Maeve Quinlan

Maeve Quinlan (born November 16, 1964) is an American actress. She is best known for starring as Megan Conley for 11 years in The Bold and the Beautiful and for the series South of Nowhere.

Alma Mater:

University of Southern California, graduated in 1987 earning a BA in Communications & Political Science, Minor in Drama. (1985-1987)

Northwestern University, majoring in Communications (years attended) 1982-1984)

New Trier High School, Winnetka, Illinois graduated 1982 (years attended 1978-1982)

Sorority: Member of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority at University of Southern California, (Omicron Chapter, 1985-1987) and Northwestern University (Tau Chapter, 1982-1984)

Career
Quinlan entered the professional tennis circuit at age 16. She competed in the French Open, Wimbledon and U.S. Open. Quinlan earned her full scholarship to both USC and Northwestern University, where she studied theater. After an injury, she quit tennis and pursued an acting career, starting with parts in commercials for Nike and Gatorade.

Prior to South of Nowhere, she was a regular on the soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful, where from 1995 to 2005 she played Megan Conley. She returned for a three-week guest-starring role on the show in March 2006, while on hiatus from South of Nowhere. One of her more notable roles was that of Rhonda in the 2002 movie Ken Park, a controversial film in which she received oral sex from the boyfriend of her character's daughter. She also starred in the unsuccessful comedy Totally Blonde in 2001, and in 2007, the popular web series Girltrash!

She starred in the 2009 movie Not Easily Broken with Morris Chestnut and Taraji P. Henson. She co-created, co-produced, and starred in 3 Way, a web series about roommates, which featured lesbian characters, with Jill Bennett, Maile Flanagan, and Cathy Shim.

Personal life
Quinlan is a first-generation Irish American, the daughter of Irish immigrants, and holds dual US/Irish citizenship. She was married to actor Tom Sizemore from 1996 until their divorce in 1999.