Born on Long Island, NY and raised in Princeton Junction, NJ, Megan grew up on the stages of the McCarter Theatre and the Princeton Ballet. After graduating Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Virginia with her Master of Teaching and BA in Theatre, Megan moved to New York to begin her career in entertainment. After working in NYC & regional theatre, independent film, and daytime dramas, she moved to Los Angeles and quickly started to accrue network, cable and pilot credits. She has guest starred in both sitcoms and dramas on CBS, ABC, TNT, Showtime, Lifetime and Nickelodeon, with favorite roles including Huff, opposite Hank Azaria, How I Met Your Mother opposite Neil Patrick Harris, and General Hospital, opposite James Franco. She returned to General Hospital in 2011 to appear with her then three month baby girl, Mackenzie.
In LA, Megan has continued to remain engaged in her theatre roots with lead roles in Bert V. Royal's Dog Sees God (ensemble nominations -LADCC, LA Weekly & GLAAD Awards), the world premier of Confessions of a Catholic Child, Too Much Mustard's The Baby Dance and a staged reading of How Cissy Grew, starring James Denton. Back in NYC, she has originated numerous roles, including world premieres at the Cherry Lane Theatre, the Abingdon Theatre Company, and Manhattan Theatre Source.
In addition, Megan is a busy writer and producer with several new television projects in development. Her ½ comedy "Lick It", with creator Bert Royal ("Easy A") and producing partner, Christine Lakin, sold to a major cable network. She and Christine are in development on an hour drama with Imperative ("Heroes Reborn") and an hour dramedy based on her private tutoring stories, with Director/Executive Producer, Scott Winant. Other projects include "Mommies", a ½ comedy with Sundance Producer Jodi Redmond ("The Witch") and fellow writer/creator Carissa Kosta, an animated and reality series, and an hour drama, "Less Than Saints", which she wrote based on her Irish family.
Megan continues to study study in the Master Class at Warner Loughlin Studios, where she also serves as Director of the Teen and Foundation Programs and a staff coach. Additionally, she manages a successful tutoring business, servicing students K-12 throughout Los Angeles and utilizing creative instructional methods and strategies to help her students master concepts, lower anxiety, and gain confidence in the classroom.
Megan lives in North Hollywood, CA with her husband, singer/actor/Coast Guard Reserve officer, Stuart Ambrose, and their daughter, Mackenzie Leigh.
