for her role as Emily Resnick on CBS television series Family Law (in which she was the first female dwarf to appear on an American prime time series) and her lead role as Matilda Webber on the CBS show MacGyver.
Early life
Eaton was born on Long Island, New York, to a clinical social worker mother and a federal appeals judge father. She enrolled at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York, where she was a member of the Delta Phi Epsilon sorority; she graduated in 1996 with a degree in interdisciplinary studies with minoring in theater. Hofstra University named her as their Alumnus of the Month in June 2007.
She obtained a master's degree in clinical psychology from the Derner Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies at Adelphi University, where she obtained a 4.0 grade point average. She would later thank her psychology work for her greater ability to recognize character dynamics in preparing for acting roles.
Personal life
Brian Gordon was married in Eaton on October 12, 2008. Gordon is a professional photographer. They have one child together, a daughter.
Eaton was a child of Michael Gilden from 2001 to 2006, before his death in 2006.
Professional career
Eaton's acting career began in 1999 when she attended an open casting call for the comedy film Unconditional Love. Despite it being her first audition, she won out over 500 women from Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom to be cast in the role of Maudey Beasley.
Unconditional Love was not released until 2002. Her performance was seen by Paul Haggis, who created the role of Emily Resnick for her on Family Law. Joining the cast in 2002, she continued with the series until its cancellation later that same year. She later had significant guest appearances on NYPD Blue, Dharma & Greg, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, House and NCIS. She also appeared as herself in Standing Tall at Auschwitz, which was a History Channel documentary on the Ovitz family, and in No Bigger Than a Minute, an independent documentary on dwarfism which aired on the PBS program P.O.V.
In 2006, she joined the cast of Boston Legal as Bethany Horowitz, a love interest to William Shatner's character Denny Crane. The role was written specifically for her by David E. Kelley.
Meredith has portrayed Carol Wilson, a recurring character on CBS' NCIS for over 6 seasons and its spin-off NCIS: New Orleans, an immunologist who works for the CDC and is a friend of forensic scientist Abby Sciuto. In 2013 Meredith starred opposite Christopher Walken and Bill Nighy in David Hare's Turks & Caicos. In 2016, Meredith became a series regular on the CBS show MacGyver. She plays Matilda "Matty" Webber, MacGyver's boss and the new director of operations at The Phoenix Foundation.