Background
Lawson was born in Louisville, Kentucky, the daughter of Judy, a homemaker, and Mike Lawson, a hotel manager.
Lawson was born in Louisville, Kentucky, the daughter of Judy, a homemaker, and Mike Lawson, a hotel manager.
She attended Assumption High School, an All-Girls Catholic school.
She also has starred in the sitcoms Inside Schwartz, lieutenant"s All Relative, and Crumbs, as well as the television movie Nancy Drew. In late 2014 and early 2015, she had a supporting role as Mission McMartin in the 12th and final season of Two and a Half Men. Early on, she co-hosted WDRB Fox 41 Kid"s Club in Louisville.
In 2000, she starred in Model Behavior, a Disney Channel movie featuring Justin Timberlake.
She also made guest appearances on television series such as Smallville and Fear Itself. She was recently the star of a play called Greedy, directed by James Roday, which played for a few weekends in Los Los Angeles
She co-starred in the United States of America Network original series, Psychology, as Detective Juliet O"Hara. Lawson dated fellow Psychology co-star James Roday for 9 years.
In 2011, she did a short skit called "A Date with Diana" for Funny or Die.
In it, she played Wonder Woman and went on a date with a fan. On February 5, 2014, United States of America Network announced that Psychology would finish its run on March 26 after 8 seasons. Lawson starred in the American Broadcasting Company sitcom Back In The Game, which was picked up for the 2013 fall season.
She played Terry Gannon, a single mother and former college softball player who reluctantly agrees to coach her son"s little league team
On November 1, 2013, American Broadcasting Company canceled Back in the Game. The tenth episode was aired on December 11, 2013.
American Broadcasting Company will not air the remaining three episodes of its original 13-episode order, but may do so at a later date. In 2014, it was announced that Lawson will topline the Columbia Broadcasting System comedy pilot Save the Date.
In 2016, Lawson starred in the Columbia Broadcasting System fantasy sitcom Angel from Hell.
She played Allison Fuller, a dermatologist who knows to Amy, a mysterious woman, who reveals herself to be an angel. On February 8, 2016, Columbia Broadcasting System canceled the series after the first five episodes had aired.