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American actress (born 1980)

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Maggie Lawson
Lawson at Galaxy Con Columbus 2024
Born	Margaret Cassidy Lawson[1] (1980-08-12) August 12, 1980 (age 45)[2]Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1996–present
Spouse	Ben Koldyke ​ ​(m. 2015; div. 2017)​[3][4]
Partner	James Roday Rodriguez (2006-2014)

Maggie Lawson (born Margaret Cassidy Lawson; August 12, 1980)[5] is an American actress who is best known for her role as Detective Juliet "Jules" O'Hara in the television series Psych, and its subsequent film series. From 2018 to 2019, she held the recurring role of Natalie Flynn in the third and final season of Fox's Lethal Weapon.

Early life, family and education

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Lawson was born on August 12, 1980, in Louisville, Kentucky.[6] Lawson was born to hotel manager Mike Lawson and homemaker Judy Lawson.[7] Lawson started her career in community and dinner theater productions. She became a youth TV host on WDRB Fox 41 Kid's Club in Louisville. She relocated to Los Angeles for her first television pilot at 15.[8][9]

Career

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Lawson performed in various sitcoms like Cybill, Boy Meets World and Home Improvement throughout her early career in both guest starring and supporting roles. She also made guest appearances on television series such as Smallville and Fear Itself, and co-starred in It's All Relative and Crumbs.

For The Wonderful World of Disney, Lawson starred in a double role in Model Behavior featuring Justin Timberlake. She portrayed Nancy Drew in the 2002 film Nancy Drew. Other film credits include Pleasantville, Nice Guys Sleep Alone and Cleaner.

From 2006 to 2014, Lawson co-starred in the USA Network original series Psych, as Detective Juliet "Jules" O'Hara. She reprised her role in 2017 in Psych: The Movie, in Psych 2: Lassie Come Home in 2020 and Psych 3: This Is Gus, in 2021.[10]

In 2011, Lawson briefly returned to her roots in theater to star in the play Greedy, directed by her then-partner and Psych co-star James Roday. It ran for a few weekends in Los Angeles.

Following Psych, she scored leading roles in ABC's 2013 sitcom Back in the Game, CBS's 2014 sitcom pilot Save the Date and CBS's 2016 fantasy sitcom Angel from Hell. She also had short arcs on Two and a Half Men, The Great Indoors, and Netflix's The Ranch. Also for Netflix, Lawson starred in the recurring role of Christa on the second and third seasons of horror-comedy series Santa Clarita Diet as well as the movie Spivak in 2018.

For Hallmark Channel, Lawson has starred in My Favorite Wedding and Christmas Encore in 2017, The Story of Us and Christmas in Evergreen: Tidings of Joy in 2019.

Lawson starred in a recurring role as Dr. Natalie Flynn on the third season of Lethal Weapon and was featured in Treehouse, the sixth episode of Hulu's monthly horror movie anthology Into The Dark.

In 2020, she played Kay, the female lead opposite Jason Biggs, in the FOX comedy series Outmatched, "about a blue-collar couple [...] in South Jersey trying to get by and raise four kids, three of whom just happen to be certified geniuses."[11]

In 2025, Lawson joined the main cast of Blue Bloods spinoff Boston Blue, in the role of Sarah Silver, half-sister of lead detective Lena Silver.[12]

Personal life

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Throughout the series run of Psych (2006–2014), Lawson was in a relationship with series lead James Roday Rodriguez.[13][14]

On November 14, 2014, Lawson became engaged to Back in the Game co-star Ben Koldyke[15] and married him on August 8, 2015, on his family's ranch in New Mexico. In early 2017, Lawson filed for divorce from Koldyke.[16]

Filmography

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Film

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	I've Been Waiting for You	Debbie Murdock	TV movie
	Pleasantville	Lisa Anne
1999	Nice Guys Sleep Alone	Meghan
2000	Model Behavior	Alex Burroughs/Janine Adams	TV movie
2002	Cheats	Julie Merkel
	Heart of a Stranger	Amanda Maddox	TV movie
	Nancy Drew	Nancy Drew	TV movie
2003	Winter Break	Michelle Casper
2004	Love Rules!	Kelly	TV movie
	Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman	Rachel	TV movie
2007	Cleaner	Cherie
2009	Still Waiting...	Allison	Video
	Killer Hair	Lacey Smithsonian	TV movie
	Hostile Makeover	Lacey Smithsonian	TV movie
	Gamer	Female News Host #1
2010	A Date with Diana	Diana	Short
2017	My Favorite Wedding	Tess Harper	TV movie
	Psych: The Movie	Juliet O'Hara	TV movie
	Christmas Encore	Charlotte Lacy	TV movie
2018	Spivak	Jeanine Mulholland	TV movie
2019	The Story of Us	Jamie Vaughn	TV movie
	Christmas in Evergreen: Tidings of Joy	Katie Connell	TV movie
2020	Psych 2: Lassie Come Home	Juliet O'Hara	TV movie
2021	Psych 3: This Is Gus	Juliet O'Hara	TV movie
	A Lot Like Christmas	Jessica Roberts	TV movie
2024	Sugarplummed	Emily Mitchell	TV movie
2025	I Was a Child Bride: The Courtney Stodden Story	Krista	TV movie

