Maggie Lawson

About

Maggie Lawson (born Margaret Cassidy Lawson on August 12, 1980) is an American actress. Her television roles include Juliet O’Hara in Psych, Natalie Flynn in Lethal Weapon, Kay Bennett in Outmatched, and Sarah Silver in Boston Blue. Her television film credits include Model Behavior, Nancy Drew, and all three installments of the Psych film series.

Lawson was born and raised in Louisville, Kentucky. She is the daughter of Mike Lawson, a hotel manager, and Judy Lawson, a homemaker. She began appearing in local community and dinner theatre productions as a child and later worked as a youth journalist for a local Fox television station before moving to Los Angeles.
Lawson attended Assumption High School in Louisville. After moving between Louisville and Los Angeles during high school, she completed her senior year through correspondence and graduated with her class. She also said that she wrote for the school paper while attending Assumption.

Lawson began acting on television as a teenager. Her early television appearances included roles in Hang Time and Boy Meets World. She later appeared in Pleasantville and played dual roles in the…