- Born
- Birth nameMeredith Leigh Monroe
- Height5′ 6″ (1.68 m)
- Meredith Leigh Monroe was born in Houston, Texas, and was raised in Hinsdale, Illinois. Before acting, Meredith appeared on packaging for such products like a Conair hair crimper and was on five book covers in the Nancy Drew/Hardy Boys series. She made her TV debut in 1996 with a commercial for Tylenol Sinus. Her appearance as Tracey Daiken on ABC's Dangerous Minds (1996) secured her first role in a television series. Her exposure resulted in her landing the part of Laura Elizabeth Ingalls Wilder in Beyond the Prairie, Part 2: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder (2002). Although the completed project was not released until 2002, Meredith was not absent from television screens for long, playing the part of troubled teenager Andie McPhee in 1998 on the WB's Dawson's Creek (1998) for three seasons (Episodes 201 to 407). Although Meredith left the show in 2000, when her character left to spend a year in Italy before attending Harvard University on early acceptance; her character was so well-received that she returned later in the season to film the graduation episode (Episode 422). Since her departure, Meredith has enjoyed success in film (ABC'S The One (2003) and a small appearance in Minority Report (2002)), and has now landed a major part in ABC's TV series, Married to the Kellys (2003), where she co-stars with Road Trip (2000) star, Breckin Meyer.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Emily Brecade and Adil Amin
- SpouseSteven Kavovit(August 1999 - present) (2 children)
- ChildrenChildChild
- Her character on Dawson's Creek (1998), Andie McPhee, left for Italy in Season Four (Episode 407) in November 2000. But her name remained in the opening credits for the remainder of the season, even though she no longer appeared. Her character of Andie returned in May 2001 for the graduation episode (Episode 422), which was her last appearance in the series, until the series finale two years later.
- Married her boyfriend of 2 years Steven C. Kavovit in a small ceremony with just close family and friends in Hawaii.
- Has twins, a son and a daughter (b. at the end of 2014), with her husband Steven C. Kavovit.
- Filmed three scenes reprising her role as Andie McPhee, for the two-hour series finale of Dawson's Creek (1998) (Episodes 623 and 624), but her scenes were cut due to time restraints.
- Meredith's deleted scenes from the series finale of Dawson's Creek (1998) (All Good Things... (2003) and ...Must Come to an End (2003)) (Episode 623 - "All Good Things ..." and Episode 624 - "...Must Come To An End") are included on the 2003 DVD release, which features the Director's extended cut.
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