Meghan Andrews

Meghan Andrews
OccupationsActress, singer
Years active1990s–present

Meghan Andrews is an American actress and singer.

Career

Andrews began her career as a child actor, appearing in the television series The Baby-Sitters Club, which aired on HBO.[1][2] She also appeared in other television programming during the early 1990s.[3]

She later established a stage career, appearing in Broadway, Off-Broadway, regional, and touring productions. Her theater credits include productions such as The Trip to Bountiful, King Charles III, King Lear, and The Spitfire Grill, which were reviewed in regional and national publications.[4][5][6]

Andrews appeared in a production of Doubt: A Parable, which was reviewed by The New York Times. The review described her performance as Sister James as being “played with heartbreaking intensity.”[7]

Andrews was nominated for a Lucille Lortel Award for her performance in The Trip to Bountiful.[8] In 2022, she received a BroadwayWorld Award for her performance as Lady Macbeth at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival.[9]

Andrews appeared in the Apple TV+ series Shrinking as Jennie.[10]

In addition to acting, Andrews is a singer-songwriter who has released studio recordings and performed live.

Filmography

Film and television
Year Title Role Notes
1990 Earthday Birthday (voice) TV movie
1990-1993 The Baby-Sitters Club Mallory Pike[11] 13 Episodes
1991 Flesh 'n' Blood Beauty Weed 12 episodes
1996 Law & Order Brandson Daughter Episode: "Corpus Deliciti"
1997 Cost of Living Ted's Sister
2004–2005 Guiding Light Tara Ledom TV series
2007 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Vanessa Albert Episode: "Lonelyville"
2011 The Adjustment Bureau Cedar Lake Receptionist
2011 Justified Jill Episode: "Save My Love"
2016 Drifting Robbie
2016 The Big Swim Mary Simmons Short
2024 Shrinking Jennie Episode: "Psychological Something-ism"

Theatre

Year Title Role Venue Notes
1989 The Secret Garden Mary 1st Broadway Workshop Production Jujamcyn Productions
1990 Forgiving Typhoid Mary Sarah George Street Playhouse
1990 The Grapes of Wrath Ruthie Joad - Understudy Cort Theatre - Broadway Produced by Steppenwolf Theatre Company
1990 Tamara Tamara Ensemble Studio Theatre, NYC Off-Off Broadway
1999 The Taming of the Shrew Bianca Franklin Stock Company
2003 All's Well That Ends Well Countess Blessed Unrest, NYC Off-Off Broadway
2004 Defences of Prague Diana La Mama Experimental Theatre Club Off-Off Broadway
2004 Sympathy Jean Ensemble Studio Theatre, NYC Off-Off Broadway
2005-2006 The Trip to Bountiful Thelma Signature Theatre Company, NYC Off-Broadway Nomination for Best Supporting Actress, Lucille Lortel Awards[12]
2006 Clocks & Whistles Anne Origin Theatre Company, NYC[13][14] Off-Off Broadway
2006 Honky Tonk Angels Darlene Alabama Shakespeare Festival
2007 Dracula Mina Fulton Opera House
2007 Doubt: A Parable Sister James George Street Playhouse[15][16]
2007 Frost/Nixon Evonne, Caroline understudy St. James Theatre - Broadway Produced by The Donmar Warehouse
2008 The Trip to Bountiful Thelma The Goodman Theatre |Chicago[17][18][19]
2008-2009 Frost/Nixon Evonne Broadway Tour 1st National Tour
2012 Words By... Ira Gershwin Chanteuse North Coast Repertory Theatre San Diego, California
2013 Educating Rita Rita North Coast Repertory Theatre[20] San Diego, California
2013 Miracle on South Division Street Beverly Colony Theatre - Burbank[21] ArtsInLA.com Best Actress Critics Pick
2014 Collected Stories Lisa Rubicon Theatre[22][23] Ventura, CA
2015 The Empty Man Kate The Blank Theatre Company Los Angeles
2016 Much Ado About Nothing Hero Here & Now Theatre Company West Townshend, Vermont
2017 A Midsummer Night's Dream Helena Here & Now Theatre Company West Townshend, Vermont
2017 The Spitfire Grill Shelby North Coast Reperatory Theatre[24] San Diego,CA
2017 King Charles III Kate Middleton Pasadena Playhouse[25][26] Los Angeles
2018 Theory Of Nothing Sugar Pasadena Playhouse Los Angeles
2018 King Lear Regan Rubicon Theatre[27][28] Ventura, CA
2019 Ladies Elizabeth Montagu Boston Court Pasadena Theatre Company[29][30][31] Los Angeles
2020 Passion Fosca Boston Court Pasadena Theatre Company[32] Los Angeles
2022 Macbeth Lady Macbeth Alabama Shakespeare Festival[33]
2023 Into the Breeches Maggie I.C.T Long Beach
2023 The Sound of Music Elsa Musical Theatre West 2023-2024 Scenies Winner! Outstanding Featured Performance in a Musical Stage Scene LA

