Kate Flannery (born June 10, 1964 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American actress who plays the role of Meredith Palmer on the NBC sitcom The Office.

Kate Flannery plays Meredith on NBC's The Office. Her comedy lounge act, the Lampshades, has been running in Hollywood at the Improv Olympic West stage for over four years and was seen at the US Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen. Kate's other TV work includes the Bernie Mac Show, Boomtown, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Jimmy Kimmel, Comedy Central's Cross Balls and she was the voice of Lucy in a Robert Smigel Cartoon on SNL. She played Neely O'Hara in Off Broadway hit, Valley of the Dolls at the Circle in the Square in NYC and LA's Bing Theatre (she's on the upcoming Valley of the Dolls' DVD extras). A former member of Second City's National Tour Co., she is an original member of Chicago's Annoyance Theater where she created over 15 shows including the Miss Vagina Pageant and the Real Live Brady Bunch (playing over 30 cities and the Kennedy Center). LA audiences have recently seen her as the teen prostitute and Blair's sister in the Phacts of Life at the Renberg Theatre and in the Lily Tomlin / Jane Wagner production of Hildy, Hildy, Three Feet Under at the Evidence Room. Kate can be heard on the local Air America radio show, Ravenhurst. Kate performed with They Might Be Giants' John Flansburgh's band, Monopuff (you can hear her on their album," It's Fun To Steal"). She is the musical director of the Los Angeles Drama Club (teaching Shakespeare to 5 to 8 year olds). Kate graduated from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia where her family owns a bar.