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"plainText": "Meredith Salenger is an actress, writer, producer, and activist born and raised in the sunshine in Malibu, CA. She began her professional acting career at the age of 10 playing a singing and dancing orphan in \"Annie\"(1982), directed by John Huston. By 14 she was starring as the lead role in \"The Journey of Natty Gann\" opposite John Cusack and Ray Wise (1985), which was the first American movie to win the gold award at the Moscow Film Festival. This film also garnered Meredith \"Best Actress in a Drama\" at the Youth in Film Awards for her wonderful portrayal of the tomboyish Natty Gann. After starring in the teen films \"Dream a little Dream\" opposite The Coreys and \"A Night in Life of Jimmy Reardon\" with River Phoenix and Matthew Perry - Meredith took a 4 year break and left Hollywood for Harvard where she graduated cum laude with a degree in Psychology. Upon her return to Hollywood, Meredith has been cast in TV comedies: opposite Steve Carrell in \"H.U.D,\" \"Chicks\" with the same writers from Seinfeld. She's guest starred on \"Will & Grace,\" \"Anger Management\" with Charlie Sheen, Happy!, and many others. She enjoyed her dramatic roles in shows like 24, Dawson's Creek, Grey's Anatomy, Daredevil, Damages, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Cold Case, Close to Home, etc. Meredith also starred in David Kelley's \"Lake Placid\" alongside Bill Pullman, Brendan Gleeson, Oliver Platt and Betty White, John Carpenter's \"Village of the Damned\" with Mark Hamill and Christopher Reeve, and a multitude of Independent films. Meredith then entered the Star Wars universe voicing characters in The Clone Wars, Rebels, and The Force awakens. You can also hear her voiceover work in: The Secret Life of Pets 2. My Little Pony, Teen Titans Go! to the Movies, Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!, Robot Chicken, Lego DC Super Hero Girls, and more. During all of this, Meredith got certified in Mediation from the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution at Pepperdine University School of Law in 2009 and went on to successfully mediate over a hundred cases throughout the Los Angeles Superior courts. She wed comedian Patton Oswalt in 2017 and became an instant mom to the adorably mischievous Alice who is now her favorite person of all time! Since 2021, she is writing and producing two shows (a sitcom and an animated show) with her writing partner Matt Boren and voicing many animated shows including Marvel's M.O.D.O.K. on HULU. (2021) She produces and hosts a hilarious podcast with her husband called, \"Did you get my text?\""
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