Awards and nominations

  • Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Featured Actress (2006, nominated, The Trip to Bountiful)[34]
  • Best Featured Performance in a Musical at the Stage Scene LA Awards "Scenies" (2023, win for The Sound of Music)[35]

References

  1. ↑ Williams, Sidney (August 31, 1991). "Talent found in HBO's Baby-Sitters Club". The Town Talk.
  2. ↑ Edel, Raymond A. (October 27, 1991). "Min-bio for kids". The Sunday Record.
  3. ↑ Duffy, Mike (September 19, 1991). "Flesh 'N Blood is a nifty new clash of cultures for NBC". Detroit Free Press.
  4. ↑ Kendt, Rob. "The Trip to Bountiful". Variety.
  5. ↑ Moran, Rita. "King Lear is an acting challenge". Ventura County Star.
  6. ↑ Kragen, Pam. "Spitfire Grill". San Diego Union-Tribune.
  7. ↑ "Doubt review". The New York Times. October 21, 2005.
  8. ↑ "2006 nominees". Lucille Lortel Awards.
  9. ↑ "Winners Announced For The 2022 BroadwayWorld Birmingham Awards". BroadwayWorld.
  10. ↑ "Meghan Andrews". Apple TV Snapshot.
  11. ↑ Williams, Sidney (August 31, 1991). "Talent found in HBO's Baby-Sitters Club". The Town Talk (Newspapers.com). Retrieved 22 July 2025.
  12. ↑ "The 21st Annual Lucille Lortel nominations announced". New York Theater Guide. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
  13. ↑ Stevens, Andrea. "'Clocks and Whistles' Looks for Substance to Fill Up the Emptiness". The New York Times. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
  14. ↑ Jones, Kenneth. "Lovers and Friends Are Strange Bedfellows in U.S. Premiere of Clocks and Whistles May 4". Playbill. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
  15. ↑ Siegel, Naomi. "Moral Uncertainty Never Looked So Good". The New York Times. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
  16. ↑ Filichia, Peter. "'Doubt' and Dowd deliver convincingly". NJ.com/The Star-Ledger. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
  17. ↑ "Change drives home 'Trip to Bountiful'". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
  18. ↑ Kendt, Rob. "The Trip to Bountiful". Variety. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
  19. ↑ "Finding deeper meaning in 'Bountiful'". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
  20. ↑ Kragen, Pam. "Play review: Rita not quite in key". The San Diego Union-Tribune.
  21. ↑ Brandes, Philip. "Review: 'Miracle on South Division Street' is breezy, heartfelt". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
  22. ↑ Brandes, Philip. "Review: 'Collected Stories' smartly takes on writers' power struggles". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
  23. ↑ Moran, Rita. "Theater review: 'Collected Stories' at Rubicon Theatre in Ventura". Ventura County Star. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
  24. ↑ Kragen, Pam. "'Spitfire Grill' at North Coast Rep showcases voices of talented cast". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
  25. ↑ McNulty, Charles. "Review: Charles is king, Harry's in trouble and Kate's taking charge in Pasadena Playhouse's royal winner King Charles III". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
  26. ↑ Baum Nicholson, Frances. "King Charles III' at the Pasadena Playhouse is a royal delight". Pasadena Star-News. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
  27. ↑ Moran, Rita. "King Lear is an acting challenge, and Ventura's Rubicon meets it head-on". Ventura County Star. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
  28. ↑ Brandes, Pilip. "Review: In Ventura, a pared but no less potent King Lear". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
  29. ↑ Gray, Margaret. "Review: Boston Court Pasadena's 'Ladies' presents a puzzle of female empowerment". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
  30. ↑ Donelan, Charles. "Worth the Drive: 'Ladies' in Pasadena". Santa Barbara Independent. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
  31. ↑ "Beyond the Concept: A Conversation with the Artists of Ladies". Boston Court Pasadena. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
  32. ↑ "Stephen Sondheim's intimate, rarely produced musical 'Passion' is resurrected with new chamber orchestrations at Boston Court". Pasadena Weekly. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
  33. ↑ Harmon, Rick. "Review: ASF uses music to present innovative 'Macbeth'". Montgomery Advisor. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
  34. ↑ "2006 nominees". Lortel Award. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
  35. ↑ "SCENIES 2023-2024". Stage Scene LA. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
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