Maeve Quinlan

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Maeve Quinlan
Maeve Quinlan at Camp As Sayliyah, Qatar.jpg
Quinlan at Camp As Sayliyah, Qatar, in 2009
Born
Maeve Anne Quinlan

(1964-11-16) November 16, 1964 (age 59)
OccupationActress
Years active1988-present
Spouses
(m. 1996;div. 1999)
Derek Chatterton
(m. 2023)

Maeve Quinlan (born November 16, 1964) is an American actress. She is best known for starring as Megan Conley for 11 years in The Bold and the Beautiful and for the series South of Nowhere .

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Career

Quinlan entered the professional tennis circuit at age 16. She competed in the French Open, Wimbledon and U.S. Open. Quinlan earned her full scholarship to both USC and Northwestern University, where she studied theater. After an injury, she quit tennis and pursued an acting career, starting with parts in commercials for Nike and Gatorade. [1]

Prior to South of Nowhere, she was a regular on the soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful , where from 1995 to 2005 she played Megan Conley. She returned for a three-week guest-starring role on the show in March 2006, while on hiatus from South of Nowhere. One of her more notable roles was that of Rhonda in the 2002 movie Ken Park , a controversial film in which she received oral sex from the boyfriend of her character's daughter. She also starred in the unsuccessful comedy Totally Blonde in 2001, and in 2007, the popular web series Girltrash!

She starred in the 2009 movie Not Easily Broken with Morris Chestnut and Taraji P. Henson. She co-created, co-produced, and starred in 3 Way, a web series about roommates, which featured lesbian characters, with Jill Bennett, Maile Flanagan, and Cathy Shim.

Personal life

Quinlan is a second-generation Irish American, the daughter of Irish immigrants, and holds dual US/Irish citizenship. She was married to actor Tom Sizemore from 1996 until their divorce in 1999. [2]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1999 The Florentine Claire
1999 Play It to the Bone Tiffany
2001Instinct to KillReceiving Nurse
2001 Totally Blonde Liv Watson
2002 Ken Park Rhonda
2002 Heart of America Becky Schultz
2003Net GamesDet. Sandra Simmonds
2004Nobody's PerfectCrazy GirlShort film
2004 Criminal Heather
2004The Drone VirusColleen O'Brian
2005Tennis, Anyone...?Siobhan Kelly
2005The Nickel ChildrenThe Mother
2006 High Hopes Sarah
2009 Not Easily Broken Julie Sawyer
2010 Dirty Girl Janet
2011 Sound of My Voice Diane Winston
2011 Cougars Inc. Kitty Lowell
2012 Divorce Invitation Pam
2013Another Dirty MovieMrs. Prussy
2016LiquoriceMariam Glass
2022Our Almost Completely True StoryHeather

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1995-2006 The Bold and the Beautiful Megan ConleyRegular role (330 episodes)
1997 L.A. Heat TeresaEpisode: "Old Scores"
2001 JAG Susan EvansEpisode: "New Gun in Town"
2004 A Boyfriend for Christmas DianeTV film
2005McBride: The Chameleon MurderWhitney CollierTV film
2005-2008 South of Nowhere Paula CarlinMain role (41 episodes)
2006 South Beach JenniferEpisode: "I'll Do What I Want to Do"
2007 Dirt Kitty RyderEpisode: "The Sexxx Issue"
2007 Primal Doubt HollyTV film
2008 Life Lynn GrayEpisodes: "Not for Nothing", "Crushed"
2008-2011 90210 Constance Tate-DuncanRecurring role (8 episodes)
2012 Hawaii Five-0 Sandra FryerEpisode: "Ua Hala"
2012Teenage Bank HeistJoyceTV film
2015Double DaddyDianeTV film
2015A Christmas MiracleEva JonesTV film
2017The Stalker ClubKarenTV film
2017-2018Riley ParraNina HathawayRecurring role (5 episodes)
2018The Sinister SurrogateCarol MorrisonTV film
2019Riley Parra: Better AngelsNina HathawayTV film
2022A Job to Die ForClaudiaTV film
2023The Paramedic Who Stalked MeKarenTV film

Web

YearTitleRoleNotes
2007 Girltrash! Judge Cragen2 episodes
2008–20093 WaySiobhan McGarry13 episodes
2013Cowgirl UpBuckshot BettyRecurring role (6 episodes)

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References

  1. "About the Actors - Maeve Quinlan".
  2. "Maeve Quinlan Biography". Archived from the original on 2012-01-31. Retrieved 2013-04-18.