Meredith Garretson

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Meredith Garretson is an American actress.

Early life

Raised in Alexandria, Virginia, Garretson attended James Madison University, where she studied photojournalism in addition to taking pre-med, anthropology and Spanish classes before she began focusing on becoming an actress.{{cite web |last1=Kulju |first1=Jen |title=CVPA Spotlight Series: Meredith Garretson and Sara Tomko |url=https://www.jmu.edu/news/arts/2021/04-13-meredith-garretson-sara-tomko.shtml |website=James Madison University |access-date=2 March 2024 |date=April 13, 2021}} Upon graduating, she would relocate to New York City, where she studied the Meisner technique at Maggie Flanigan Studio,{{cite web |title=Meredith Garretson |url=https://maggieflaniganstudio.com/alumni/meredith-garretson/ |website=Maggie Flanagan Studio |access-date=2 March 2024}} attended New York University Tisch School of the Arts, from where she graduated with an MFA in 2017.{{cite web |title=Grad Acting: Meredith Garretson ('17) in Syfy's Resident Alien |url=https://tisch.nyu.edu/grad-acting/news/grad-acting--meredith-garretson---17--in-syfy-s--resident-alien- |website=New York University Tisch School of the Arts |access-date=2 March 2024 |date=March 22, 2021}}

Career

Garretson would take on guest roles in episodes of The Good Fight, Fosse/Verdon and Prodigal Son before beginning a recurring role in the Syfy series Resident Alien.{{cite web |last1=Weiss |first1=Josh |title=The Tudyk Has Landed: How to Watch Syfy's Resident Alien, Starring Alan Tudyk |url=https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/how-to-watch-resident-alien-syfy |website=Syfy |access-date=2 March 2024 |date=December 2, 2020}} In July 2021, Garretson was cast to portray Ali MacGraw in the Paramount+ miniseries The Offer.{{cite web |last1=Petski |first1=Denise |title=The Offer Adds Burn Gorman As Charles Bluhdorn, Patrick Gallo As Mario Puzo, Josh Zuckerman As Peter Bart & More In Making Of The Godfather Series |url=https://deadline.com/2021/07/the-offer-burn-gorman-charles-bluhdorn-patrick-gallo-mario-puzo-josh-zuckerman-peter-bart-the-godfather-series-1234788845/ |website=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=2 March 2024 |date=July 8, 2021}}{{cite web |last1=Rathe |first1=Adam |title=Go Behind the Scenes of The Offer with Meredith Garretson |url=https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts-and-culture/g39947787/the-offer-paramount-set-photos-meredith-garretson-ali-macgraw/ |website=Town & Country |access-date=2 March 2024 |date=May 10, 2022}} In 2022, she guest starred in Stargirl.{{cite web |title=DC's Stargirl – Frenemies – Chapter Twelve: The Last Will and Testament of Sylvester Pemberton |url=https://starrymag.com/stargirl-chapter-twelve-the-last-will-and-testament-of-sylvester-pemberton/ |website=Starrymag.com |access-date=2 March 2024 |date=December 7, 2022}}

Personal life

In theatre, Garretson is a co-founder of Society Theatre.{{cite web |title=Society Theatre Company |url=https://societytheatre.com/company/ |website=Society Theatre |access-date=2 March 2024}}

Garretson resides in Brooklyn. She is a vegan.