{{short description|American actress}} {{Infobox person | name = Stephanie Drake | image = <!-- filename only, no "File:" or "Image:" prefix, and no enclosing brackets --> | alt = <!-- descriptive text for use by the blind and visually impaired's speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software --> | caption = | birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name --> | birth_date = <!-- {{birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} for living people supply only the year with {{Birth year and age|YYYY}} unless the exact date is already widely published, as per WP:DOB. For people who have died, use {{Birth date|YYYY|MM|DD}}. --> | birth_place = | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date then birth date) --> | death_place = | other_names = | occupation = Actor | years_active = 2012–present | known_for = Mad Men | notable_works = | website = {{URL|stephaniemdrake.com}} }}

'''Stephanie Drake''' is an American actress best known for portraying Meredith in the television series ''Mad Men''<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/mad-men-actress-stephanie-drake-787793 | title='Mad Men' Actress Stephanie Drake on the Good Fortune of Being Turned Down by Don Draper | work=hollywoodreporter.com | date=12 April 2015 | accessdate=14 April 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://variety.com/2015/tv/spotlight/stephanie-drake-mad-men-final-season-meredith-1201519087/ | title=Stephanie Drake on Stealing Scenes in 'Mad Men' Final Season | work=variety.com | date=15 June 2015 | accessdate=14 April 2016}}</ref> during its fifth, sixth, and seventh seasons.<ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://time.com/3774473/mad-men-meredith-stephanie-drake/ | title=Mad Men's Meredith Explains Why She's Don Draper's Best Secretary Ever | magazine=Time | date=8 April 2015 | access-date=14 April 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://archive.boston.com/entertainment/tv/2015/05/24/stephanie-drake-being-mad-men-most-memorable-minor-character/FAQ4TQ1NdBXotENFTWcAyL/story.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160426094326/http://archive.boston.com/entertainment/tv/2015/05/24/stephanie-drake-being-mad-men-most-memorable-minor-character/FAQ4TQ1NdBXotENFTWcAyL/story.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=April 26, 2016 | title=Stephanie Drake on being Mad Men's most memorable minor character | work=.boston.com | accessdate=14 April 2016}}</ref>

==Early life== Drake moved around a lot in her youth, but lived for a time in Augusta, Georgia, and grew up mainly in Baltimore.<ref name="BA">{{cite web|title=BA #239: Stephanie Drake|url=http://boxangeles.com/2018/08/06/ba-239-stephanie-drake/|website=the Box Angeles podcast|date=August 6, 2018}}</ref> She attended Carver Center for Arts where she studied acting.<ref name="BA"/>

After high school, she moved to Los Angeles to attend USC, where she earned a BA in Theatre.<ref name="BA"/> She worked at Nordstrom and J. Crew before finding success as an actor.<ref name="BA"/>

==Filmography==

===Film=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- |2006 |''Chicxulub'' |Madeline Biehn |Short |- |2009 |''In the City'' |Lennie | |- |2009 |''Senescence'' |Crystal |Short |- |2013 |''TNT's Franklin & Bash & Rizzoli & Isles Spin Offs'' |Isles |Short |- |2014 |''Movie Night'' |Cindy |Short |- |2014 |''Monster in the Wash'' |Lucy |Short |- |2016 |''Fear, Inc.'' |Ashleigh Davidson | |- |2017 |''Cups & Robbers'' |Carrie |Short |- |2018 |''Deep Murder'' |Dr. Bunny Van Clit | |- |}

===Television=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- |2012–15 |''Mad Men'' |Meredith |Recurring role |- |2013 |''{{sortname|The|Middle|The Middle (TV series)}}'' |Sandra |"The Ditch" |- |2013–14 |''Jimmy Kimmel Live!'' |Various |3 episodes |- |2015 |''CSI: Cyber'' |Jessica Pope |"Ghost in the Machine" |- |2015 |''Unmatch.com'' |Maggie Skye |"A Date with a Flight Attendant" |- |2016 |''Rent-a-Gay'' |Jane |"What Every Single Woman Needs" |- |2016 |''Noches con Platanito'' | |1 episode |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *http://www.stephaniemdrake.com/resume.html *{{IMDb name|2286886}} {{Authority control}}

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