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Maeve Anne Quinlan (born November 16, 1964 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American actress.
She is currently starring in the critically acclaimed hit series South of Nowhere which just received its second nomination in a row for Best Drama at the GLAAD Media Awards and recently finished shooting season three. Prior to South of Nowhere she was a regular on the soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful from 1995–2005 where she played Megan Conley. She returned for a three week guest starring role on the show in March of 2006 while on hiatus from South of Nowhere. One of her more notable roles was that of "Rhonda" in the 2002 movie Ken Park, the controversial film in which she is seen receiving unsimulated oral sex from a male friend of her daughter's. She also starred in the unsuccessful comedy Totally Blonde in 2001, and in 2007, the popular web series GirlTrash.
She is a first-generation American, the daughter of Irish immigrants, and holds dual US/Irish citizenship. She was formerly married to actor Tom Sizemore.
She is currently filming the movie Not Easily Broken with Morris Chestnut and Taraji P. Henson.
Parents are Irish immigrants
Graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from University of Southern California where she majored in theatre and political science earning a full-ride tennis scholarship and held All-American honors. She was a member of the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority house. Turned pro after graduation and was ranked among the top105 women in the world in tennis, playing at the French Open and Virginia Slims Tour. It was a USC drama professor who urged Quinlan to quit the tour and become a professional actress.
Voted one of Soap's Most Beautiful People (source: Soap Opera Update)
Maeve is both a U.S. citizen and an Irish citizen.
Resides in Los Angeles with her beloved golden retriever, Seamus. Maeve's family resides in Dublin Ireland, Wicklow Ireland and Chicago.
Ex-sister-in-law of Paul Sizemore (I).





