Born in the "salad-bowl of the world" Salinas, California, award-winning actor Margaret Reed earned her B.A. in Theatre from the University of California at Santa Cruz and her M.F.A. in Acting from Cornell University. Maggie continues her career on the east coast with appearances in the upcoming 2022 Jason Katims series "Dear Edward" on AppleTV+ and in the final cliffhanger episode of HULU's "Only Murders in the Building" Season 2. Also in 2022, Margaret will be seen in her second Terence Krey film, "Summoners."
2021 roles included her 9th role in the Dick Wolf universe as a guest star on "FBI: Most Wanted" and her 4th role on "Law & Order: SVU." Maggie plays opposite Tim Blake Nelson, Bobby Cannavale, and John Turturro in the film "The Jesus Rolls." "Bull", "Pose" "The Blacklist" and the recurring role of U.S. Arms Negotiator Belinda Oliver, on "The Americans" are some of her recent roles.
Some of Maggie's notable TV roles are Shannon O'Hara McKechnie on the soap opera "As The World Turns" (8 years), Mary Contardi on "Seinfeld," Maggie Biederhof on HBO's "Mildred Pierce," Blossom's mom in the flashbacks on "Blossom," as Warp Field Theorist Dr. Serova on "Star Trek, TNG" and with Betty White on "The Golden Girls."
Theatre credits include many classical roles in the U.S. tour of John Houseman's "The Acting Company," and she won the DramaLogue award for her role as Kate opposite Kevin Conway's Garfinkle in the L.A. premiere of the play "Other People's Money" as well as being awarded the NJ Theatre Critics award as Best Supporting Actress for "Dinner With Friends."
Off-Broadway highlights include the world-premiere of Samuel Beckett's "Catastrophe" directed by the late Alan Schneider and playing Vivien Leigh and Joan Plowright in Austin Pendelton's "Orson's Shadow" directed by David Cromer at The Barrow Street Theatre NYC. Also, a 3-theatre tour as Masha in "Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike" (Cleveland Play House, GEVA, and the Cape Playhouse). Her most recent Off-Broadway play was as Bess Myerson in Barra Grant's autobiographical play "Miss America's Ugly Daughter." At the 2019 Adirondack Theatre Festival, Margaret played genetics professor & stem-cell researcher, Dr. Guzman, in Arun Lakra's award-winning play "Sequence."
