Meredith Monroe

Meredith spends her money on plants, cosmetics, home improvements, and acting classes.

Meredith enjoys music by Sarah McLachlan, Maxwell, Bob Marley, Natalie Merchant among others.

She has been married to Steven Kavovit since August 1999.

She attended Millikin University where she was a member of Alpha Chi Omega sorority.

When Meredith arrived in Wilmington all of the pollen in the air gave her allergies, so the on-set medic helped her to get rid of her red eyes and running nose with herbal remedies.

She was star-struck when she met James Marsters from Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Meredith is 5'6" in height. She is left-handed.

She loves Oreo cookies, Pringles and Pop-Tarts.

She owns a Ford Explorer and was in the adverts as well.

At school, Meredith did competitive swimming which made her feel uncomfortable as it was pressuring with everyone's eyes on her, she says she always hit her head on the wall.

She attended Hinsdale Central High School.

She moved to Wilmington, North Carolina during the filming of Dawson's Creek.

She has appeared in over thirty commercials and has been on the covers of books and game covers.

Her earliest commercial was for L'Oreal hair care on TV.

When she was two years old her parents divorced, and she spent most of her younger years with her mother.

She is an only child.

Meredith likes to exercise doing Iyengar Yoga, jogging, and hiking. She meditates every morning. She also likes to have cookouts with friends on her free time.

Her favourite moment is when she spent 4 laps at 180 mph in a NASCAR driven by Larry Perkins.

Her Hollywood idols include Mel Gibson and Tom Hanks.

She says she would love to work with Gene Hackman, Robert De Niro, Edward Norton and John Malkovich.

She loves acting, animals, friends, gardening, and traveling. If she wasn't an actress she might be a travel agent or tour guide in a different country.

She began print modeling while very young, then moved on to commercials. Her TV commercial appearances include ones for Mentos, 7-Up, Disney World, Dove, Tide, New Sheer Dry Deodorant, and the Illinois Lottery.

She says her sense of optimism is very important to her.

She drives the Ford Focus presented to her during the Ford/Dawson's Creek Live Concert in Wilmington, NC.

The WB canceled Living With Fran just prior to the episode Masquerding with Fran, in which Meredith filmed a guest role.

She is good friends with her fellow Dawson's Creek co-star Kerr Smith. They bought their puppies together.

She filmed three scenes reprising her role as Andie McPhee for the two-hour series finale of Dawson's Creek, but her scenes were cut due to time restraints.

Her character on Dawson's Creek Andie McPhee, left for Italy in Season Four. But her name remained in the opening credits for the remainder of the season even though she no longer appeared. The character of Andie returned in for the graduation episode in the fourth season finale, which was her last appearance until the series finale two years later.

If she could switch roles with anyone on Dawson's Creek it would have been Abby.

She loved The Brady Bunch as a child growing up.

Her favorite TV shows include Charmed, Buffy and Law & Order.

She owns two boxer dogs named Jackson and Jeezal.

She beat out Tamara Braun for the role of Andie McPhee on Dawson's Creek. Dominique Swain and Jacinda Barrett lost to her for the role of Amy Lear in Full Ride.