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This article's subject relates to Season 7 of 24.This is a production article written from an out-of-universe perspective

Meredith Dawn Salenger (born March 14, 1970; age 54) played Linda Gadsen in Season 7.

Biography and career[]

Meredith Salenger was born in Malibu, California. Her mother was an interior designer and her father was a dentist. Salenger enjoyed performing since she was a child. When she was eight years old, her mother took her to her first acting class, and she got her first role as an orphan in the 1982 film Annie.

After that, Salenger has appeared in films like Dream a Little Dream, Village of the Damned, Sour Grapes (with Patrick Fabian), Lake Placid, and Race to Witch Mountain. She has also appeared in TV shows like L.A. Firefighters (with Carmen Argenziano), Resurrection Blvd. (with Marisol Nichols and Tony Plana), Dawson's Creek, and Damages.

Despite starting her acting career at a young age, Salenger attended Harvard University from 1988 to 1992, graduating Cum Laude with a degree in Psychology. She married comedian Patton Oswalt in 2017.

24 credits[]

Selected filmography[]

  • The Prank (2022)
  • The Secret Life of Pets 2 (2019)
  • Teen Titans Go! To the Movies (2018)
  • An American Dog Story (2017)
  • Crush (2013)
  • My Apocalypse (2008)
  • Lake Placid (1999)
  • Village of the Damned (1995)
  • The Journey of Natty Gann (1985)

Television appearances

  • Marvel's M.O.D.O.K. (2021)
  • Will & Grace (2019)
  • Into the Dark (2018)
  • Grey's Anatomy (2016)
  • Mad (2011-2013)
  • Damages (2011)
  • Mad (2011-2013)
  • Men of a Certain Age (2010)
  • Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2009-2013)
  • The Cleaner (2008)
  • Close to Home (2005)
  • Cold Case (2005)
  • Dawson's Creek (2002)
  • Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1998)

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