Meredith Eaton (sometimes credited as
Meredith Eaton-Gilden) (born
August 26 1974)
is an
American actress. She is 4 feet (1.22 m) tall
and refers to herself as a "short-stature actress".
She is best known for portraying the attorney Emily Resnick on the
CBS television series
Family Law (in which she was the first female "
little person" to fill a regular role in an American
prime time series), and for her recurring role as Bethany Horowitz on the
ABC series
Boston Legal.
Biography
Early life
Eaton was born in
Long Island,
New York to a clinical
psychiatrist mother and an
administrative law judge father. She attended
Hofstra University in
Hempstead, New York, where she was an active member of the
Delta Phi Epsilon sorority; she graduated in 1996 with a degree in
interdisciplinary studies, minoring in
theater. In June 2007, she was named by Hofstra University as their
Alumnus of the Month.