Television

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	Hang Time	Kim	Episode: "Green-Eyed Julie"
1996–97	Unhappily Ever After	Madelyn	Recurring Cast: Season 3
1997	Step by Step	Alana Mills	Episode: "Loose Lips"
	Cybill	Jennifer	Episode: "Like Family"
	Meego	Brooke	Episode: "Fatal Attraction"
	Boy Meets World	Debbie	Episode: "I Love You, Donna Karan: Part 1"
1998	Home Improvement	Samantha Hayes	Episode: "An Older Woman"
	Kelly Kelly	Ally	Episode: "The Wedding Show"
1999	Working	Julie	Episode: "Romeo and Julie"
	Felicity	Rebecca	Episode: "Todd Mulcahy: Part 2"
	Family Rules	Hope Harrison	Main Cast
	ER	Shannon Mitchell	Episode: "Responsible Parties"
	Party of Five	Alexa	Recurring Cast: Season 6
2001–02	Inside Schwartz	Eve Morris	Recurring Cast
2002	Smallville	Chrissy Parker	Episode: "Redux"
2003–04	It's All Relative	Liz Stoddard-Banks	Main Cast
2005	Tru Calling	Megan Roberts	Episode: "The Last Good Day"
2006	Crumbs	Andrea Malone	Main Cast
2006–14	Psych	Juliet O'Hara	Main Cast
2007	Rules of Engagement	Jesse	Episode: "Jeff's Wooby"
2008	Fear Itself	Samantha the Bride	Episode: "In Sickness and in Health"
2012	Justified	Layla	Episode: "Thick as Mud"
2013–14	Back in the Game	Terry Gannon Jr.	Main Cast
2014–15	Two and a Half Men	Ms. McMartin	Recurring Cast: Season 12
2016	Angel from Hell	Allison	Main Cast
2017	The Great Indoors	Rachel	Recurring Cast
2017–18	The Ranch	Jen	Recurring Cast: Season 2, Guest: Season 3
2018–19	Lethal Weapon	Natalie Flynn	Recurring Cast: Season 3
	Santa Clarita Diet	Christa	Recurring Cast: Season 2–3
2019	Into the Dark	Rebecca Wheeler	Episode: "Treehouse"
2020	Outmatched	Kay	Main Cast
2023–25	The Milk Chug	Jo (voice)	Main Cast
2025	Boston Blue	Sarah Silver	Main Cast

References

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1. ^ "Apple TV Maggie Lawson Profile". Apple TV. Apple Inc. Retrieved 21 February 2026.
2. ^ "Maggie Lawson". TV Insider. TVGM Holdings, LLC. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
3. ^ "Maggie Lawson- Angel From Hell". Paramount+. Retrieved 2021-03-19.
4. ^ "Ben Koldyke Selling Updated 1920s Santa Monica Craftsman (EXCLUSIVE)". Yahoo. 2018-02-09. Retrieved 2021-03-19.
5. ^ "Apple TV Maggie Lawson Profile". Apple TV. Apple Inc. Retrieved 21 February 2026.
6. ^ "Maggie Lawson". TV Insider. TVGM Holdings, LLC. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
7. ^ "Apple TV Maggie Lawson Profile". Apple TV. Apple Inc. Retrieved 21 February 2026.
8. ^ "James Roday Rodriguez and Maggie Lawson". Kevin Pollak Chat Show. Earwolf. April 19, 2010. Retrieved February 10, 2018.
9. ^ "Apple TV Maggie Lawson Profile". Apple TV. Apple Inc. Retrieved 21 February 2026.
10. ^ Ausiello, Michael (7 August 2018). "James Roday Talks Psych Sequel Delay: 'We'll Figure Out a Way to Do It'". tvline.com. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
11. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (2019-05-09). "Fox Orders Live-Action Comedy Series 'Outmatched' & Animated 'The Great North'". Deadline. Retrieved 2019-11-13.
12. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (June 2, 2025). "'Boston Blue': Maggie Lawson Joins 'Blue Bloods' Offshoot For CBS". Deadline. Retrieved August 2, 2025.
13. ^ David, Mark (2014-01-17). "Maggie Lawson Lists Eco-Friendly Los Feliz Home". Variety. Archived from the original on 2018-01-06. Retrieved 2020-12-20.
14. ^ Graff, Michael (2018-06-22). "10 Iconic Sitcom Stars Who Got Together (And 10 Who Are Just Friends)". Screen Rant. Archived from the original on 2019-02-03. Retrieved 2020-12-20.
15. ^ "Maggie Lawson Age, Height, James Roday, Husband, Family, Biography". Celebrity XYZ. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
16. ^ David, Mark (9 February 2018). "Ben Koldyke Selling Updated 1920s Santa Monica Craftsman (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety.com. Retrieved 21 March 2019.

External links

[edit] Wikimedia Commons has media related to Maggie Lawson.

• Maggie Lawson at IMDb
• USA Network's web site about Maggie Lawson

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